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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is my friend's girlfriend possibly interested in me? |
| DownrangeFuture |
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Posted: 09 Sep 2011, 8:00 am
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,903
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| Well I know her pretty well and that she is mentally unstable when she is stressed out. It was strange because she was online for a long time and so was I and I said hello is everything ok and she completely ignored me it was strange because when I hangout with her and my friend she is really nice ... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: why is it we as Aspies have such a hard time getting dates? |
| DownrangeFuture |
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Posted: 09 Sep 2011, 7:44 am
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Replies: 60
Views: 8,746
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| @Puppygnu: I don't know if I can agree with #15 in your post. I think the problem that we have trying to be friends is that if we try what you said, we'll never be more than...friends. Think of all the socially awkward characters who NEVER get the girl in Brat Pack movies. That's us. Happened to me... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Does anyone else hate the sound of clapping? |
| DownrangeFuture |
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Posted: 08 Sep 2011, 12:04 pm
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Replies: 18
Views: 9,254
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| I'm slowly starting to learn that certian sounds were making me tense up. Wearing earplugs/not wearing earplugs while riding my bike is a night and day experience. It was a revelation also. I can be more relaxed if I wear earplugs more often. But they have to be the musican's type otherwise the dist... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Fake Diagnosis? |
| DownrangeFuture |
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Posted: 08 Sep 2011, 11:28 am
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Replies: 19
Views: 3,236
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| When I was diagnosed with dysthymia it took about 30 minutes and most of the questions didn't relate to me directly. When my daughter was diagnosed with Aspergers, it took 2 hour long meetings. The first one she talked to my daughter for 5 minutes and then talked to us. The second visit my daughter ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do aspies tend to have trouble with the law? |
| DownrangeFuture |
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Posted: 07 Sep 2011, 1:47 pm
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Replies: 24
Views: 5,167
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| I get harassed by police frequently for appearing odd, walking at odd times of day. I've been threatened with arrest a few times. For what reasons I cannot understand. I got that once for suspected drunk driving. They made me sit in the back of the car because I was weird. Apparently you're suppose... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Fever during a meltdown? |
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Posted: 07 Sep 2011, 1:35 pm
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Replies: 11
Views: 3,196
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| Makes sense. When you get sufficiently upset, the fight or flight response kicks in. Increased blood pressure, elevated heart rate, and muscles readying themselves (causing heat) are all common responses to this. From what I understand, a fever is the body not releasing generated heat as efficiently... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Asperger's potentially stereotyped as manipulative |
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Posted: 07 Sep 2011, 1:19 pm
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Replies: 33
Views: 9,327
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| It might be based off of the meltdowns aspies can have. Most people assume meltdowns in children are attempts to manipulate. That probably carries on to adults as well. Just a guess though. I've been called lots of things, but not manipulative. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Problems on Anti-Depressants? |
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Posted: 07 Sep 2011, 12:50 pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 860
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| It's easy to tell what is doing what because I didn't start taking them at the same time. It was 20mg Celexa Then 40mg Celexa Then 40mg Celexa + 75mg Welbutrin Then 40mg Celexa + 150mg Welbutrin And now 60mg Celexa + 150mg Welburtin. So I just didn't care about anything and lack of libido were all t... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Problems on Anti-Depressants? |
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Posted: 07 Sep 2011, 11:50 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 860
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| Sorry. I had intended to add those in, but I got distracted. I'm taking the maximum doseage of Celexa (Citalopram) which is 60mg. I'm also taking 150mg delayed release of Welbutrin (sp?). Celexa tends to give me a devil may care attitude for awhile and then I'm back to being annoyed by tiny things. ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Problems on Anti-Depressants? |
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Posted: 07 Sep 2011, 10:26 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 860
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| So, I still haven't had a chance to talk to my doctors about the possibilty of being an aspie. They're really booked and I tried to get an appointment with my psycologist, but he was booked until past my appointment with the psychatrist next week. Anyway, my question was if anyone experienced issues... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do aspies tend to have trouble with the law? |
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Posted: 07 Sep 2011, 9:42 am
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Replies: 24
Views: 5,167
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| Well, the ones I know don't. Generally, the problem on the higher end seems to be the arbitrary nature of some laws. But with good parenting, children can quickly learn that breaking the rules isn't good, even if they don't understand or agree with them. As you go further on the spectrum, compulsive... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Aspergers and Driving |
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Posted: 07 Sep 2011, 9:29 am
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Replies: 240
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| I actually ride a motorcycle and do fairly well with it. I think part of that is the helmet actually. The helmet makes a lot of wind noise, which while loud, is still white noise. Add in wearing earplugs on top of that for hearing conservation, the volume level on things you need to hear is turned w... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: My daughter, Tricare, and Me |
| DownrangeFuture |
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Posted: 26 Aug 2011, 12:24 pm
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,043
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| Well, I can do my job now. But my job right now just consists of playing on the computer, signing a few papers every now and then, and not looking weird. The civilian I was assigned to work for doesn't care. He just said "Oh yeah?" and then two hours later came in and said, "That makes sense. The au... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: My daughter, Tricare, and Me |
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Posted: 26 Aug 2011, 10:43 am
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,043
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| I don't know anything about the military health care system, but I had to note that I really like your writing style. You communicated your experiences very well. Thanks. I never was able to get my speech right. I did finally manage to get rid of my stutter, but if I tried to speak that to someone ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: My daughter, Tricare, and Me |
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Posted: 26 Aug 2011, 7:22 am
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Replies: 7
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| So, at my child psychologist appointment for my daughter she was diagnosed with having asperger like symptoms. The psychologist refrained from giving her an offical diagnosis because our school system out here sucks and moves anyone on the spectrum to a full-service school. Unless you bring in the l... |
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