Dinosaw wrote:
I strongly suggest that anyone 'on the spectrum' avoid trying to create a false emotional reality as it won't last outside of the intoxication. Furthermore, drugs create new arrangements in your brain (memories, associations, etc.) that you may have difficulty consolidating once you've returned to sobriety. I would strongly suggest that anyone looking to use recreational drugs discuss the issue with their doctor or therapist first, for many reasons. Aside from their advice they may also offer you alternatives, even prescriptions that may prove more valuable than the illegal choices.
Trust me, I know what I'm talking about.
This. I used to go to raves every weekend and found that I kept wanting to be on drugs all of the time. I wasn't addicted to them, I was addicted to the experiences I had on them. And don't think that the people there are going to love and accept you after the rave is over. Most of them are just boring, sad little kids who drown out their emotions with parties (cough, my ex-boyfriend, cough).
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Given a “tentative” diagnosis as a child as I needed services at school for what was later correctly discovered to be a major anxiety disorder.
This misdiagnosis caused me significant stress, which lessened upon finding out the truth about myself from my current and past long-term therapists - that I am an anxious and highly sensitive person but do not have an autism spectrum disorder.
My diagnoses - social anxiety disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
I’m no longer involved with the ASD world.
09 May 2011, 7:52 pm
