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Hmmm...Originally Posted by Akzle
Well my wife told me she was telling the nurse not to give me more Morphine as I had been overdosed on it and had to be given an anti-dote. The nurse was new on shift and hadn't known the situation, so she pumped more in causing my lungs to shut down and having to be rushed into ICU. It was very touch and go for a while!
That's her story, anyway...
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Some aspies are super mellow. Its labelled a dysregulation of emotion, so is not in proportion to the mainstream response. Society dictates a suitable response of anger. Too little is common too, as well as too much, amongst autistics.
Many aspies make poor parents, but many do good jobs but are less emotionally involved.
Levels of functioning seems to be best viewed in levels of emotional volatility, as this is when anger and autism become problematic, though most instances of violence are self harm injuries.
Autistics are often bullied, so anger issues may not always be authentic to them alone, but exist mainly from ignorance.
Teen shootings in the US show an aspie anger problem. But older independant aspie types would be considered much less antisocial than their neurotypical peers, as hormones have settled from youth, less stress at home from parents and siblings, not compounding the autistic imbalance further.
Often mild mannered accountants, librarians, scientists, engineers, are just in the background leading quiet lives, mastering their passions
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I'm not sure what the heck you are on about, but will you please stop it?
All I have is a box of mints until lunch time at 1 O'clock & you're making me hungry.
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I found this an interesting read. I wonder if this could "explain" some level of Autism/Aspergers?
I didn't think!!! I experimented!!!
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Nice articles thanks Mashy.
The French model is very different, and its not all good, as seen recently in the gay marriage riots. Autistics are routinely swaddled, packed and bound. The focus seems to be on tying up bad behaviours, via a dominance and dominion over the autistic child. I cant really comment much as I am not familiar with their methods. One thing is that the French gene pool has a MUCH lower incidence of ADHD and autism genes, royalty was given the boot, and the diet and lifestyle is conducive toward good health compared with the USA.
Also, French peeps who have mild autisms would most likely move to Germany or such where their autistic expression would be more common amongst the general population. The French etiquettes are a nightmare for auties
Maybe it is a better way of dealing with an autistic expression. Certainly the US pharmacological approach is crap and harmful to the patient.
Avoid the popular site "Wrong Planet", its highly corrupted by the US medical fraternity, and is profit focused for big pharma and quacks, as well as promoting harmful US government health policy
Hans Asperger denoted aspergers syndrome as affecting people of degenerated aristocracy, and since the French did some handiwork on their aristocrats, this may be relevant, when measuring occurrence of autisms amongst the population.
I have met many adhders and auties, and their definitely is a genetic component, rather than purely behavioural. Maybe the French have less autistic genes.....
Korea has the highest measured autism in the world. Like Germany it is a manufacturing giant with many engineers. The USA has around 60% of its population as having Germanic heritage
This site http://www.aspiestrategy.com/ is really good reading for autism articles, I highly recommend.
The premise that autisms are over diagnosed holds little water in NZ, where many children do not receive a diagnoses, when they should.
Many high profile murders in NZ have been committed by higher functioning autistics, yet no diagnoses or help was ever received, and these muderers struggled with themselves for many years before offending.
Many crimes in NZ could be prevented if more diagnoses were available. Many unhealthy babies could have been prevented if more genetic screening was available.
Early diagnoses is paramount. Without it everyone is in the dark and bad shit happens all round.
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From cannabis club observations, many autistics gravitate toward cannabis use, as a relief from the pain of an autism minority in a neurotypical society.
They get born with an invisible disorder, doctors avoid diagnosing them, parents[autistic also] and teachers struggle with them, friends dont understand them, bullied at school, stress related problems from a young age manifesting as physical conditions and early disease, start smoking weed for relief, busted and convicted by the state, no job prospects, endless vicious circle.
However, only if intelligence is lacking.... intelligence allows the autie to figure it out for him/herself..... if they survive their youth and their society
Talk about a fucken shit sandwich from hell.
Whaleoilguy seems to have redeemed himself with a bit of good journalistic comment this time.
Buffering the pain of Social Exclusion with Marijuana
New evidence suggests that marijuana maybe popular because it helps people cope with the pain of loneliness.
Why smoke marijuana? Users would probably reply that numbed-out bliss is its own reward. But if smoothing out the harsh edges of reality is your goal, what bruises are you attempting to avoid?
Newly published research suggests that, at least for some, the answer is: The intense discomfort of social exclusion.
“Marijuana has been used to treat physical pain,” reports a research team led by University of Kentucky psychologist Timothy Deckman, “and the current findings suggest it may also reduce emotional pain.”
Interesting. Got me fascinated.
[D]ata on 5,631 Americans, who reported their level of loneliness, described their marijuana usage (if any), and assessed their mental health and feelings of self-worth. Not surprisingly, the researchers found a relationship between loneliness and feelings of self-worth, but it was significantly weaker for regular pot smokers.
“Marijuana use buffered the lonely from both negative self-worth and poor mental health,” the researchers write.
Another experiment, featuring 537 people, found those who were experiencing social pain were less likely to have suffered a major depression in the past year if they smoked pot relatively frequently.
