pyschiatrist visit. and how autism can express itself

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firstly,am going to apologise if this goes on for ages and is pretty all over the place,have got no working memory nor short term memory at all due to brain injury from lifelong head banging so can waffle on without realising what am up to.

today,had had an appointment to see the pyschiatrist,went with the LD-pyschologist of mine and two support staff including one who is a WP user,it was difficult for her as well-we both have had poor experiences with specialists so were busy supporting each other.
had developed what in all accounts is unoficialy treated as paranoid schizophrenia several years ago due to the treatment of a WP user;sockpuppeting various 'regular' accounts pretending to be different people with different levels of autism;years of grooming,lying and pretend befriending for disability, information,then turned on the cyber bullying,e-stalking across the net, slander, threats,harassment across various internet accounts of mine,toxic resentment and irrational jealousy of disabilities and services am recieving,identity and autism experiences stolen and used on other forums for pity and attention seeking,gaslighting etc.
due to level of autism and having intelectual disability had not had the communication or capacity to know what to do or communicate what was going on.

am going to admit,had originaly not been a fan of this pyschiatrist because he dismissed everything had typed down about the issues in head before and woud just say we will see in x amount of months how are getting on and then itd be the same thing again so woud end up just storming out the room [as have always had appointments at home], he is completely anti medication.

anyway,thanks to getting the wheelchair a few months ago,it has opened up so much and was able to go to an appointment for the first time ever,without the risk of any issues;for which there are many of that make mobility impossible when in the outdoors.

the pyschiatrist saw the large PECS book of mine and from his angle thought it was a box,he asked something about it and being verbal at the time had echolalicly spoken; told him the name of one of the support staff at the meeting, he then said 'oh, its *********s?, ******** has a nice box doesnt she?',good job had helmet on because was banging head off the table laughing at that and she went as red as the vest am wearing [anyone who doesnt know what box refers to,well use urban dictionary,its a slang word].

in terms of mental illness, he said people with autism are highly sensitive,as in have high arrousal levels and we hear and experience all our perceptions so acutely.
this can cause us to experience input in all manner of output;for example the issues of schizophrenia; especialy when we are in the severely or profoundly autistic region and have limited understanding,its also the brains way of translating input into something more solid and communicateable to others.
he also said part of the triggering was due to having had a very difficult upbringing.
so was prescribed respiridone for autism,officialy,shoud get that delivered by friday have been told.
have been told it will help with lowering arrousal levels even to sensory issues and in turn stop the voices,delusions etc.

we went for a neros mocha coffee afterwards;first time had ever done this but have had neros before and that stuff is liquid gold.
sat at the outside table with both the staffs and pyschologist of mine- when we got there realised a bloke on the next table was doing some hardcore staring,turned out to be a dickhead that had been bullied by in special college,never said a word to staff though was to high on finaly having an end to this issue.


got a lady visiting who runs the local 'hearing voices' group to, she is very supportive.



what does everyone think on the pyschs view on how autism can express itself in mental illness symptoms?
this is why he is anti medication,because meds dont work on autism and do not allow/help someone to learn to cope to any level possible.
personaly think its interesting because of how quick other pyschs are to over medicate autists when they go to them with pyschotic issues or other illnesses instead of questioning whether they are an illness or expression of their highly arroused system.

Hi there I am a bipolar sufferer; I used to be a speech therapist but right now just trying to get a handle on the bipolar. I like this site because the users are very knowledgeable and understanding about mental health issues with no BS attached.

In regards to the sensitivity of autism - what he said is basically what I understand to be true, in a general sense. It's important that he tailors your medication to you as an individual. What is generally true for autism may or may not be true for an individual with autism. Everyone has a different make-up.

For example I have hard time getting my doctors to listen to me. I recently went to hospital after a period of wellness. I told them that I am highly sensitive to anti-psychotics and have developed tardive dyskinesia from them (in my hands, the evidence they can see). My demographic, young person, is not typically sensitive to antispsychotics though. So in a general sense anti-psychotics are okay but from my individual perspective they are not. And so what did they do? Prescribed me anti-psychotics on top of my lithium, which I did not need. All I needed was the increase in lithium from maintenence to treatment level. I have managed to get rid of one of the drugs but I am still fighting to get rid of the other one. In the meantime lip is trembling and my teeth ache from how much I clench my teeth. I can't refuse medication which they give me or I risk being labelled a 'non-compliant' and they will listen to me even less.

Oops sent before I finished typing.

So I guess if you can get a rapport going with the psychiatrist, get him to take into consideration your specific needs (health professionals can be really bad at this) and make sure the doseages are low.

Being non-compliant isn't the end of the world though, Sarah. It's my middle name! If you know you're right, ask to be transferred to another psychiatrist.