koolaid3219
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I was unofficially diagnosed with tourettes a couple weeks ago because i shake my head, sometimes pretty violently, (symptoms must occur for a year to be official apparently) and the doctor gave me the option of taking anti-anxiety medication. I'm 16 right now and the reason I turned down the offer was because I was afraid of the side effects and still am. My biggest concern is weight gain. Im very active and workout regularly and am involved in baseball and basketball. If a particular side effect of mine is weight gain would it be controllable to at least the point I can stay fit if I just work harder while still being on the medication or is it just inevidable? Or does it just depend on the person? Right now taking it is outweighing not because who knows, maybe my tics will subside enough so i dont have the nagging pain in my neck and head everywhere i go.