Still another experiment, featuring 225 people, used the computer game Cyberball to create an immediate experience of social exclusion. Half the participants in the three-person game received the ball twice early on, and then never again during the course of the game. They then reacted to a series of statements designed to assess whether their need for self-esteem and belonging felt threatened—statements such as, “I had the feeling that the other players did not like me.”
The results: Those who smoked marijuana relatively frequently felt less threatened than those who smoked it less frequently, or not at all.
I’m very interested on the effect mitigating loneliness caused by severe depression.
http://www.whaleoil.co.nz/2013/05/bu...ith-marijuana/
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What is concerning is if people turn to synthetic cannabis (if, as an uneducated wowser I can believe the trash reporting on 60 min or whatever I was channel surfing the other night) as it appears to be a considerably worse & more addictive drug.
On the other hand there is hope at least for the young. I attended an Altogether Autism meeting yesterday with a topic of transitioning kids into schooling system. While there are still people having troubles with schools, more & more are becoming cognisant & accepting of the needs differences so that kids that are wired differently are not left out of the system. There are some truly caring people out there trying to help & some are very effective.
Of course there are still the stories of parents battling people in the system who are just concerned with running a school under financial pressure so only want to know about the 95% of supposedly neurotypical kids (heck are any kids?).
From what I understand 20 odd years ago there was little help. My neighbour was a teacher & worked with severely disabled kids all bunched in together & indeed would have taken a strong & patient person, but that would have included only a person as the far end of the spectrum.
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Things are getting better thats true.
Maybe peeps bleating in forums, NZ herald comments, and challenging the state institutions has something to do with it...
I personally rub certain players up the wrong way to make sure they understand what I am protesting.
Walked out on 2 Gp's in the last month without paying, making sure reception understood my hurt at the lack of decent care. Many of the medical organisations I contact, have staff leave shortly after my bomb dropping critique of their lack of decent care
Everyday I try to make personal contact with someone from pertinent groups and the health industry and give them a rev up.
I've also made contact with NZ Police... but it pays to tread carefully as their is always the risk of upsetting one of them and they can kick your ass....
I met the guy who made the kiwi doco 'Mental Notes' a sort of 'one flew over the cuckoos nest' doco about mental institutions in NZ.... my leaving comments to him were that;
1little has changed
2incarnations of Nurse Ratshit are everywhere in the mental health industry
3abuse is still routinely occurring from bad therapists [the-rapist]
4state policy is harming too many people and costing taxpayers
I'm doing my bit to speed things along
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"There is no medical detection or cure for autism"
http://www.autismspeaks.org/what-aut...FcFhpQodtGAABA
So how do you diagnose a child?
Some interesting articles I found,
http://link.springer.com/article/10....02-004-0115-1#
http://journals.cambridge.org/action...ne&aid=4995132
Medical use of Marijuana...
http://www.autismsupportnetwork.com/...adness-8763721
“Kevin calms down within five minutes of receiving it,” Hosseini said. “He is more responsive and verbal, asking more thoughtful questions. He sleeps through the night and doesn’t wake up. He has a good appetite. He is less resistant and more manageable and cooperative.”
On the downside, the mother says the child is sleepier in the day and requires a nap. She’s also noticed he’s become more self-centered. “At a Mexican restaurant (recently), he yelled to the waitress twice to bring him chips,” she says. “I mean yelled. Everyone was looking at us.”
Hosseini says she plans to continue giving Kevin medical marijuana, while closely monitoring his progress.
Read more: http://www.autismsupportnetwork.com/news/autism-treatment-marijuana-madness-8763721#ixzz2TstLVxGT"
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I think disturbing the brain's complex chemical reactions with an introduced drug and hoping for a good outcome is flying blind. Obviously there are cases where intervention is the best option, but inventing reasons to get stoned is crazy especially as there is more than anecdotal evidence cannabis use is damaging to a young minds development.
As an side most of the professionals I've met said ignore what's on the internet, there is heaps of misinformation on the subject out there. I tend to believe they aren't saying this to promote themselves as the fount of all knowledge & they certainly aren't getting rich, but it must be frustrating if you see lots of misinformation on a subject you are passionate about. Heck don't even start me on MMR vaccine smear campaign. Heck there are still people out there who promote candling ear wax.
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The best part about cannabis compared to SSRI et al
is that weed is safe
while pharmac head drugs are not
Even a glass of beer or wine is usually better than that shit
http://ssristories.com/
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most damage is caused by environmental heavy metals, birth trauma, conceptions from too old or unwell badly feed breeders.... then you wish to deny the sick child??
so you say no to all herbs/medicines?
cannabis is much safer that doctor prescribed drugs from pharmac....
getting stoned is not crazy
avoiding treatments with safe supplements
due to societally emotive programming
sounds crazier dude....
would you not use an injector cleaner?
a de-sludging additive in your sump?
detergent to remove oil?
a disinfectant?
let food be your medicine and medicine be your food.....
peeps dont need cake or coffee either
no more beer??
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I edited this bit in later
Heck I'm certainly no expert.
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