madddhella

I don't look anything like a model because I'm short and muscular, but I wear a size 30FF or 28G. I wear size 4 pants, which I really don't think is that uncommon for 20-something Americans.

Also, I'm sorry, but high fashion is obsessed with thinness. Full stop. It's very rare to see a model with breasts on the runway, unless it's a VS runway. If more designers catered to small-waisted, big-busted women, my life would be a lot easier.

tl;dr: you don't have to look like a model to wear small sizes.

So your parents were actively switching doctors, looking for someone to provide the right diagnosis?

Is there any benefit to being officially diagnosed, or was it just a relief to know why the tics were happening?

What did it take to get you officially diagnosed? Like, did your parents suspect something and bring you to a specialist, or is it something a regular doctor was able to notice? Does anyone else in your family have it?

I'm pretty sure my brother has a mild form of tourettes, but no one in the family takes me seriously when I bring it up. I think they just don't know enough about the illness. He's had facial tics, head tossing, frequent throat clearing, eye blinking, and sniffing since he was like 5 years old. I feel terrible because he was teased about it through all his school years. When he used to bring friends over, I'd hear them mocking his ticks sometimes :( ...he would try to stop for a while, and then burst into a quick succession of extra-violent throat-clearing/head-tossing/whatever.

A lot of the tics have gotten better over time, and I only see a couple of them with much frequency any more. I know it has impacted his confidence, but I don't think the tics are a serious impediment in his life in any other way. Would there be any benefit in trying to get him diagnosed at this age (20)?