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Forum: Bipolar, Tourettes, Schizophrenia, and other Psychological Conditions Topic: Does anyone have any suggestions for depression. |
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Posted: 31 Jul 2016, 12:12 pm
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Replies: 17
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| Depending on the severity of your depression, if you are close to eating a bullet or cutting arteries, try putting a rubber band (preferably big, like the ones used to hold together broccoli) around your wrist and snapping it. Physical pain will distance you from the agony in your mind. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Explain your high >140 IQ scores. |
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Posted: 08 Jul 2016, 5:49 pm
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Replies: 13
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| I had an IQ test done as part of a neuropsychological exam. The WAIS-IV. My Working Memory and Processing Speed scores dragged me down all the way down to a Full Scale IQ of 127 despite my "Very Superior (98th percentile)" range for Verbal Comprehension and Perceptual Reasoning. The Dr. to... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: NT phrases or questions that drive you nuts! |
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Posted: 08 Jul 2016, 5:18 pm
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Replies: 240
Views: 11,753
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| And the worst of all : when you're in a very bad situation, like you've just been diagnosed with incurable cancer, and "It's going to be all right". :roll: Comforting allows telling blatant lies... My wife has terminal cancer. I never get angry, seriously, except for: "Pray to God, s... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: "You definitely don't have Asperger's!" |
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Posted: 06 Jul 2016, 7:55 pm
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Replies: 112
Views: 5,142
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| There are many ways to check if you have ASD. The online tests are a good start. A high blood serotonin level or an enlarged Caudate nucleus is a dead giveaway. There are many physical traits in which the autistic brain differs from an NT's. An MRI will cinch it, one way or another. Autism is define... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: NT phrases or questions that drive you nuts! |
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Posted: 06 Jul 2016, 7:28 pm
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Replies: 240
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| Just a few off the top of my head: "Hi! how are you doing?" ............This one drives me absolutely bonkers . Firstly, the NT doesn't give a rat's ass how I am doing, and useless talk is annoying! as well as being.... USELESS!! If I were to actually sit down with that grocery clerk or wh... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: You either FEEL, or you ARE, hollow inside. Yes/No. |
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Posted: 06 Jul 2016, 6:53 pm
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Replies: 23
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| In my case, the only other person in my life who is "Real", is my wife. Other people are like shadows to me, difficult to remember names (up to 3 years to learn a co-worker's name!), people have a very minimal impact on my life. I suffer big-time from MDD, which has been getting unbelievab... |
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Forum: Bipolar, Tourettes, Schizophrenia, and other Psychological Conditions Topic: GABA has changed my life :) |
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Posted: 06 Jul 2016, 1:46 pm
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Replies: 116
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| This sounds like an excellent way to jumpstart Alzheimer's disease. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: You either FEEL, or you ARE, hollow inside. Yes/No. |
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Posted: 05 Jul 2016, 9:47 pm
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Replies: 23
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Just curious what the ratio of respondents to subject line will be. Agree vs Disagree.
I'm putting my money on the first. |
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Forum: Bipolar, Tourettes, Schizophrenia, and other Psychological Conditions Topic: Does anyone have any suggestions for depression. |
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Posted: 05 Jul 2016, 5:23 pm
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Replies: 17
Views: 1,471
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| When I am at my lowest, physical pain is the only thing that will reduce the agony of my depression. |
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Forum: Bipolar, Tourettes, Schizophrenia, and other Psychological Conditions Topic: Anyone feel like their Autism is the least of their worries? |
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Posted: 05 Jul 2016, 5:15 pm
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Replies: 21
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| Didn't find out I had autism until 2 years ago. The damn psychiatrists up here in Alaska are 95% rejects that barely passed their boards. They'd been treating me for the 4 years prior to my diagnoses as a Bipolar with no "Good manias", just the bad ones, the dysphoric manias. My "Ups&... |
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Forum: Bipolar, Tourettes, Schizophrenia, and other Psychological Conditions Topic: Lifelong MDD: Is my serotonin system wrecked? ssri's=nada |
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Posted: 29 Jun 2016, 5:19 pm
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Replies: 3
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| However, I believe that the pharmaceutical industry will suppress any studies that indicate there may be long-term harmful effects from these meds. Holy s**t, I didn't even think about Big Pharma messing with SSRI + ASD studies. Might explain why I can't find any straightforward research that says ... |
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Forum: Bipolar, Tourettes, Schizophrenia, and other Psychological Conditions Topic: Lifelong MDD: Is my serotonin system wrecked? ssri's=nada |
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Posted: 29 Jun 2016, 3:25 pm
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| Hi everyone, I've never felt happy in my life unless while under the influence of drugs/alcohol. I've also struggled with MDD as long as I can remember; my first wrist cuts came at the age of 5 or 6. Somehow I've managed to live to the ripe old age of 43 despite daily suicidal ideation. 7 years ago,... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: scale of -10 to +10, how do you feel right now? |
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Posted: 19 Jan 2014, 6:43 pm
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| Feeling a zero. Just started taking Cymbalta ten days ago and it's already lifted my base mood from a -2. Zero is fricking awesome feeling. And as happy as I ever get. |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Post a happy memory you use to mitigate depression. |
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Posted: 10 Jan 2014, 4:10 pm
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Replies: 7
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| Here's mine. Sorry about how long it is. A happy memory I am a high functioning autistic with a good memory (and awful social skills). This story is a pretty accurate representation of what really happened. The test itself is burned into my mind, and is precisely what happened. This is not a story o... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Breaking suicidal focus. How? |
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Posted: 04 Jan 2014, 10:21 pm
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Replies: 6
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| Sherlock, thanks for the reply, but suicidal thoughts aren't whats causing my problem. When I am feeling normal, suicide is just a vague probability to occur in the future. I can live with the dull depression of everyday existence. I need advice on how to break out of the torture of my focused conce... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Breaking suicidal focus. How? |
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Posted: 04 Jan 2014, 9:25 pm
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Replies: 6
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| I have occasional periods of 3-6 days where I'll focus in on my problems, concentrating so fully that they blot out the rest of the world. They are sparked by new information that negatively impacts me. Previously these episodes have been pretty bad, to where I'd think about offing myself to escape ... |
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