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I overdid it I quess.

Today I had an appointment in the Job Centre in another city so I went there by train. Soon after I left home I realized I am not clothed properly to the weather - it was hot but with cold wind and I was wearing a sweater that keeps the warmth but lets the wind in. I had no time to go back home so I decided I have to bear with it somehow. Sun was making me hot but the wind was giving me a cold thrill. And it was blowing into my ears making a constant, loud sound.

Finally I managed t get to the city and fulfill my appointment. There was a change -they signed me to another room and person than usual, and there was no numbers due to system reorganization - I had to ask for is next in the row and pay attention for people leaving the room - but I managed to deal with it successfully (of course they got no job for me, no surprise...).

I left the building and realized I still have plenty of time for the train back home so I decided to go to a Psychological Centre (specializing in Autism in children) to ask them if they could diagnose an adult (me). They told me they diagnose only children but I could go check in another Psychological Centre - in different part of the city. They gave me the address and told me what bus is going there. But I ignored the bus message - I don't use bus transport.

So I ended up walking over 1h in the clothes of my, forced to make even more social interaction by asking people for directions and exposed to loud sounds of busy streets mixed with the blowing wind. But it was fine, I could deal with it... well, not really, I found myself sad and tired very fast ... but at least I was walking to a designation point without giving up. Then I found the Psychological Centre. Surprisingly I made an appointment with a therapist specializing in autism for tomorrow. The secretary I talked with was not able to specify if the therapist is diagnosing adults with Aspergers but she told me it is worth a try since it is quite possible since she is autism specialist. So I go there tomorrow - maybe I am finally on my way to get my diagnosis? I was struggling with it because I couldn't find information about a centre that diagnose adults for free and I have no money to waste on private doctors. This centre is free. The only question is if the therapist has a clue about AS in adults.


Anyway... back to the point.

Now, after all of this I got a huge headache. It feels like my head is going to blow up. Huge overloads usually cause this. I didn't realize I crossed my limits that much today but apparently I did. Last time when it happened my head was aching for 3 days and nights...

Help. I want to be alive tomorrow... I don't want to skip the promising appointment because of an extreme headache...
Any ideas?
Painkillers won't work, cold compress does the trick only for a moment.

Edit. I just realized what is the real cause this time. Apparently I dehydrated. I remember having dry mouth during my walk and being sweaty and surely I was drinking less water than usual (I drink 1,5l of water daily, today I had only 0,5l with me). Come to think of it - I was drinking less water than usual on all the extremely overloading days that caused headaches in the past. Good to know!
So I guess drinking a lot of water will help. I hope the headache disappears by tomorrow this way.

I get headaches on occasion too. Dry weather, change of weather, some allegens, tension, not eating, and now I learn from you not drinking, which I didn't know.

Rehydrate, make sure you get something to eat, take painkillers with the food, and try not to strain your eyes looking at screens or reading.

If you still have headache in the morning, try painkillers again after waking up and with food.

In the morning the headache was small and I was able to stand it.
I visited the therapist and she said she does diagnose adults too. Yay!
We talked only for a while (it was said before that I will met her only for a few minutes in the time between her patients appointments) and she told me she is going to diagnose me and told me where to go for some testings (free one in my city if I am lucky enough to get there in time or a paid but not too expensive testing in another city in case the free one got too many patients waiting). We are going to met in 2 weeks for regular appointment. Looks like my diagnose process really started. Out of blue.

Now I worry how I am going to successfully tell her what bothers me. She asked me "What makes you think you got AS?" today and while my thoughts went rapid ("I found it about 2 years ago in the Internet and since then I read about it everyday, it became an obsession of my. And the more I read the more convinced I am it fits me. I know what issues might seem similar but most of them I am able to eliminate. Only OCDP, NLD and sensory processing disorder combined seem possible but I think they all make AS if you combine them like that...") but all I was able to say was:

- Well... I found about it in the Internet and... you know... <silence>

I am stupid or what? I guess the social anxiety still keeps me down. Weird, I was sure I got rid of it already. Perhaps the coping mechanisms I developed don't work when I have to discuss my personal life.
Maybe I should write everything down before the next appointment and give her an "essay" to read?

I think you mentioned why before---but why don't you take the bus?

It would probably have made your headache a little less.

Good luck in your pursuit of your diagnosis.

Yes, write it down. I am not sure how long it should be. My guess would be no more then one page. Write down the things you do and problems you have

I haven't ride a public bus of my own will since the time I was forced to pay a mandate for using a wrong ticket 10 years ago (I was still in school and I was sure all school children can use the cheaper tickets but it ended up only children to 15year old can use those and I was 15 year and 3 months old).

But even before that I was using a bus rarely. To get to a bus you have to know which ticket to buy and you have to buy the ticket from the driver while he is already driving. It is dangerous. And you never know where the bus will go because they often change route and no single bus uses the same way as the other. I remember getting into a wrong bus and ending up in wrong city. Well, the bus was right but it was going back from where I was supposed to go (they changed route because of roadworks and stopped on the bus stop I was waiting for my bus). The bus transport is just messed up and unpredictable.

When I walk it might take longer but I am the one in control. So if I am able to walk somewhere - I go instead of using the public transport.