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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Attention deficit disorder ? Feedback please |
| firemonkey |
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Posted: 22 May 2024, 1:27 am
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Replies: 36
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| and a false sense of how smart you are. Well that certainly put me in my place. If I had a strong sense of self it wouldn't matter, but because I don't the wide ranging views of how intelligent/smart I am aren't easy to cope with. Some see me as no more than a fool. Others see me as a person with '... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Attention deficit disorder ? Feedback please |
| firemonkey |
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Posted: 20 May 2024, 7:09 pm
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Replies: 36
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| ^ ^ I was thinking that there was more to ADD than hyper/hypo focussing. ^ You're about as intelligent as I am. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Attention deficit disorder ? Feedback please |
| firemonkey |
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Posted: 20 May 2024, 2:26 pm
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Replies: 36
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Very few replies  Hopefully it's because hardly anyone on this forum has ADD. I'd rather that than it's because I'm disliked. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Attention deficit disorder ? Feedback please |
| firemonkey |
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Posted: 18 May 2024, 7:31 am
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Replies: 36
Views: 5,280
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Attention deficit disorder ? Feedback please |
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Posted: 18 May 2024, 4:41 am
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Replies: 36
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| It's been suggested as a result of a thread I started on a FB high IQ group that I may have attention deficit disorder. The thing is I can focus intensely on things that interest me. That's made me believe that ADD wouldn't be something I have. Reasons for thinking I may have are centred round diffi... |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Do you find Reddit toxic? |
| firemonkey |
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Posted: 13 May 2024, 9:46 am
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Replies: 25
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| Do any of you have a Reddit account and if you do, do you feel like there is a sense of mob mentality on the site? As you know, Reddit is composed of different forums discussing certain things which are known as subreddits. You can accumulate what is known as karma with the things that you comment ... |
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Forum: News and Current Events Topic: Lithium in drinking water |
| firemonkey |
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Posted: 09 May 2024, 6:25 am
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Replies: 5
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| Key takeaways: Increased risk for autism spectrum disorder was associated with 7.36 µg/L lithium exposure. Increased risk for schizophrenia spectrum disorder was associated with 5.8 µg/L lithium exposure. https://www.healio.com/news/psychiatry/20240507/lithium-in-drinking-water-linked-to-negative-e... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How do YOU define “Giftedness”? |
| firemonkey |
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Posted: 22 Apr 2024, 1:05 am
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Replies: 36
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| I repeat: the actual concept of 'general intelligence' of general intelligence (hence IQ) begins to break-down from around two standard deviations above average - in the top couple of percent of the population. From around and above this point, therefore, ultra-high cognitive abilities tend to be s... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How do YOU define “Giftedness”? |
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Posted: 20 Apr 2024, 2:30 pm
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Replies: 36
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125-130 IQ +
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Were you an active child? |
| firemonkey |
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Posted: 19 Apr 2024, 5:30 am
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Replies: 18
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| I watched quite a lot of TV. When not doing that I liked reading the set of Children's encyclopaedia Britannica that my parents had bought. That started pre going to school. I didn't play with other children much,including my brother and sister. I'd say my activity level was definitely lower than av... |
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Forum: Love and Dating Topic: How did you meet your partner(s)? |
| firemonkey |
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Posted: 18 Apr 2024, 11:20 am
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Replies: 45
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| During my last and longest stay in psych hospital. We were both inpatients. |
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Forum: Random Discussion Topic: Tip creep in UK |
| firemonkey |
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Posted: 06 Apr 2024, 12:21 pm
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Replies: 25
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| Not quite the same thing, but what rattles my cage is the 'since the pandemic' increase in minimum spend needed for delivery +delivery charge,re the Chinese takeaway I use .It's not a large charge but (a) it wasn't done pre pandemic (b) it's about 10 minutes walk and <5 minutes via car, I'd guess(sa... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: high functioning vs classic autism |
| firemonkey |
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Posted: 19 Mar 2024, 2:43 pm
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Replies: 23
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| Yet another Youtube using autistic person that I struggle very much to identify with. Without exception the failure to identify with them makes me doubt my diagnosis. They're invariably more extrovert appearing,self assured, and self confident than I am. |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Poor level of suppourt in college |
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Posted: 09 Mar 2024, 11:27 pm
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Replies: 48
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| ^ Bad memories. No 2e,gifted but disabled etc, back then. The dilemma of wanting to please my parents while being acutely aware I lacked the independent living skills, not the cognitive ability, to cope with college/university. |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Poor level of suppourt in college |
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Posted: 09 Mar 2024, 10:48 pm
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Replies: 48
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| An interesting, but triggering thread. Things were a lot worse in the mid 1970s. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Shuffling feet |
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Posted: 09 Mar 2024, 6:27 am
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Replies: 7
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| I have been described as walking like I'm drunk. Something that worsens as my anxiety increases. I was never intensely afraid of falling until I had my two falls in October 2021. Given the time it took to find out I'd actually fractured my femur, and the pain was not 'psychological', the prognosis w... |
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