adrenaline anyone?

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Are any of you adrenaline junkies? If yes, how do you explain it? I'm curious if there's a connection between AS and the need to feel/experience stronger than normal mental stimuli (I don't mean related to smell, touch etc)...

I'm not sure for my lifestyle doesn't really show the adrenaline rush.

Not really.

No...in fact in a way I flee from it.
I don't like getting scared....I associate adrenaline with anxiety and stress.
Too much excitement gives me a headache.
I wish it did not have to be this way.

No.
I was told that there are types of people who need the adrenaline rush to feel "normal" or "good," and that these were the thrill-seekers. However, on the other hand there are people who gain enough of a rush just from the world as it is (and she indicated that a lot of AS people were like this, with their desire for boundaries, dislike of change, sensory sensitivities and so forth) and who don't look for thrills.
My thrills are the view from a mountain, the serene underwater views while SCUBA diving, the new skills the neighborhood kids are learning, the quiet pleasure of a friendly game outdoors. Those are enough.

I've been formulating a theory that perhaps, in some cases, Adrenaline can increase concentration.
Other cases, of course, quite the opposite effect.

No. I seek the opposite effect. Mellow is bliss.

i do actually find that i enjoy adrenaline although i do not pursue it. the way adrenaline comes to me is threw argument and because i am easily triggered into an argument the adrenaline does keep me focused, it keeps me pumped up, it keeps me revving with energy which maybe hostel to other people though because i dont let people walk away from me in a heated argument which can last 4 hours. i keep going until i feel satisfied and i normally accomplish something. please note also i never ever use violence in my arguments nor do i insult people.




look a cotton ball KILL IT

Sometimes. To some extent. I can't explain it so I excuse it as "research" for my writing projects.

From what I understand, some pure ADHDers...(i.e. little to no AS symptoms)...seem to be of the more thrill-seeking variety....it is one of the things that sets me apart from them...

Like i said..I wish I did not have to be so fearful all the time..I can sometimes be like Piglet from Winnie the pooh....I have got a belly full of stress/fear

Yeah, I do need high stimulation. I can't mentally or physically handle it, but I still need it. I haven't been diagnosed, though.

I would say no to adrenaline. but dopamine maby. When i'm learning about subjects I like my body rewards it's self with dopamine which personally is the nicest forms of stimulation. you feel it surging reward signals all over your body and down your spine. dopamine is often confused with adrenaline as the're both mentally triggered and can both have rewarding effects to humans (not sure about your case). Hope this helps

I just got a job as a nurse working in a cardiothoracic ICU... surprisingly, it seems (I might be eating my words in a few months) like it will be LESS stressful than where I'm working in the hospital now.

-I get a maximum of 2 patients, often times just 1, which allows me to focus entirely on them (currently get 3-4)

-Most of these patients are sedated and intubated (having a breathing machine breathing for them after they come back from surgery) so I don't have to talk to them

-Not to knock my current co-workers, but some of them are just plain lazy and not as interested in the nuts and bolts behind the science of what is going on physiologically with the patient; some of them will often call their patients 'freaks' (I still have to suppress a twitch and urge to slap someone who uses that word......)

- I get to stand and look at tons of monitors and lots of numbers; it seems I have a very good memory for numbers (I still remember the doses and rates of medications for my patients....from months ago). I like playing with numbers

-I get to see and learn about tons of gadgets in/on/around the patient

-I just have to talk less in general, especially since I will be working nights

-I'm not phased very much now when patients go into cardiac arrest where I work now- there is an initial surge of adrenaline (it feels realllllly good) and then get very calm and systematic, choosing a role to help people with. I will be doing this a lot where I will be working now because people are so sick. These people are already pretty much dead, so there isn't a whole lot to lose

-I was very happy during the interview when she asked me if I was detail oriented (I am so much so that it is almost a handicap); I responded with a gigantic grin and, 'well, let me tell you a few stories..."

-If I had to stay where I worked now, I think I would quit... it is so very taxing socializing with people... where I'm going, I think I would be more comfortable stimming if I needed to get rid of stress (less people will see)

Hoping that this will be better for an aspie nurse.....

I don't like adrenaline rushes. They make me anxious and ill and I try to avoid them whenever possible.

I used to like riding my old motorbike fast round country roads so I guess I am a bit of an adrenaline junkie. I found that if I went out of a morning and thoroughly scared myself, my anxiety was lessened for the entire day. Kind of wish I still had it to be honest, some chav stole it from my driveway and wrote it off though.