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Me: “I’m fine.”
Also me: mentally duct-taped together and powered by caffeine + sheer spite. ☕️🔥💬 What’s the most unhinged thing keeping YOU afloat right now?
#NeurospicyChronicles #BarelyCopingClub #MentalHealthHumor #ADHDLife #AnxietyGremlin #SurvivingNotThriving #FunctioningButNotOK #DarkHumorHeals 😭☕️✨
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CW: Musings over ADHD med combo; briefly mentions RSD, disgust reflex, and suspected ARFID
NGL, it's honestly kinda funny to us that there was such resistance to the very concept of us taking a combination of meds to help us with our ADHD (tecnically AuDHD) struggles, given that the meds don't have any known negative interactions and actually cancel out some of the negatives of each other 😅
e.g.,
Lisdexamfetamine (Elvanse®)
- Insomnia or disturbed sleep
- Increased blood pressure
- Increased pulse
Guanfacine (Intuniv®)
- Drowsiness
- Decreased blood pressure
- Decreased pulse
We're up to 4 mg of guanfacine nightly now (as of Monday), alongside 60 mg lisdex (split across 2 x 30 mg doses, taken ~2 hours apart) daily.
Aside from some minor titration issues whilst our body has been getting used to the introduction of guanfacine, we've found it is beginning to help with sleep and has noticeably helped lower our blood pressure and pulse.
It's also having the pleasant effects of reducing baseline anxiety, which is a key component of our Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD), and lowering our disgust reflex, which became more prominent during the summer and which we think is a major factor in the increasing ARFID-like symptoms we experienced (and are still trying to recover from).
Unlike with SSRIs or SNRIs, it doesn't make us feel numb or unable to feel sad. That makes sense, as it's basically selectively blocking some alpha-2A adrenergic receptors, which in turn is decreasing activity within our sympathetic nervous system.
If we continue to do well at 4 mg, we'll probably ask to remain there, rather than trial going higher, as 4 mg seems to be the sweet spot for a lot of folks, and is the max dose of a single pill. We could in theory try up to 7 mg, but we're not in a rush there.
#guanfacine #lisdexamfetamine #ADHD #AuDHD #anxiety #RSD #ARFID #SideEffects #neurodivergent #neurospicy
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Music is such a great alternative to direct communication sometimes, especially (but not exclusively) if you're a neurospicy person who experiences any level of alexithymia, verbal shutdowns, or emotional dysregulation.
We often cannot tell people how we're doing or feeling if they ask us.
Even if we know how we're feeling, have the ability to form the words, and have the emotional regulation to describe everything, there are so many other factors that might make it too difficult, even overwhelming, to do so.
By comparison, sharing a song -- even one without any lyrics -- can do the audio equivalent of showing the answer more than we can tell it with words.
We need to remember to do this more often.
#NeurospicyThoughts #neurospicy #neurodivergent #alexithymia #EmotionalDysregulation #VerbalShutdown #music
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Music is such a great alternative to direct communication sometimes, especially (but not exclusively) if you're a neurospicy person who experiences any level of alexithymia, verbal shutdowns, or emotional dysregulation.
We often cannot tell people how we're doing or feeling if they ask us.
Even if we know how we're feeling, have the ability to form the words, and have the emotional regulation to describe everything, there are so many other factors that might make it too difficult, even overwhelming, to do so.
By comparison, sharing a song -- even one without any lyrics -- can do the audio equivalent of showing the answer more than we can tell it with words.
We need to remember to do this more often.
#NeurospicyThoughts #neurospicy #neurodivergent #alexithymia #EmotionalDysregulation #VerbalShutdown #music
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Music is such a great alternative to direct communication sometimes, especially (but not exclusively) if you're a neurospicy person who experiences any level of alexithymia, verbal shutdowns, or emotional dysregulation.
We often cannot tell people how we're doing or feeling if they ask us.
Even if we know how we're feeling, have the ability to form the words, and have the emotional regulation to describe everything, there are so many other factors that might make it too difficult, even overwhelming, to do so.
By comparison, sharing a song -- even one without any lyrics -- can do the audio equivalent of showing the answer more than we can tell it with words.
We need to remember to do this more often.
#NeurospicyThoughts #neurospicy #neurodivergent #alexithymia #EmotionalDysregulation #VerbalShutdown #music
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Music is such a great alternative to direct communication sometimes, especially (but not exclusively) if you're a neurospicy person who experiences any level of alexithymia, verbal shutdowns, or emotional dysregulation.
We often cannot tell people how we're doing or feeling if they ask us.
Even if we know how we're feeling, have the ability to form the words, and have the emotional regulation to describe everything, there are so many other factors that might make it too difficult, even overwhelming, to do so.
By comparison, sharing a song -- even one without any lyrics -- can do the audio equivalent of showing the answer more than we can tell it with words.
We need to remember to do this more often.
#NeurospicyThoughts #neurospicy #neurodivergent #alexithymia #EmotionalDysregulation #VerbalShutdown #music
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CW: Quick medical (ADHD meds) update
Started guanfacine last night at 2 mg. Just took second nightly tablet.
