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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is this a meltdown? |
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Posted: 31 May 2016, 9:54 pm
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Good night!
PS. We are a team of an Icelandic, Arab cross, and Connemara cross.  |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is this a meltdown? |
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Posted: 31 May 2016, 9:15 pm
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| DH has a horse, but rarely does anything with him. He's a fantastic little horse, though. I ride him and taught him to drive. I love all things horse, and love groundwork and training (esp. clicker training, which is sooo interactive). Its so much fun taking them camping, they learn to enjoy new pla... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is this a meltdown? |
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Posted: 31 May 2016, 8:36 pm
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| Of course you can come, if you can stay on top of a horse! :) I think we are going to work in some basic herbal de-stressing therapy as well and see how that goes. Probably something like turmeric and rhodiola and see if that lifts any organic depression. We tested his cortisol very recently and fou... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is this a meltdown? |
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Posted: 31 May 2016, 6:56 pm
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| Thanks! Yes, I think he does get restful sleep out in the woods. My schedule would be something like lots of nap time for him (with optional activities), and plenty of time for me to go out. I like to take horses & my photography gear, so I can be busy almost every minute and be very happily eng... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is this a meltdown? |
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Posted: 31 May 2016, 5:44 pm
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| Thank you, those are very helpful and thoughtful ideas. I guess I will need to put myself on a schedule for the weekend, as I am usually pretty flexible about what happens, and when it happens. I will try it and see how that goes, and I will schedule some alone time for me. Maybe that will make it l... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is this a meltdown? |
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Posted: 31 May 2016, 5:04 pm
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| DH is currently working with a psychologist, but this doc doesn't have any experience with adult autistic patients. We are in a fairly isolated geographic area. I have been wondering if DH would do better Skyping with a more experienced therapist, or if the 1 on 1 interaction is key. The other thing... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is this a meltdown? |
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Posted: 31 May 2016, 1:12 pm
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| Hi - DH has episodes that seem to be preceded by low energy, low mood. Then it's like a tornado hits his brain. I sat with him through this last one (usually I leave the house for a few hours and let him deal with it) and checked in to see what he was thinking while it happened. First it was feeling... |
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Forum: Adult Autism Issues Topic: Sex/Obsession: does it last in a long term relationship |
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Posted: 17 Oct 2006, 10:04 am
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| Markaudette, that strikes a chord with me. It's exactly how our situation is. Sometimes it's a month or two before he thinks about it. I do believe that work stress is a major factor. He works on writing computer games in his spare time, it seems to take up all the mental cycles and is an outlet for... |
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Forum: Adult Autism Issues Topic: Sex/Obsession: does it last in a long term relationship |
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Posted: 10 Oct 2006, 2:11 pm
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| This has been on my mind. For those of you who have been in long term sexual relationships (years) with a significant other (not counting yourself :P ), do you feel like your sex drive (SD hereafter) is affected by AS? Does your SD start out at an obsessive level, and then does it fall away as time ... |
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Forum: Adult Autism Issues Topic: what would you do if... |
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Posted: 09 Oct 2006, 1:20 pm
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| I met my AS partner right after I had an intentionally VERY bad haircut (to keep shallow creeps at work away, ya know? :twisted: ). He has been with me for 10 years through the occasional 'alternative' haircut. I called and warned him before showing up with the latest, the 1980's Cure Bunny look, an... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: My Asperger Page |
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Posted: 06 Oct 2006, 7:01 pm
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| Welcome. I enjoyed reading your page. |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Wi-Spie? |
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Posted: 06 Oct 2006, 9:22 am
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| Thanks for the welcomes (hah, that sounds funny). We are in Colorado. I am 35. We've been together for 10 years. The issues we have are pretty normal. The difficult day to day issue for me is that I would like more positive reinforcement from him, but as I understand more about the condition, the mo... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Wi-Spie? |
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Posted: 05 Oct 2006, 10:11 pm
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| Greetings! Wife of a possible Auspie here. He is undiagnosed, but fits the profile almost perfectly. Should I list some of the characteristics? Tactile sensitivity - to touch, texture. He's very mathematically oriented - an engineer by trade. Not socially inclined. He considers himself not to have f... |
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