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Do you take prescriptions?
Yes, to control undesirable aspects of AS/ASD & it helps 18%  18%  [ 9 ]
Yes, for a comorbid or physical condition (or other, but what is there) 54%  54%  [ 27 ]
Sometimes but not on a regular basis 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Used to, but stopped needing, or stopped wanting to 12%  12%  [ 6 ]
Would be better of taking meds, but can not afford it financially 2%  2%  [ 1 ]
Can not handle the side effects 2%  2%  [ 1 ]
Other (?) 12%  12%  [ 6 ]
Total votes : 50

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15 Oct 2010, 11:17 am

Just took four different pills as I do every morning. Actually five because with one of the meds I take one and a half pills.

Making a poll, then I need to go.

ETA, not five different pills obviously. Why couldn't I just let that go. :roll: > to me



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15 Oct 2010, 11:18 am

Hmm for the future, isn't there a way to make it possible to select more than one choice? I didn't see it.... thought I've seen it used here, though.



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15 Oct 2010, 11:51 am

I take Xanax for anxiety, Lexapro for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder/depression, and Risperidone for racing/"bad" thoughts. I've been on these meds since I was 15 and they work like a charm. My quality of life has improved a hundredfold since starting these meds. There are a few side effects, but they're not severe enough to interfere with my daily life.



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15 Oct 2010, 11:56 am

You don't have an option for those who never took anything and don't intent to.


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15 Oct 2010, 12:03 pm

For mental stuff:

Seroquel for sleep
Sertraline for OCD and panic disorder
Valium for non-cognitive anxiety, sensory problems, and an overwhelmed mind

I've been on these for several years.

(Pretty much the same three drugs as IdahoRose. There's just some small differences between them.)



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15 Oct 2010, 12:05 pm

I take L-Thyroxine and it works! This and Lactase helped me with "IBS" (doctors were hell wrong). It was my idea to try L-T and L and I was right.


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15 Oct 2010, 12:06 pm

Only buscopan for my IBS, and even then I hardly take it because I don't think it actually works, I've taken it 3 times since I was prescribed them in summer and I don't even know what it's supposed to do.


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15 Oct 2010, 12:41 pm

Other: no.



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15 Oct 2010, 1:01 pm

I take about...five different prescriptions a day.


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15 Oct 2010, 1:33 pm

Lamotrigine, doc never told me what for and it isn't the only thing ive seen or heard him keep from me.



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15 Oct 2010, 3:05 pm

Sallamandrina wrote:
You don't have an option for those who never took anything and don't intent to.



:(

I knew I was missing something. I had a blank option open for the longest time trying to think of it.

Can polls be edited?



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15 Oct 2010, 3:45 pm

I don't think so, but don't worry, we'll go with "other"


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15 Oct 2010, 4:06 pm

I don't and never have, but the more stressful my current work becomes (and it fills up about twenty out of twenty-four hours each day, so it's not exactly easy to escape and relax), the more prominent my symptoms become (especially tics and OCD-type anxiety-related symptoms) and the more difficult to control without assistance. I'm starting to wonder...
(For the record, even though I don't know whether or not it's true, I selected the "better off with treatment, but can't afford it" option - because let's face it, even if I were offered the opportunity to try out a prescription, I probably wouldn't be able to afford to do so.)



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15 Oct 2010, 4:13 pm

oxycottin xanax bars percocets and lortabs. valiums morphine patches extacy and its all up for grabs hahaha


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15 Oct 2010, 4:16 pm

Xanax for anxiety and Adderall for ADD, and was supposed to see the doc Wed to be put on a third, but i spaced and missed my appt


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15 Oct 2010, 9:19 pm

Omnicognic wrote:
Xanax for anxiety and Adderall for ADD, and was supposed to see the doc Wed to be put on a third, but i spaced and missed my appt


Adderall only works if you remember to take it. :lol:

Sometimes I forget about all of the meds and later in the day realize that I could be feeling better if....