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Treating Tourette's

Iain

I saw an article about a a device that is used to help people who suffer from Tourette's syndrome that appears to be having a lot of success.

From https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cmp3g3e5q4zxo:

Katie was among the first people to use the Neupulse device.

It works by delivering electrical pulses to the median nerve at the wrist, which trials have shown can change the activity in the parts of the brain involved in movement control.

They found that rhythmic stimulation can reduce the frequency and intensity of tics.

Autists have a fairly high co-morbidity with Tourettes (4 to 5% - source https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1750946716300071 ) so it seems relevant to mention it here.

If this proves to be a success, I wonder how long it will be before scientists start thinking about exploring electrical stimulation for other neurodivergent conditions

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  • Thanks for posting this Iain. In 2021 some medication possibly caused a part of my to start involuntary moving. If you would try and suppress it other parts of my body would move. I saw a neurologist and ended up being diagnosed with a movement disorder. This device some testers had FND and movement disorders was mentioned. I still have a movement disorder.

    I also have tics diagnosed but not tourette's. I don't tend to like electrical stimulation very much so i wonder how it would work for people who are autistic who have tics who do not do well with nerve stimulation devices because of sensory issues. I hope that this gets addressed.

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  • Thanks for posting this Iain. In 2021 some medication possibly caused a part of my to start involuntary moving. If you would try and suppress it other parts of my body would move. I saw a neurologist and ended up being diagnosed with a movement disorder. This device some testers had FND and movement disorders was mentioned. I still have a movement disorder.

    I also have tics diagnosed but not tourette's. I don't tend to like electrical stimulation very much so i wonder how it would work for people who are autistic who have tics who do not do well with nerve stimulation devices because of sensory issues. I hope that this gets addressed.

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