Too early to tell if it's working fully, but currently feeling a little less anxious and jittery.
Also feeling generally sleepy, despite a total of 60 mg lisdex daily across 2 doses, but not necessarily in a bad way.
Feels positive overall so far, but very early days.
#ADHD #AuDHD #guanfacine #lisdexamfetamine #neurodivergent #neurodivergence #neurospicy
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CW: ADHD meds - 1st night of new combo
Since our latest ADHD prescription meds finally arrived on Saturday, we're officially starting guanfacine tonight at 2 mg nightly.
This will be alongside our 60 mg lisdexamfetamine daily dose (split across 2 x 30 mg capsules, taken about 2-3 hours apart).
The hope is that it will help us with intense RSD, anxiety, and some of the jitteriness we get from the lisdex.
Obviously we'd rather not get any of the awful potential side effects, but we'll just have to see what happens. If we do get them, it would be ideal if any side effects are limited mostly to titration :PleadingFace:
Gonna take first dose now, alongside our normal night-time stuff, and start preparing for sleep.
Fingers crossed 🤞 :ADHD_Butterfly: :AutismInfinitySymbol:
#ADHD #AuDHD #lisdexamfetamine #guanfacine #RSD #neurodivergent #neurospicy
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#neurospicy #aspi and the emoji #spoon
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Do you crave cool?
Here it is.
Does not matter if you love #edm #techno or not...
@switchangel codes music line by line, her narration is part of this cool #trance track she magics line by line.Whether you're a #codemonkey a #music #geek or just a #neurospicy unicorn
You will thank me for this gem.
Love it!
https://youtu.be/GWXCCBsOMSg?si=x2n3UonVu7qIhGw- -
ADHD folx, what effective strategies do you use to keep track of your phone?
I don't want it on my body all the time, but i also don't want to lose an hour looking for it 1-3x daily.
I hide mine on myself daily, and the meltdowns. Rough.
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Wie die Sicht auf ADHS sich in den vergangenen Jahrzehnten verändert hat 🔗 https://taz.de/!6111346/ #neurospicy #genz #adhs #tazmusssein
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Walking helps. Very slow. Winded now. Had to stop several times (multiple seats along way would help-accessibility. Would anyone else in neighborhood walk more if there were seats every few feet for rest stops??? I don't know most of my neighbors. I see fit, abled people walk past. I don't see people with mobility issues out and about around here. Am I using wrong language?)
Sunny part of garden is still in shade now. Back part is all sunny. Will have to think how this would impact planting plans.
Will walking crab slow over there and back early morning help me tackle Wall Of Awful? Will I be able to go more times per day soon, if I keep this up? Will I drop this ball (again) or how better support Self in this effort to get healthy and functional to do All The Things necessary to do All The Big Things to meet this noment in History as we are called to do so?
I should write this on paper but would likely lose it, or spill leak something on it that blurs ink
illegible. So trying this.#neurospicy
#neurosparkly
#MentalHealth
#SpoonieGardening
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My kid, looking at me with disdain; "Is that your only clean shirt?"
Me: "No, it's one of my favourite shirts."
Kid, eyeing me warily; "Ok.."
Well, it WAS one of my favourite shirts. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
They always say to ask a drunk or a kid if you want the truth. If you want brutal honesty, ask an autistic kid. 😂
#neurospicylife #shitmykidsays
#parenting #neveradullmoment
#daddysgirl@powerword I think your genetics are strong with this one! 😂
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Hey fellow lovely neurospicy fedi folks :FediverseSymbol:
What are some neurodivergent things that you wish more folks of all neurotypes knew more about? :AutismSymbol: :ADHD_Butterfly:
e.g.,
- Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD)
- Especially how pervasive and crippling it can be
- Neurodivergent love languages
- Especially penguin pebbling 🥺
- It's actually common to have ADHD and be autistic (AuDHD)
- Autism Speaks is an anti-autism hate organisation that promotes ABA (Applied Behavioral Analysis), which is basically autistic conversion therapy
etc.
#neurospicy #neurodivergent #neurodivergence #ActuallyAutistic #ADHD #AuDHD #neurotype
- Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD)
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"Girl, Interrupted" but it's about a burnt-out AuDHD girl -- desperately trying to maintain focus and her train of thought -- who gets more and more agitated every time she's interrupted, until finally all of her coping techniques fail her, her mask breaks, and she has a neurospicy meltdown due to overload and overwhelm 🥺
#neurospicy #neurodivergent #autistic #ADHD #AuDHD #AuDHDBurnout #burnout #masking #meltdown
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"Girl, Interrupted" but it's about a burnt-out AuDHD girl -- desperately trying to maintain focus and her train of thought -- who gets more and more agitated every time she's interrupted, until finally all of her coping techniques fail her, her mask breaks, and she has a neurospicy meltdown due to overload and overwhelm 🥺
#neurospicy #neurodivergent #autistic #ADHD #AuDHD #AuDHDBurnout #burnout #masking #meltdown
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"Girl, Interrupted" but it's about a burnt-out AuDHD girl -- desperately trying to maintain focus and her train of thought -- who gets more and more agitated every time she's interrupted, until finally all of her coping techniques fail her, her mask breaks, and she has a neurospicy meltdown due to overload and overwhelm 🥺
#neurospicy #neurodivergent #autistic #ADHD #AuDHD #AuDHDBurnout #burnout #masking #meltdown
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"Girl, Interrupted" but it's about a burnt-out AuDHD girl -- desperately trying to maintain focus and her train of thought -- who gets more and more agitated every time she's interrupted, until finally all of her coping techniques fail her, her mask breaks, and she has a neurospicy meltdown due to overload and overwhelm 🥺
#neurospicy #neurodivergent #autistic #ADHD #AuDHD #AuDHDBurnout #burnout #masking #meltdown
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Jouer avec un enfant neuroA
Mon mari et moi, on adore les mimes. Du coup, l'enfant nous a souvent vu jouer et maintenant elle veut participer.
