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Adults On The Autism Spectrum
Maybe you were really shy as a child. Perhaps you took home a huge stack of books from the school library, read them, and returned them the next day. Or did your best friend find you crying in your closet, unable to answer the question "Why?" At any rate, your life could be traced to the Self-Help section of the local bookstore. Unfortunately, most of the books were not much help. ADHD seemed to fit, at times. Your shrink said you might be Bi-Polar, although she wasn't really certain. All you knew was that you rarely fit in, anywhere. One day at work, it hit you square in the face: I don't speak these people's language! Really, it was like you were all playing this game, and everyone knew the rules but you. You couldn't tell a joke, and you never "got" any joke your co-worker tried to tell you. People started getting annoyed with you, because you had a memory like a steel trap. They didn't appreciate it when you called them on the carpet. Who knew? This was my life, and worse. I finally aced several tests that pointed me to the answer to my questions. The Autism Spectrum. Guess what? Little kids with Autism grow up to be Adults with Autism. Diagnosed late in life? This is the place for you!
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Hey, @gingerw and @sirgalahad and all my bright lights.....keep shining!!!This past week was wonderful, awesome, challenging, gut wrenching, yet beautiful. All I can say right now is that I am in a really painful Fibroflare.
We went to church, were blessed by family and friends who love us, warts and all. So many new beginnings.
I can't wait to tell you about some of the things that happened.
Let me get through this pain first.
Love you all and so very proud of you all for stepping up, speaking out, and making a change in your own part of the world.
If you want to friend me on social media, you know how to find me. I should be the only one who mentions this particular site on her profile.
I don't do drama. But I do advocate.
Love and light.
Mamacita Jane
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4 Reactions@mamacita Love and light back to you, and hoping you recover soon from a painful flare.
Ginger
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3 ReactionsWishing you rest and calm for your needed recovery from this fibro-flare, @mamacita! We all love you and want you to be well!
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6 ReactionsFibro flares can be vicious. I have found diet has a lot to do with it for me. There are some that aggravate my symptoms. We are all wired differently.
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5 Reactionsthere is recent medical scientific research in regards to fibromyalgia and ms and pther infalmatory diseases their is a contributing factor they found at the walterand eliza medical institute that the inflamtaory response is linked to the amounts of poly unsaturates we eat in our western diet inparticular omega 3 and 6 .which excites the inflammatory responses within our bodies and consequently falre up s and pain and acting on the nerves and nerve impulses .something to explore in USA as well
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5 Reactionsmy spelling is crap
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3 Reactions@sirgalahad Ah, but we know what your are saying! Thank you for bringing that to our attention.
Ginger
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3 Reactionsthankyou Ginger for your patience
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3 Reactions@sirgalahad A anti inflammatory diet is for sure what we need to feed out bodies . I have read a lot about this diet and try to stick with it . I have always advocated about Ice,ginger and turmeric as anti imflammatory to use when in pain . Thanks for this update .
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4 Reactions@sirgalahad, @gingerw, @parus, thank you for your kind words. Sir, I was so relieved to know that the incident in Sidney escaped you.
Love and light, me lovelies.
Mamacita Jane
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