The medication helps to alleviate the source of the problem, i.e., the neuro-chemical defects that cause the symptoms but psychotherapy is also neccessary to help a patient with the environmental pyschological problems caused by the symptoms. There are NO quick fixes with a complex disorder such as Tourette. Never put full faith in a doctor's judgement. Doctor's may suggest, recommend, and try medications, but they cannot enforce them. YOU ARE THE BOSS, not your doctor.
Blind faith can jepordize one's health.
Back to the medication categories Mark E. Kozlowski, editor and composer of the Tourette Syndrome Home Page.