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#1 ·
Any of you have disabilities. I have ADHD, Asperger syndrome, Scolosis,MTHFR mutation and others what about you all.
 
#103 ·
Running the test is a good idea. I had that done with MTHFR. I do not think my parents will have tested so I have to wait awhile
 
#107 ·
I don't have any disabilities(that I know of) other then being a bit anti social.

My mom's friend has a grandson with Aspergers , he's sooooo smart about certain things. His entire life he's loved trains and knows so much about them. He also does children's theater plays but I think it's a bit hard on him because he knows as his lines and when his co-actors mess up in practice he yells at them, and the director too. He's fantastic with my mom's friend and is very well behaved, unfortunately his parents spoiled him and are afraid of his outburst when he gets angry so they do things his way and when he gets mad he'll yell and even physically attack his father which although very rare is scary since he's getting bigger and managed to knock him down once.
 
#108 ·
Ooh hope he learns better but remember us aspies are usually weaker tell thearents the spoiling is worse for him than the aspergers.
 
#111 ·
mild OCD and some asberger's

I may be wierd but i take pride in it!

YAY WIERD PEOPLE!

Glad to see we are not alone!

Also, i have a problem with major OBSESSION! If i am interested in one thing, i cant stop talking/thinking about it!

When i got my first fish, i was on websites and reading books 24/7 haha!
 
#117 ·
Could be dyslexia, I have that same issue with my dyslexia. It was my way to cope to understand the human language since in all reality I can harldy differentiate most letters in the alphabet. b,d,p,q are all the same letter to me. n, m,w,u are also all the same letter to me o 0 are the same l and 1 are the same and 6 goes with the bp etc problem. I can't read numbers because I always read them backwards so I have to read them a few times. Sometimes I think it's 1220 and sometimes I think I was born in 1090 xD it's horid but eh, I can deal with it.
 
#119 ·
I have hypothyroidism, which isn't really a disability, but it's a major pain. I also have social anxiety issues, depression, and general anxiety. Although it's not technically diagnosed, a couple of my doctors have agreed that I'm somewhere on the autism spectrum and that it's likely Aspergers.

I'm lucky that I've been able to get off the medications (except for the thyroid meds, those are a lifelong thing) and instead keep an emotional support dog that lives with me on my college's campus.

Honestly, though, I've never really considered myself disabled. I am who I am and that's all I plan to be - it's just learning to live with my quirks.
 
#120 ·
I consider it a disablity if it affects quality of life. I am one of those aspies that lost the feeling to want to socialize. I also seem to be loosing touch with reality for some reason the real seems unreal.
 
#126 ·
It's a disability, yes. But I choose not to consider myself disabled. Heck, until about a year ago, I didn't even know that I was considered disabled by the government's definition. A lot of what I have affects my daily life, but that's who I am. It may meen I have to work harder and push myself more to do things that "normal" (which is a term I use cautiously - I honestly don't believe in "normal") people have no problem with, but that's ok. I have very few friends, and the ones I do have it took years for me to trust but I am fiercely loyal to. I'd usually rather have a movie night with a couple friends than go to a big party. Most of the time I'd rather work by myself. There are days that I have a hard time getting up in the morning to face the world. But I'm also one of those people that you'd better not try to tell me that I can't do something because I'm a girl/have a disability/etc., because I WILL prove you wrong.

P.S. not to sound rude but what caused yours there are so many causes?
Caused what? The hypothyroidism is caused because my thyroid gland doesn't make nearly enough thyroid hormone. The axiety issues, depression, and resulting panic attacks are caused by an imbalance of chemicals, namely serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine, in the brain that were possibly passed genetically to me from my parents. The Aspergers is likely also a chemical imbalance as well, which may or may not be genetically passed.
 
#128 ·
That is not how depression works. The brain of a depressed person it built different. The brain does not release enough dopamine.
 
#127 ·
I have hyperhidrosis which causes my hands to sweat abnormally. Sometimes they sweat so much it will run down my arm and drip off my elbow :-?. I also suffer from hypnopopic hallucinations. I see things when I start to wake up. They can be anything from shapes to a person. Sometimes they cause me to jump out of bed because I can't tell if what I see is real or not. Once I wake up I know it was just a hallucination but in that moment it's a real as it can be.
 
#131 ·
Wow genetic that is extremely rare .3 percent of people who have it did you have the flu when you got it that is a cause.
 
#133 ·
I have ADD...been put on a lot of meds for it when i was younger, but when i hit high school i began abusing them, then decided to just get off them, also been diagnosed with depression.
I know i have severe anxiety even though i was never diagnosed. I have spent the last few years dealing with panic attacks, i have been really learning how to cope with it, which is helpful. before MR.Fishy died, when i would be having one of my panic attacks, if i could manage to get over by the tank i would sit in front of it and watch him swim around until i was feeling better.
I am allergic to milk protein, so i cant have anything that contains any for of dairy...it makes eating out or at other peoples house really tough.

I have some other quirks, not sure if they fall into any other catagory, for example, some things in regards to organization, like, not having to keep my house clean, i cant do that for the life of me, but my movies, m usic, and books HAVE to be in alphabetical order, if they arent, i freak out, I have even reorganized other peoples movies because it was upsetting me to see theirs out of order.
I have a lot of trouble with talking to people, cant go ask for help at stores, i would rather search for something for two hours than approach a clerk.
A lot of times when my girlfriend and i go out places, i just end up really getting in a weird funk, i will start feeling like i cant function or cant get anything done and stand where ever we are with a look on my face like "i have no idea what im doing or why im here." I can tell its really frusturating for her, but she puts up with it, but when ever it happens i feel really bad. Strangely the two places this wont happen is fish stores and plant stores.
I also have what like to call good days and bad days. by this i mean, there are days wher i feel fine and i can do things normally, and then there are days where i just feel like im in a fog, where i will get really upset and sometimes just start crying or feeling sick. Being a full time college student it is really tough to deal with it and gauge what will be a good day what wont, i think that is part of why i am taking my classes online this semester, last semester i stopped howing up half way through :-? . TOday for instance, has been a bad day.

Well thats a little bit more about me. I have to say that this community is amazing, and one of the few forums where i feel completely comfortable being myself.
 
#142 ·
I have a lot of trouble with talking to people, cant go ask for help at stores, i would rather search for something for two hours than approach a clerk.
Yeah me too. I'll look myself for things in stores, or have someone I am with ask for me. This is because I have Social Anxiety Disorder or Social Phobia. Very hard to talk to ppl I don't know, even on the phone. On the PC it is so much easier so I like being online better than being at social events unless I know all the ppl well.
 
#134 · (Edited)
I went off the meds because.of increased risk of drug abuse, and sciziperma also I was gaining weight too fast. My deppresionmakes me remember everything dies, and no one is innocent at times. I also remember we're everything ends up in depression. I technically do not have ADHD it is labelled asperger syndrome with attention problems which is pretty much the same thing. Glad you are off the meds.
 
#137 ·
@Perry, Depression is a chemical imbalance. You cannot simply "be happy", it it out of people with depression's control. It is the way their brain is built.
 
#138 ·
So, I'm not supposed to "promote" other forums. But the rules only specify linking...? So, any of you on wrong planet? (Sorry if I'm breaking the rules, I'm just curious.)
 
#140 ·
I've got a myriad of issues: OCD, ADD, MDD, GAD, PDDNOS, EDNOS, and a seizure disorder that was brought on by medication. I'm trying to get healthy, but I think a large part of my newfound stability was having my cats and fish to care for.
 
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