Coping with Autism

[TemplarKormac]

Put my name in google then hit AI Not Hafar the name on the link

Well then.

I appreciate you reaching out to me. I'll try to keep in touch with you via DMs when the holidays are over. I've got a lot to process.

 

[Hafar1014]

Well then.

I appreciate you reaching out to me. I'll try to keep in touch with you via DMs when the holidays are over. I've got a lot to process.

Process by writing and or drawing pictures

 

[Dogmaphobe]

I would suspect Aspergers before Autism.

You strike me as high functioning.

 

[TemplarKormac]

I would suspect Aspergers before Autism.

You strike me as high functioning.

Aspbergers has been mentioned a number of times over the last 15 years of my life.

 

[TemplarKormac]

Process by writing and or drawing pictures

I'll do that.

 

[Dogmaphobe]

Aspbergers has been mentioned a number of times over the last 15 years of my life.

Do you look people in the eye when you talk to them or do you focus your gaze off to the side or else not really focus at all?

 

[TemplarKormac]

Do you look people in the eye when you talk to them or do you focus your gaze off to the side or else not really focus at all?

In fact it was mentioned in my childhood that I had trouble with eye contact. I still do.

 

[Dogmaphobe]

In fact it was mentioned in my childhood that I had trouble with eye contact. I still do.

It's a telltale sign.


I'm certainly no expert, but what I have experienced over the years is that Autistic people have to have a rigid routine and can throw tantrums when everything is not exactly in line with the routine. You don't strike me that way at all, so I would suspect Aspergers.

 

[ChristisKing]

Hmmm,... I do believe that it's allergies.

 

[TemplarKormac]

It's a telltale sign.


I'm certainly no expert, but what I have experienced over the years is that Autistic people have to have a rigid routine and can throw tantrums when everything is not exactly in line with the routine. You don't strike me that way at all, so I would suspect Aspergers.

Ah. But here's the kicker.

I had issues with my temper well into my early 20s. So I chose (maybe not wisely) to cut myself off from most social engagements. I have had a revulsion to having the status quo changed for ages.

It could be a combination of both. But like the Admiral and hjmick have said, I need to see a doctor about it. I seem to have a lot of unresolved issues I've let grow too big.

 

[ChristisKing]

Btw in all seriousness I agree with other members on here, see a doctor. I'm just trying to cheer you up a bit.

 

[TemplarKormac]

Hmmm,... I do believe that it's allergies.

I do in fact have allergies!

 

[ChristisKing]

I do in fact have allergies!

Gotta love Tim Hawkins right? And allergies are the worst!!

 

[Hafar1014]

Would anti-anxiety meds like Prozac help this type of things?

It would be a band aid therapy can heal this kind of trauma. There is the risk of addiction with anti anxiety meds

 

[Rawley]

Pointers?a

Don't ask for mental health advice on a political chat board.

 

[Lisa558]

It would be a band aid therapy can heal this kind of trauma. There is the risk of addiction with anti anxiety meds

I know someone on one of those meds. Her life was hell without it, and now she is functional. One has to weigh the risk-rewards ratio.

I support them in the right circumstances.

 

[sparky]

Pointers?

Had it all my life Temp......

different folks deal with it in different ways

you need to find what works for you

~S~

 

[TheInfiniteSadness]

I am autistic. Although I cannot afford an official diagnosis, I show many of the signs, along with ADHD. I have been told by people and have read on many science and health pages that both can work together or one can be misdiagnosed as the other.

I became convinced of it last year after some recent social miscues of my own. But I struggle to cope and handle it sometimes, and now that someone dear to me passed on several months ago, the struggle is even harder. The depression is likely amplified from it.

Pointers?

Did you suffer from depression before you realised you were autistic or was it caused by the Autism?

 

[TemplarKormac]

Did you suffer from depression before you realised you were autistic or was it caused by the Autism?

That I'm unsure of. I had depression before if I had to guess.

 

[Hafar1014]

That I'm unsure of. I had depression before if I had to guess.

Unresolved grief resulting firm the loss of your birth mom feels like depression. Thats the memory being recalled