Le problème c'est qu'avec son supposé #TDAH c'est ultra compliqué. Elle a tendance à oublier ce qu'elle est en train de mimer. Puis elle s'agite tellement car ça parasite le mime et nous envoie sur des fausses pistes. Bref c'est toujours un défi 😅
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Aujourd'hui c'est carnaval. L'enfant doit se déguiser en un personnage de Miraculous, Réna rouge. Elle a de perdu le collier et les chaussettes car elle ne range rien, elle ne veut pas mettre le masque et la flute parce qu'elle pense que c'est interdit, elle ne veut pas prendre les gants de peur que ça la gène. Elle a juste un legging et un TShirt orange qui ne ressemble à rien. Bref, c'est ça aussi se déguiser quand on est AuDHD 😬
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Ce matin, qui étaient levés de bonne heure pour aller chercher des fossiles dans une carrière de craie à 30 minutes de route ?
Bon, on a trouvé des morceaux de fossiles mais ils étaient dans un gros bloc de craie. On a essayé de le casser avec un burin et un marteau improvisés. Sans succès. L'enfant était très déçue même si on a pris des photos de nos découvertes. Intérêt spécifique pas totalement comblé 😔
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Hier, je descends pour aller voir l'enfant. Le salon était dans un état 💀 Elle faisait à la fois un dessin japonais, une bande dessinée et de la couture. Bien sûr tout en même temps sans finir aucun des trois 😬
Ensuite, on a regardé ensemble des épisodes de c'est toujours pas sorcier. Ça a mis son cerveau en ébullition 🤯. Elle veut qu'on retourne dimanche à la carrière abandonnée de craie chercher des fossiles. Elle lit aussi le livre pour apprendre les hiéroglyphes et veut absolument retourner dans un musée pour pouvoir les déchiffrer. Ce matin, elle a tenu la jambe à son père pendant une heure en digressant sur le sujet.
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I love Boyf and often do not appreciate that he has to try and navigate the *vast catalogue of Strangulated and Yip type noises* I often make and has to think:
" Is my Beloved Excited or Distressed right Now? "
And then act accordingly.
#NeuroSpicy #NeuroSpicyRelationships #Relationships #Love #LoveIs #Boyf
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I love Boyf and often do not appreciate that he has to try and navigate the *vast catalogue of Strangulated and Yip type noises* I often make and has to think:
" Is my Beloved Excited or Distressed right Now? "
And then act accordingly.
#NeuroSpicy #NeuroSpicyRelationships #Relationships #Love #LoveIs #Boyf
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I love Boyf and often do not appreciate that he has to try and navigate the *vast catalogue of Strangulated and Yip type noises* I often make and has to think:
" Is my Beloved Excited or Distressed right Now? "
And then act accordingly.
#NeuroSpicy #NeuroSpicyRelationships #Relationships #Love #LoveIs #Boyf
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On me dit souvent que l'enfant est très mature pour son âge (médecin, psy...). Je dis toujours pour rire qu'on a mis au monde un adulte dans un corps d'enfant avec la régulation émotionnelle d'un tout petit. Le mélange est assez détonnant 💣
En dehors de ça, je la plains beaucoup car ce décalage constant ne doit pas être facile à vivre.
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L'enfant connaît le nom (et un peu de trivia) de toutes les lunes des planètes telluriques du système solaires (naines ou pas), les noms des lunes plus grandes des planètes gazeuses (lunes galiléennes, par exemple).
On est à donf, elle les récite pour s'endormir 🥰
#neuroSpicyKid -
L'enfant connaît le nom (et un peu de trivia) de toutes les lunes des planètes telluriques du système solaires (naines ou pas), les noms des lunes plus grandes des planètes gazeuses (lunes galiléennes, par exemple).
On est à donf, elle les récite pour s'endormir 🥰
#neuroSpicyKid -
L'enfant connaît le nom (et un peu de trivia) de toutes les lunes des planètes telluriques du système solaires (naines ou pas), les noms des lunes plus grandes des planètes gazeuses (lunes galiléennes, par exemple).
On est à donf, elle les récite pour s'endormir 🥰
#neuroSpicyKid