Rest day. Two weeks of Mendi brain training. Time to step back and assess.
Improved breathing awareness has been an unexpected benefit. The recognition that abdominal tics had created unconscious breathing compensation patterns — shallow chest breathing instead of diaphragmatic — was a revelation. I'd been breathing wrong for years without knowing it.
YGTSS scores remain difficult to self-assess accurately. The subjective nature of self-reporting is a known limitation, and one I'm trying to offset with detailed daily documentation.
Notable findings at the two-week mark:
- Reduction in tic aggressiveness (force of involuntary movements)
- Reduction in tic duration (episodes resolve faster)
- Improved conscious awareness of pre-tic sensations
Why do breakthrough treatments for TS remain so elusive? Because every patient's trigger patterns are individualized. What works for one person may be irrelevant for another. That's what makes this worth documenting — not as proof, but as data.
