i had a magazine that had the top 50 dvds u must have, and something like number 4 was a dvd called johns not mad, it said it was a documentay about a guy called john from scotland that had tourettes and it was really funny, so i thought hhmm.. so i bought it.. anyone else seen or got this and what do u think? its gotta be a comedy classic

Never heard of it, but i am intreged! Is it funny as in you really shouldn't be laughing or is it ment to be funny?

It was a documentary in the 1970s.
I remember it well.

its funny as u shouldnt be laughing, but cant help yourself, its not often u hear.. focking nescafe together with each other, id recommend buying 4 a birthday gift, ha

I remember it. There was another programme about this condition recently. It is awful for the sufferers and this recent programme showed young children with it.

I joke that my partner suffers from seasonal tourettes because in the summer he can't help but wind his window down and shout things fortunately it's not swear words he usually waves to pretend he knows someone and thinks it funny to see them wave back with a puzzled 'Who the hell is that?' look on their face. His other favourite is to shout 'You've dropped something'

Thank goodness he now has his van sign written because this has curbed his problem!!

On a serious note though for genuine sufferers of tourettes I am sure it's no laughin matter. :(

I really want to see that DVD lol I've heard it's great.

If it's a tv programme from the 70's and the same one I saw then it is actually very funny. I remember laughing at it as I had never laughed before. (Can I just say that it was before Tourettes was as widely known and I wasn't quite as 'PC' as I am now).

Having said that, I would still watch it today, as even PC people can have a sense of humour and I often think it's better to laugh at things than let them get you down.

Ps - to JBlaze - still wanna see 'Amytyville' !! Let me know! ;)

My son is 8 and has Tourettes Syndrome.

Contrary to popular belief most people don't actually have the swearing element of Tourettes which I believe is called Coprolalia. Thankfully this is not one of my sons problems.

He has various vocal tics including screaming and whistling, along with motor tics including head shaking, sticking his tongue out, opening his mouth really wide, spinning round and touching people.

It' hard for him as he is so young but he copes really well and has a good understanding of what is happening ie: it's his brain making his body do it and it's not him doing it himself.

For more info on Tourettes go to

HERE (http://www.christopherfrancis.co.uk/tourettes.htm)

or

HERE (http://www.portfolio.mvm.ed.ac.uk/studentwebs/session1/group71/AetiopathoTou.htm)

People with Tourettes are also more likely to suffer from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and ADHD.