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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Excessive Daydreaming and Pacing |
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Posted: 06 Aug 2011, 3:08 pm
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| I totally relate. SusannahG, just about everything you posted describes me. I also rock a lot in my rocking chair and pretend that I'm reading or watching tv I'm 51 and I know this can be a good thing. 3years ago due to a very devastating event in which l had to quit my career, as a result of my asp... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: do you get overwhelmed easily |
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Posted: 15 Mar 2011, 11:44 am
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Replies: 59
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| So glad to know I'm not the only one who gets overwhelmed. I have not been formally DX'd because my HMO doesn't recognize Aspergers, especially in my age group...too old (as if it never existed prior to the early 90s). I work full time in customer service. I am required to wear a headset (it makes ... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: do you get overwhelmed easily |
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Posted: 28 Feb 2011, 2:32 pm
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| I've been taking Wellbutrin/Bupropion for almost two years and I think I either need something stronger, or I need to hole-up in my house for a few months. (Yes, my state of mind is usually overwhelmed. I hate it.) I take lamotrigine along with buproprion. The lamotrigine (lamictal) helps my anxiet... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: do you get overwhelmed easily |
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Posted: 28 Feb 2011, 12:28 pm
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| Thank you for responding. I will take the tests and see what happens. I'm hesitant to say or think I have Aspie traits because I'm afraid of incorrectly diagnosing myself or assuming something which has not been confirmed by professional diagnosis. But whatever the results of any quiz, there's enou... |
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Forum: In-Depth Adult Life Discussion Topic: do you get overwhelmed easily |
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Posted: 27 Feb 2011, 5:13 pm
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| Getting overstimulated so easily is definitely an Aspie trait. My NT acquaintances are always telling me that they experience the same things I do but, with any autistic spectrum disorder, it's the degree to which this happens. Everyone gets overwhelmed but I find myself overwhelmed most of the time... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: any aspie's over 50 |
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Posted: 10 Dec 2010, 10:18 am
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Replies: 39
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| . . . Anyway, now that we know my social impairment, he understands me a lot more and doesn't get upset when I'm constantly asking him what he means when he does something or when I ask what he's feeling all the time. This has taught me a lot. . . I am taking a deep breath and planning to tell my n... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: any aspie's over 50 |
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Posted: 05 Dec 2010, 6:07 pm
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Replies: 39
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| Things did not work out, largely due to the sensory issues making certain parts of the expected male female relationship excruciatingly unpleasant to me, even disgusting. There were other issues with her children from a previous marriage who had been kidnapped and abused by their biological father ... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: any aspie's over 50 |
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Posted: 05 Dec 2010, 1:15 am
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Replies: 39
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| I have met up with "the gang" outside of work three times. I (and they) have found that my limited special interests (work) are, well... limiting. I am trying to ask questions that seem related to their interests (I was told this can be an effective means of conversation - getting them to talk abou... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: any aspie's over 50 |
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Posted: 05 Dec 2010, 1:07 am
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Replies: 39
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| Eventually my adrenaline seemed to get stuck in the on position and my experience of light, sound, touch, and smell became a painful torture. I had to medically retire, and while I loved being around people, it increases my sensory pain to be around people now; even my family, who I desperately lov... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: any aspie's over 50 |
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Posted: 03 Dec 2010, 11:20 pm
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Replies: 39
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| I'm over 50 and diagnosed in my late 30s. I agree that it gets more difficult with age. But maybe it was easier when I had children at home (1 is aspie, 2 are very sociable NTs) and I was obliged to be out more socially. I'm really struggling with meeting people in a new town where I came for work.... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: any aspie's over 50 |
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Posted: 03 Dec 2010, 11:16 am
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| I suspect some people will respond with the normal social back and forth. 'I'm doing fine this morning. I'm blessed. How are you doing?' And other people, maybe because of the context, and perhaps also because of loneliness and the need to talk to someone will go more in depth. So I think this will... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: any aspie's over 50 |
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Posted: 03 Dec 2010, 11:03 am
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| Thanks for your comments and advice. Apparently though I didn't make myself clear enough. Nobody told me that the band I was in was over. I finally figured it out by myself. What I'm saying is that the bass player had probably been sending me non-verbal social cues for months and because of my Aspe... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: any aspie's over 50 |
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Posted: 02 Dec 2010, 10:48 am
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| Aardvarkgoodswimmer said: ( I don't know why this doesn't show up as a quote)? "Sure, sometimes I wish I was entirely 'normal,' but then I think, how boring to be oh so satisfied and nonthinking and unreflective about esp. with some conventional, goody-two shoes, corporate-type job (and sure that's ... |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: any aspie's over 50 |
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Posted: 30 Nov 2010, 4:18 pm
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| I'd love to go back to work but I just can't deal with people. It drains me so much emotionally and mentally. Before I got on lamotrigine I would have panic attacks after even the few hours I see people at the food bank. It sucks. |
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Forum: Social Skills and Making Friends Topic: any aspie's over 50 |
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Posted: 30 Nov 2010, 4:15 pm
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| I really loved working in clinical chemistry. My social impairment ultimately killed it. I have since been volunteering for the Food Bank. It is very difficult for me greeting people and signing them in but I'm good with the logistics and I only deal with the customers for about 3 hours. The rest is... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: medications |
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Posted: 25 Nov 2010, 3:50 pm
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My doc put me on it last year. I was taking 1 mg before bed. I did that for about 2 months. I have to agree, it is the best. It really konked me out, though. Of course, i was taking 1 mg
Thank you for posting. Your input helps. Have a ggreat Thanksgiving. |
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