Do you have alot of meltdowns?

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IMO people have to be VERY cautious of what/how someone says something to me or I'm automatically in tears. Sadly family says it's to the point they don't want to be around me. They assume pills are the answer and freak out OMG! You missed a day of your pills me IMO oh well. I'm meltdown central alot lately. Any tips?

Sure try to focus on the positive but I'm sadly a negative thinker and looking at past photos or talking of other people doesn't make me feel better about my life (there opinion is well change it) Sure Let a couple thousand fall from the sky and I magically go back to College but even then I'll toss myself into my (now knowing) special interest of Psychology and it'll be all I talk about or do. (Which they hate when I get that way) so either life with or without college is a lose/lose either way I'm not happy and meltdown central upset easy etc. or happy and obsessive which is ALSO viewed as wrong behavior AHHHHH!

I used to have a meltdown at least once a week, with a violent meltdown at least once every 3-4 weeks. Since I've been on meds, I haven't had a single meltdown (it's been almost 2 months). As much as I hate to say pills are the answer, for me they were. There is always the issue of people not accepting responsibility for their actions. My parents KNOW what sets me off, but they don't care to change how they interact with me. I'm still not sure how to get people to realize that they can actually be the cause of meltdowns. Through therapy, my parents are starting to realize that they are not as innocent as they think they are. I realize that this post doesn't help you, and I wish I had advice for you.

Yes I do, unfortunately.

Only when someone is real mean to me.

I used to but I am out of that environment now. My husband doesn't cause any and I am not in school or living with my family. Plus I am not with my ex's. I had more of them before the wedding because of all the planning and deadlines so I was more prone to them.

Ya perhaps moving out of my families house might help LOL!

I don't mean to offend you, but no-one else is the cause of your meltdowns. They do things that trigge ryou, but that doesn't make them responsible for your meltdowns. Of course it's advisable that your parents work on taking into account what sets you off if they can avoid doing these things, but it isn't always possible.

As to the original poster's question: I have meltdowns every 2-4 weeks, and usually when I have one, it is likely that I'll have anohter meltdown the next day or so. I am not on meds apart from a PRN tranquilizer. I was on an antipsychotic for a few months several years ago, but it didn't help. I can relate to the hysteria about oh hav eyou taken your meds etc. I got that a lot from my staff (I lived alone at the time but had staff coming to my home) when I was melting down. The staff didn't know me off meds cause I started the AP just before moving into that home, so I can understand that they'd fear what would happen if I didn't take my meds.

A fair bit. When I'm having to deal with a lot. I'd like kindness from my parents at those times to sooth me back down but I tend to get snapped at.

I have mild meltdowns often, I have learnt to control these ones as much as I can by getting out of the situation and going somewhere safe. The bigger meltdowns when I can get quite aggressive are quite rare. Maybe about once every 3-4 months for those ones.

Yeah. i have some pretty bad meltdowns several times a week. im a mess

I have the same situation.

As regards the original question, more regularly than I would like.
Any small stress is enough to trigger me sometimes.
Losing something can really set me off, as can being chastised or criticised for things I cannot help.

Yes, this year I have had more meltdowns than in the previous 44 years put together.

Many reasons, but one of the things I have learned is that you can prevent some of them if you deal with sensory processing issues. If you can't see someone who specialises in it, read a book about it. I recommend "Sensory Intelligence" by Annemarie Lombard. You can buy it from Kalahari.net, a reliable South African online bookshop. Prices are in ZAR, but you can work out the dollar equivalent by using XE.com.

I am finally having workplace accommodations being done for me a result of our new understanding of sensory processing requirements. My colleagues and I have sensory profiles which differ a lot from each other's. My ADHD colleague's profile differs a lot from mine, in spite of the fact that I too have ADHD. I am similar to her Aspie husband in being hypersensitive, and I find that I can share several tips with him. We are even helped by the same type of music.

Umm, not really, no. I am more prone to just...stopping. I will refuse to say anything at all or just agree with what a person is saying in an attempt to make them sod the heck off already. I have been known to yell a lot...but I do not think that that constitutes a meltdown per se. *shrugs*

I didn't used to but I do now. My melt downs tend to express themselves in anger, and I got kicked out of school for having one....

Almost everyday in school when I was little, and once in a while nowadays, I throw a tantrum, or just hit myself, or today because there were too many kids around, I yelled out.

I get them a lot in school. Unfortunately I hide it even though I don't want to (I can't help it), no nobody realises and they think I'm doing okay unless I say so.