Hello,
I am new here and thought I would post the bit I wrote for my account bio as my introduction.
I turned 28 this year, with last year being the first time I was helped with my ADD. I tried the natural route first, and while I still like all things holistic medicine- Adderall changed my life!
This year has also been one of self discovery, as I slowly put together all the pieces of things I have known or wondered. I always thought I was very close to the spectrum if not on it.
I knew when I was a nanny watching a young autistic boy because I seemed to completely understand his frustration at not being able to do something he thought would work- as well as the way he expressed it.
I knew I had issues with textures, both love and hate. I knew because when I was three I would take all the clothes out of my dresser, lay them on the floor and carefully smooth out all the wrinkles, then fold them and put them all neatly, categorized back into the drawer. Now I am just as picky with my things being organized and I like to have my clothes in the closet so that they are not only separated by color but by gradient of color.
Then there is the learning difficulties- especially math. My brain does not differentiate between negative and positive numbers in an equations unless I color code them. Auditory issues both a blessing and a curse! I can be reading a book and not hear anything going on around me, even if you were talking to me. I really can't hear and see/do at the same time.
There are a lot of other things- low frustration points, and low tolerance of transitions. For now I am happy with putting the pieces together without a formal diagnosis. The best thing has been reading things others have said that I knew I felt but did not have the language for. This will be the biggest help for me no matter how I exactly fall on the spectrum. Without a language to describe things it's hard to create understanding for yourself and others around you. Language is an amazing power!
16 Jun 2015, 1:50 pm
