James Patterson & Hal Friedman
Language: English
BIO000000 Compulsive Behavior Handicapped Large type books Obsessive-compulsive disorder Psychology Psychopathology Social Science Tourette Syndrome
Publisher: Little, Brown & Co.
Published: Jan 14, 2008
Description:
Cory Friedman woke up one morning when he was five years old with the uncontrollable urge to twitch his neck. From that day forward his life became a hell of irrepressible tics and involuntary utterances, and Cory embarked on an excruciating journey from specialist to specialist to discover the cause of his disease. Soon it became unclear what tics were symptoms of his disease and what were side effects of the countless combinations of drugs. The only certainty is that it kept getting worse. This is the true story of Cory and his family's decades-long battle for survival in the face of extraordinary difficulties and a maddening medical establishment.