What do you take everywhere you go to avoid meltdowns?

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Watch, mp3 player and a book

*Tegretol+Propranolol [limiting the strength of MDs and bad reactions as much as possible]
*Ear defenders,with ear plugs [if it's not good enough,big thick hood over the top,although hoods are banned in some places-am was in the trafford centre a while back with hood up,as the overload was extreme-including the loss of some vision-and feeling like was going to fall over all the time,a whole group of red coat staff came up and said they were going to escort am off the premises if am don't take hood down,whilst a group of ladies wearing full islamic head gear [where face can't be seen] walked past with no trouble,they said they don't allow hoods because cameras can't see faces but they allow full islamic headwear].
*Other people [family or staff],as they help am in that situation,whether it's just leading am away or restraining.
*Own body-am often rocking [whether standing or sitting] or speed rocking,and speed rocking happens more when getting closer to MD/SO,it feels good and does help but doesn't avoid MDs/SOs due to being sudden.

A good book
Ipod
sunglasses
a dry erase marker (I flick the cap on and off with my thumb)
me

i just dont go outside. works pretty good

well, I have a bad habbit of taking pain medication, stong stuff to, not just to dull back pain, but also when I am overloaded, opiates help, especally strong stuff, I realize its a problem both financially and health wise, plus its an intoxicant so I cant take it if I am going to drive anywhere, but ATM its all I have to really deal with things, I have reduced the amount I am dependent on, but cant run outa it incase I need it, and spend over 20%-30% of my income on them saddly still.

I like your ideas of an MP3 or I POD and my invest in one when I have extra $$ after the holidays, thats an excellent idea!!

Have been on opiates for a while? how do find them? still at same strength or getting weaker?
Am think they are a 'good' side effect for helping with coping to[am have tylenol co codamol] but found they are not at the same strength they were when starting on them.
Have heard this is normal for opiates anyway.

As for the ipod/mp3,what about an ipod shuffle/the most basic of the range? make sure to get a good pair of earphones or headphones with whatever player it is though,ones that don't let outside noise in well.

Oh yeah, hoods are great, they make me feel like I'm in my own world. And my iPod, and I like wearing scarves because I can put the ends on my palms and toss them back and forth, or just pull on them, etc. For some reason that makes me feel more relaxed if I'm talking to someone, or in a crowd or something...

A book, earplugs.

I have a handbag with lots of little tassles hanging from it. I have noticed that I have been stimming with the tassles [as in repeditively stroking them] nearly all of the time if I am out of my home environment.
I have no idea how this works to prevent a meldown...but if I don't use that specific handbag I do become overloaded more easily than when I do have it.

nothing.

Books. More than one, depending on how long I'm going to be gone for. Usually more than I need, but I tend to feel panicky if I think I'm going to run out of reading material.

Nothing, as I cannot avoid them no matter what I do (actually, sedatives help...a bit); I have to hang tough till I get home.

I stim on gum or stim on my treo (good for movies, games, mp3, email, wrongplanet, etc etc.)

Ohh ya, they get weaker of course, I dont want these things to take over my life, thats the fear, so I found a very delicate balance, since summer I have definatly spent less on the stuff, very good, but I can see my goal of 0 dependence wont be acheived for many independent variables aside from the habbit of them. I take much stronger stuff then you so I dont think you are in great danger, my neghboor has steel knees and hips, and so he cangt work and is broke, so we have a symbionic relationship where he makes several hundred $$ off me a mounth and I get what I need, some of its ligitamate (i have mild backpain, result of heavy lifting at work) but use it for the wrong perposes too. I take hydromorphone (dilouded) and sometimes just strait up morphene pills, very dangerous and I never considered it a problem until summer ended and after working alot I should be ahead financally and can see I have just remained stable. Not to meansion I lost weight and thats bad cause im skinny as it is and was very inactive compaired to other years. Jeeze, I never once climbed a mountain all year long, pathetic.

I took a good long look at life, and I realize I am very oriented towards planning and being sucessful, and these things are a threat to that, I feel I am doing the right thing, but quitting is utterly impossible as long as my neghboor is still influenceing me, and I will admit its me letting him.

Yes, I think some are more addictive personalities then others, I am fortunate to be someone who would rather get ahead in life then fall behind, so I always overcome. Its a coping mecahanism and I will admit I dont have the hardest life on Earth by far, but a healthy alternative like the I-POD or MP-3 would probably be all I would need. I am not an addict I just need to kick the habbit and I think thats a better solution. With 1000's of songs never would I play all of them, it would take years, and thats what I have wanted for a while just dont have the funds avalible ATM.

Thanks for the concern and suggestion, I think we are good, smart people and we need to be careful. Happy Holidays I hope Santa is good to everybody, I will find out myself here in an hr.

Last edited by woodsman25 on 26 Dec 2007, 10:02 am, edited 1 time in total.

something to read.

pen and paper