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Reviewer: don'tlikescreennames, 13-18 Male on Treatment for 5 to less than 10 years (Caregiver)
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This drug was useful at decreasing tics but after having hormones checked on my teen son found they were all messed up, highly suspicious that this drug is the reason, going to try to come off and see if hormones go back to normal.
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Reviewer: 13-18 Male on Treatment for 1 to less than 2 years (Patient)
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Makes you tired and not want to do anything. It'll work sometimes but I ended up ditching the medicine because I felt it wasn't helping and didn't take the way I always felt. Would strongly not recommend for tourettes.
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Reviewer: mb, 35-44 Male on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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it kills all tics. that said, it kills all vivacity. after build-up in my body, 2 weeks or so, i ended sleeping up to 19.5 hours a day. each waking hour was torture; an intense restlessness that is very difficult to describe. didn't want to do anything. tv, computer were off for weeks on end. kind of drove me to alcohol to alleviate the emotional oblivion. the greatest part of my waking hours
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Reviewer: 7-12 Male on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Caregiver)
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Of all the meds taken by my grandson this has been the most effective
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