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Dental appointment today.   So excited.
I would very much like to regain control of my mouth. 

I'm totally convinced that Tourette's is a Phrenic nerve thing, and that it's triggered by problems with molar teeth somehow.
It's like my mechanism for cataplexy- just a different nerve. Direct infection or inflammation that pinches the nerve in the neck. The phrenic nerve runs under the clavicle, that is why the shoulders twitch.  If it's on the left side, it may also activate Broca's area in the brain, but I'm not sure that's necessary... the real action seems to be in the diaphragm.  It really is like a hiccup or a cough.

Give me a few weeks to heal, I'll tell you if I stop talking when I'm alone.

(for the record, I have spent way more time in dentist chairs than most people.  I have never missed a dental appointment in my life.  These days I go to the dentist at least 4 times a year for cleanings.  Although it has a filling, I have never felt pain from this tooth.   If you don't flinch, they just won't notice your infections...)