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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Why do people recommend working in IT/Computers for Aspies? |
| steve30 |
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Posted: 20 Nov 2024, 4:06 am
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Replies: 16
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| Hardly anything about computers seems logical to me nowadays. I find a lot of modern computer systems awfully complicated. I like coding. It is something I did earlier in life. The problem was that the languages kept falling out of fashion. First I learned BASIC, then Pascal, then COBOL, and then...... |
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Forum: Bipolar, Tourettes, Schizophrenia, and other Psychological Conditions Topic: Tried to stop antidepressants |
| steve30 |
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Posted: 06 Nov 2024, 8:53 pm
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Replies: 46
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| Hi Steve! Hope you've been doing well! It's actually funny you should ask but it didn't go very well. I appreciate you asking! I tried cutting down to 12.5 mg of Paxil and then using 10 mg of Prozac but I ended up getting badly sick. I ended up going to 25 mg of Paxil and have been at that level fo... |
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Forum: Bipolar, Tourettes, Schizophrenia, and other Psychological Conditions Topic: Tried to stop antidepressants |
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Posted: 06 Nov 2024, 2:06 am
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Replies: 46
Views: 3,977
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| Just wondering, how is the anti-depressant withdrawal going? |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Discriminatory hiring process? |
| steve30 |
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Posted: 15 Oct 2024, 8:36 pm
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Replies: 44
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| Hehe. According to a news article about their scanning service: “People just don’t want to do this kind of work because it’s tedious and leads to a lot of error rates. But people with autism love it and have proven to do it really well.” They also include a testimonial from one employee's father, wh... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Discriminatory hiring process? |
| steve30 |
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Posted: 15 Oct 2024, 8:25 pm
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Replies: 44
Views: 2,319
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| So, according to Edmonton Police who they are a contractor for: “Working collaboratively with Technology North, we developed this project to train a group of their autistic employees to assist us with the redaction of body worn camera footage, which is structured and repeatable work that suits their... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Why do people recommend working in IT/Computers for Aspies? |
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Posted: 15 Oct 2024, 10:13 am
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Replies: 16
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| Just wondering, whenever you get articles and forum posts about people with aspergers/autism looking for work, it is quite common to suggest that they work in IT or computers. Any idea why this is? I know some people take a particular interest in computers, which is fine, but plenty don't. I was int... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Discriminatory hiring process? |
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Posted: 15 Oct 2024, 9:50 am
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Replies: 44
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| This is completely unreasonable. Where are you supposed to even get a guardian/carer? Many people with Aspergers/Autism do not have much in the way of a social life or supportive family. If they consider it compulsory to attend with your guardian, (unless they have screwed up somewhere as mentioned ... |
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Forum: Bipolar, Tourettes, Schizophrenia, and other Psychological Conditions Topic: Tried to stop antidepressants |
| steve30 |
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Posted: 22 Sep 2024, 1:32 pm
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Replies: 46
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| Good luck, and let us know how you get on. Hopefully it will be OK, but you can always go slower if you need to. |
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Forum: Bipolar, Tourettes, Schizophrenia, and other Psychological Conditions Topic: Tried to stop antidepressants |
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Posted: 15 Sep 2024, 12:34 pm
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Replies: 46
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| I just found the Royal College of Psychiatrists (here in England) has an excellent web page about stopping anti depressants. It includes examples about the symptoms, how to taper, and even breaking up extended release capsules. Its well worth a read: https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/mental-health/treatment... |
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Forum: Bipolar, Tourettes, Schizophrenia, and other Psychological Conditions Topic: Tried to stop antidepressants |
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Posted: 14 Sep 2024, 8:45 am
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Replies: 46
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| With Venlafaxine, I only had a limited supply (incompetent doctors' surgery), so it was very difficult to make a few tablets last a long time. I got so desperate that I just found a new doctor instead who gave me Citalopram. Coming off the citalopram was a lot easier as I had two boxes (56 tablets) ... |
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Forum: Bipolar, Tourettes, Schizophrenia, and other Psychological Conditions Topic: Tried to stop antidepressants |
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Posted: 14 Sep 2024, 4:13 am
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Replies: 46
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| Good luck. I've been anti depressant free for 3 years now. It is possible, but it needs patience with the withdrawal symptoms. I haven't used Paxil before myself. If memory serves, that is one of the worse ones. I did try and come off Venlafaxine though (unsuccessfully) which also has very bad withd... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Do you get along well with other neurodivergent people? |
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Posted: 09 Sep 2024, 2:00 am
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Replies: 13
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Why the term "superpower" does not sit well with me |
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Posted: 02 Sep 2024, 5:59 pm
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Replies: 48
Views: 4,342
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I'm really at a complete loss as to what these "superpowers" are.
Loneliness?
Depression?
Anxiety?
Being a slow learner?
Doesn't sound like much of a superpower to me. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How do you handle loneliness? |
| steve30 |
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Posted: 07 Jul 2024, 10:12 am
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Replies: 33
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Quote: How Do You Handle Loneliness?
I don't. Its really upsetting. I never got over it even after a couple of decades. |
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Forum: Health, Fitness, and Sports Topic: Medical Cannabis |
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Posted: 13 Jun 2024, 3:26 pm
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,914
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| In a very few, very rare cases you can get a legal prescription for cannabis. Reasons are rare, severe forms of epilepsy, severe nausea from chemo treatment and muscle pain from MS. It says they only consider it if they've tried everything else without success. So it sounds like your chances of get... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Pride Month Is Showing Its Colors Worldwide |
| steve30 |
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Posted: 12 Jun 2024, 12:25 am
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,979
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| Yipee! A whole month of rainbow-washed capitalism. |
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