Posts Tagged ‘ Asperger’s ’

Routines, Routines, Routines…

With Davey everything is a routine.  And I mean everything.  Everything we do or nearly everything we say is some sort of routine.  If he says something, I have to respond a certain way.  We have to stick to the same routine of how we do things every day.  So today, to stick to routine, Davey is actually in bed and it is only 4:45.  No, he doesn’t normally go to bed this early — THAT is not the routine!  But after me being up all night, the day has dragged on and I thought it was later than it was. So when he asked for dinner a little after 4, I didn’t realize it was more like snack time (although he did already have snack at 2).  So I fixed his dinner, he ate, and after he eats dinner it is time for bed (usually around 6pm, not 4!).  So we got ready for bed, went through our big elaborate bedtime routine, then I left his room and happened to notice it was only 4:45!  But if I had tried to get him to play or watch TV after dinner for a while, he would have thrown a fit.  [...]

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Just another Manic… um… Sunday!

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I’m bipolar.  I was diagnosed about 8 years ago, and treated for severe clinical depression for about 6 years before that, since I was 15.  For the most part I’m perfectly fine on my medication, however in the past year or so I’ve been more prone to bouts of mania and we have to play with the dosage on my mania meds.  Lately I’m having a lot of manic nights, staying up all night blogging or pitching companies.  Like last night.  I get obsessive about things and then I can’t shut my mind down so I can sleep.  To be honest, I’m not totally sure it is actually mania though. Since I am dealing with Davey possibly being on the autism spectrum, I have been talking with a good friend a lot who was a school psychologist, has 2 kids on the autism spectrum, and has Asperger’s herself.  She told me about a year ago that she thinks I was misdiagnosed with  my various diagnoses and that I actually have Asperger’s.  I have been diagnosed with bipolar, depression, general anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder, ADD, borderline personality disorder, and dissociative problems in the past.  That is a lot of diagnoses [...]

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