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BuyerBeware
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25 May 2012, 8:35 pm

Yup. My life is pretty dull-- also doing the SAHM thing but my kids are littler and thankfully not dragging a lot of friends home yet-- but it seems I almost always feel as if I am treading water.

Yup. That feeling that I imagine neurotypical people get from imbibing alcohol in a noisy dance club or spending lots of money in a casino??? That spinny excited impaired-judgment feeling that would probably be pleasant to someone who has not learned to fear it??? Yeah-- I get that going to the friggin' FARMER'S MARKET.

Knowing what it is helps some. "OK, girl, it's not really so bad. Your brain is f*****g with you."

Yeah. That's why I smoke half a pack a day. And have to-do lists everywhere just so it's only on the verge of all getting away from me all the time. That's why I tell my 66-year-old father-in-law with the slightly impaired cognitive skills and short-term memory that he's my brain-- and I'm only about 15% flattering him.

My executive functioning sucks. S-U-C-K-S. If ONLY I could find a therapist that could help me fix just that thing. Once I finish getting out of the self-esteem hole that asking for help with that and assertiveness got me into. I want a book: The Complete Aspie's Guide to Executive Functioning.

Be careful with the risperidone. It might or might not help with the sensory overload aspect. It didn't help me a lick. It did, however, take my struggling executive functioning abilities all the way down to "nonexistent." Like, plant life. Below plant life. Damn near catatonic.

It works for some people. For others it's dangerous. Try it, but be leery.


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25 May 2012, 9:46 pm

Short answer, Not really :) but at times I get hit by something that just takes me down for some reason.


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26 May 2012, 3:14 am

I have terrible stress problems, exacerbated by poor stress management. I frequently suffer from analysis paralysis. I find working with my hands to be therapeutic, but find the much of the Internet and media news aggravating. At times, just learning about negative world events can trigger a depressive episode. I'm disconnecting my Internet this month in hopes that it helps.

Noisy rooms can also be disorienting for me, though that may be related to my hearing not being what it once was. My olfactory system is ridiculously sensitive to some smells too.



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09 Jun 2012, 11:33 pm

I get overwhelmed with anything complicated and anything that requires patience. If it is an automated touch-tone phone menu, for instance, I press the 0 button repeatedly, and if that doesn't get me anywhere slam the phone down and curse in disgust... In many ways, I'm a technophobe though I rely heavily on the internet. Stress overwhelms me as well and I can't deal with it.



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22 Jun 2012, 9:23 pm

I do tend to get overwhelmed by too much (subjective) noise, light, talk, interruptions, etc.
I then tend to shut down, and sometimes can be a little rude, but I do demand my space. :evil:


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02 Jul 2012, 6:59 pm

Meltdowns in the traditional sense are pretty rare for me. But I'm older, and I've been finding coping mechanisms, (including avoidance), for decades.

It was blogging about a particular panic attack that led some strangers to comment about aspergers to me. That was my first clue. In retrospect, I've probably had... well, more dissociative episodes than panic attacks, but I've probably had some in the past, it was just that no one recognized them as such at the time.



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23 Mar 2014, 2:12 pm

I stumbled on this thread from a search I was doing on being easily overwhelmed,just as I got back from a simple trip to the store I had some stress triggers along the way and threw me into another spiral thus making me feel like I didn't want to do any more today. We're supposed to go out to dinner later,but I feel like that hour long event used up my fuse for the day :roll:

I've also been examining my work situation...currently I am an auditor,which requires me to drive around all day and driving has gotten progressively worse for me over the years. Just rush hour in itself stresses me out,then I still have the day ahead of me and dealing with crowds too etc. I don't know how I make it through each day,but I am looking into possibly working from home...



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14 Apr 2014, 9:22 am

I have meltdowns with varying frequency, depending on the overall stress of my life. Between undergrad and med school, I worked two different jobs. Lost the first one- there wasn't enough structure; I wasn't qualified for the job; I never knew what was expected of me or when I thought I did, I found that I misunderstood the (verbal) instructions or didn't connect the dots somewhere along the way between two or more things and made a mistake. It didn't help that my boss was really cruel about it ("How do you ever expect to get into medical school if you can't do this?" etc). I had meltdowns all the time at that job. Went to the bathroom or the darkroom to cry a lot and rock or pace. I lost a bunch of weight. The second job I had was much better. I was teaching high school algebra to two students at a time; students who needed individualized attention in math. I had set lesson plans every day and plenty of planning time and didn't have to talk to too many people at once. It was really great.

Now that I am in med school, I have a set structure and schedule and know exactly what I need to do and how to do it most of the time. My school also gives us plenty of free time to study, so I don't feel rushed or overwhelmed with all of the information most of the time. The biggest cause of my meltdowns these days are communication problems or disagreements with my boyfriend. I have auditory processing problems at good times and so when our conversations turn into disagreements, it's like he starts speaking a totally different language and I get completely overwhelmed and just break down crying and/or can't talk at all. He says it freaks him out. Before the meltdown happens, I take a long time to understand and answer things, which used to make him very frustrated with me and that just made it worse and even more impossible for me to get a grip on what was happening. My mind just becomes a dense fog. I used to think these reactions were just normal things people do. Apparently not.



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30 Apr 2014, 9:22 am

Yep, I am easily overwhelmed and stressed out. But I am also. type-A personality so unsure if that is related to ASD or me being a perfectionist.



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30 Apr 2014, 4:11 pm

I am overwhelmed almost every single day. It makes me feel as if I am incompetent adult when I feel so overwhelmed and tired al the time.


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30 Apr 2014, 6:03 pm

structrix wrote:
I am overwhelmed almost every single day. It makes me feel as if I am incompetent adult when I feel so overwhelmed and tired al the time.


This exactly how i feel. I look around at friends and asked questions and i am often very surprised by the answers they give when comes to living life and coping with things that would send me off in to a meltdown.



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30 Apr 2014, 6:39 pm

Yup totally! Nearly everyday I would say gor a various number of reasons normally related to feelings.



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02 May 2014, 6:50 pm

I got overwhelmed today trying to take a picture of myself wearing a wig (taking a selfie lol). I just couldn't do it. I thought, how do people take selfies? None of the pictures were working, all dark, no light or blurred. So I gave up. But I got REALLY frustrated!



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03 May 2014, 12:34 am

I am often overwhelmed both mentally and emotionally, but most of it is not others' fault. I tend to bottle so much stuff inside, and every few days or weeks it comes out. I'm usually alone when this happens, so I have the freedom to yell, cry, or rage without folks thinking I belong in a hospital.


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10 Aug 2014, 2:18 pm

finallyFoundOutWhy wrote:
because i see the world and its interconnectedness, any problem that i am trying to solve, no matter how small has a massive number of cascading effects

if too many problems get tossed my way at once, or i don't keep my attention to a narrow topic/focus the immense number of variables and potential outcomes freezes me because i can't calculate through and model all of the possible outcomes from that many potentialities

i am also very concerned about other peoples feelings and wants and needs - ad those to the above described "systems" world-view and...

i freeze and am overwhelmed constantly

This is the same for me. Nearly everything can turn into an impossibly complicated equation of elements individually, elements as they relate to each other, then the evolving nature of cause and effect between them over an infinite time line. I don't know how to handle it. It's too much.