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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Meds? |
| PurpleOctober |
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Posted: 17 Dec 2018, 6:39 am
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Replies: 24
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| Your doctor is prescribing antipsychotics to help with short term memory? That's stupid. Medications like Risperdal are used with autism to help with anxiety and irritability, but those meds are more likely to detract from short term memory than help it. Adderall I can see as being beneficial (and i... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: For people who have jobs |
| PurpleOctober |
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Posted: 24 Dec 2016, 2:41 am
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Replies: 30
Views: 1,600
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| I worked in customer service from the ages of 18 to 26. I now work as a direct care professional at a residential treatment facility for children and adolescents. I love my job, and the fact that I don't have to fake smile at annoying, demanding people and get treated like a worthless peon is wonder... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Have you experienced this too? |
| PurpleOctober |
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Posted: 24 Dec 2016, 2:29 am
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Replies: 10
Views: 696
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| This happens to me. Whenever I go anywhere without someone I know that is not my job, I constantly wear noise isolating over-ear headphones plugged into loud music on my phone. The music is super loud (which would sound odd to anyone else, I think, except for me it's almost like light/deep pressure,... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: i dont really like you |
| PurpleOctober |
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Posted: 23 Dec 2016, 4:16 am
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Replies: 10
Views: 848
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A.) Everyone probably doesn't hate you.
B.) It's not your responsibility to be well-liked or to make everyone else happy.
C.) If people don't like you, who cares? Please yourself.
D.) I don't like people either, and many people don't like me. That's what books, Netflix, and pets are for. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Echolalia in the workplace |
| PurpleOctober |
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Posted: 23 Dec 2016, 12:36 am
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Replies: 2
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| Thank you. I will try that. A lot of my imitating comes from pop culture, rather than people I'm close to (especially since my three best friends live close to 2,000 miles away from me since I moved five years ago and I really haven't made any social connections in this state), which at times has re... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Echolalia in the workplace |
| PurpleOctober |
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Posted: 22 Dec 2016, 2:16 am
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Replies: 2
Views: 336
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| I work in a behavioral health facility in the United States, for anyone who wants to know, and while I have always had issues with echolalia (I lived with British people for a year in middle school and began speaking in a mild accent and using British colloquialisms constantly), it's getting awkward... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Medication |
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Posted: 22 Dec 2016, 12:58 am
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Replies: 11
Views: 595
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| I take Seroquel XR. It helps a lot with anxiety and mood swings caused by sensory overload. It doesn't dull me at all, just keeps me from fixating as much on things that aren't productive to fixate on and on a more even keel. |
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Forum: Adult Autism Issues Topic: Should guys have any say in reproductive rights? |
| PurpleOctober |
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Posted: 04 Feb 2012, 9:37 pm
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Replies: 235
Views: 2,832
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| no need to be sorry at all. Im just so 'thrown' by it all, I just wish things could be nice, I dont know what to do for the best, maybe things will be clearer in time. I'm sorry for your situation, this is really awful of him to do. I have to ask though, have you considered going after him for chil... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Constantly biting lips and cheeks. Anybody else do this? |
| PurpleOctober |
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Posted: 29 Jan 2012, 2:46 am
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Replies: 43
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| I used to chew the insides of my cheeks all the time, I eventually stopped. I also bit my lower lip, and still do so when it is dry, to an extreme extent. I peel the skin off in strips until my entire lip is smooth and raw. It looks awful when I do it. |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Post Autistic TV characters you notice |
| PurpleOctober |
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Posted: 22 Jan 2012, 1:28 pm
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Replies: 36
Views: 10,497
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Detective John Munch - "Law and Order: Special Victims' Unit"
Dr. Temperance Brennan - "Bones"
Max Braverman - "Parenthood"
Dr. Gregory House - "House" |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Sometimes I look funny |
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Posted: 22 Jan 2012, 1:05 pm
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,550
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| I make faces when no one is around. It varies between cutesy face and huge grin face. When I don't keep a hold on what my face is doing, I usually furrow my brow and look like I'm scowling at whoever is around. When I was little, my mother had to train me to hold my face at a more pleasant expression. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: autistic: banned from supermarket |
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Posted: 22 Jan 2012, 2:37 am
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Replies: 18
Views: 2,909
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| I had a meltdown in high school where I threw an open pair of scissors at a girl. Had they hit her, I would have been in a metric ton of trouble. And I would have deserved it, despite my issues. However. Yes, throwing soda cans at people is wrong, but it sounds like the OP was definitely provoked, a... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Movie Characters With Aspergers? |
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Posted: 19 Jan 2012, 1:18 pm
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Replies: 79
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| Luna is considered legitimately crazy. I fancy her, though. "Don't worry. You're just as sane as I am..." I don't know that I would call Luna crazy, per se. Eccentric, yes, but she has a good head on her shoulders and got into Ravenclaw, which is the house for the really smart kids, and grows up to... |
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Forum: Television, Film, and Video Topic: Movie Characters With Aspergers? |
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Posted: 19 Jan 2012, 12:11 pm
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Replies: 79
Views: 25,191
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Definitely Lisbeth Salander from "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo".
Luna Lovegood and Neville Longbottom from Harry Potter. |
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Forum: Adult Autism Issues Topic: Sexual alphabet |
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Posted: 18 Jan 2012, 11:16 am
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Replies: 78
Views: 809
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Obsessive chewing |
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Posted: 17 Jan 2012, 9:52 pm
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,849
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| I bit my nails for sixteen years, I chew the inside of my mouth and my lip until it's raw, I chew my shirt when I'm lying down, I chew ice whenever the opportunity presents itself...they sell toys for children 'chewers' online with other sensory aids. I'd say it's an ASD thing. An oral stim, if you ... |
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