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Post by magpielady on Mar 16, 2013 2:24:17 GMT
Free in Scotland as well ;D Although I've heard it said that the money for that has to come out of other NHS services, meaning we suffer in other areas.
I get my medication on the NHS at the moment, but both my diagnosis and my medication reviews are private.
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Post by magpielady on Jan 5, 2013 23:11:43 GMT
I don't particularly like the taste of Red Bull, and I don't believe it'd do anything for me so there's no point subjecting myself to it. The one time I did attempt it as a kind of pick-me-up was when a whole group of us were doing an early morning meet up after being out late the night before. Everyone else thought energy drinks were smart and useful. I... did not understand, it was just juice to me. I didn't feel any less tired. At the time I figured it was just a placebo effect and I was less gullible This was before I knew I had AS, let alone ADHD. As far as I can tell the main "active" ingredient is caffiene? I chug Pepsi Max from waking until sleeping, and I've taken I think around 150mg in caffiene pills on top of that. Nothing. I sleep relatively well, it doesn't make me feel more awake during the day. As far as I could tell I didn't even feel more tired. So my decision not to go for the energy drinks seems to be a smart one, for me. They're expensive for something that might not do anything to me. ETA: I know some have other things like guarana in them, I don't think I've tried any of those though.
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Post by magpielady on Dec 23, 2012 3:12:58 GMT
I live in a private rented flat, but I would still be living at home if it weren't for housing benefit and for personal assistants/support workers paid for by the local government.
Although they have recently reduced housing benefit by stupid amounts, so I'm having to apply for special discretionary payments to cover my rent so that I don't have to move back home.
All my bills are automated, that's mostly how I cope. Everything else the support workers help with, and then I check in with my mother regularly who makes sure nothing has been missed. I can't wait for medication, my aim is to live with minimal support. Right now I am just proud I remember to eat, shower, and sleep! And take my medication, God bless pillboxes, never leaves the side of my mousemat.
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Post by magpielady on Dec 23, 2012 3:05:50 GMT
26. Had to suggest it myself after my AS diagnosis at 19 and years of anti depressants didn't help my life. Went to a private ADHD specialist RMN, although my general psychiatrist was willing to evaluate me.
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Post by magpielady on Dec 23, 2012 3:02:19 GMT
I dream a lot, but there's a difference between that and super vivid crystal clear dreams that stick with me after I'm awake. Often I wake up and it's already fading.
It also depends whether I'm paying attention. For a while I decided I wanted to dream more, or remember my dreams, so I tried writing down my dreams when I woke up like people tell you to. Within days I was dreaming vividly at great length every single night. Unfortunately I was also spending about an hour writing before I could even get dressed and go get breakfast, so I had to stop before it got out of hand!
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Post by magpielady on Nov 20, 2012 17:33:51 GMT
I would appreciate the details of this guy as well. My psychiatrist is faffing me about, and £400 or less is pretty reasonable compared to some figures I've heard.
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Post by magpielady on Nov 9, 2012 3:40:35 GMT
I've found a curfew can be fairly effective for me, so long as I start preparing for it a couple of hours ahead. Because that's how long it will take me to finish up X, and get distracted by Y, and totter off and daydream on my way to bed. I still slip reasonably quickly, but in the short term it can help me. I wonder if I set a couple of alarms every night that would do it, or if I would just start having meltdowns after a week.
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Post by magpielady on Oct 27, 2012 3:42:07 GMT
I'd be up all hours with or without something engrossing me, I've managed to wind up distracted and late when I've nothing better to do than refresh Facebook, but side-quest city (aka Skyrim) doesn't help! I'll just go straight to this quest object- ooo what's that over there? Oh my GOD is that the time?!?!
I'm very glad I don't work, if I did I would be up a creek without a paddle.
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Post by magpielady on Oct 24, 2012 15:18:39 GMT
Absolutely. Every attempt to "fix" my sleep cycle ends with it slipping later and later because it's so hard to get to bed. Just one more quest, or someone is wrong on the internet, or ooo, article! Sometimes I just don't want to. I'd set an alarm but I'd only go "in a minute" and lose an hour. Not very useful.
And then in the morning I am sooooo happy to be in bed, sleepy sleepy bed, that I don't want to get up. Why can't it be the other way around? I've taken to checking the internet on my phone in the morning to see if it'll wake me up a bit.
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Post by magpielady on Oct 20, 2012 0:10:50 GMT
Hello all. I am 26 and live in Glasgow. My performance in school hit a wall when I got to Highers, university and college. I am currently in the horrible appeals process between Incapacity Benefit and ESA, and I go to day/evening/hobby classes at the university when I can pull it off. At the moment I have a diagnosis of Asperger's Syndrome from when I was 19, which I think is accurate, at least mostly. In bumbling about researching this and that though, I've come to believe that a lot of my symptoms that have been labelled as AS, as stress, dissociation, and just my personality by myself and others, may in fact be undiagnosed ADD. I relate to a lot of the posts on here to the point that I feel like crying sometimes. I'm currently on lamotrigine and trazadone, where traz is the 6th AD I've been put on (that I can remember). I take lamotrigine because I feel like it helps with the "dissociation" a little bit. Nothing seems to really help with the "brain fog", my memory, my ability to focus, keep my thoughts in check, or any of the things that keep me from even being able to run my home. I currently have support in and outwith the home provided by the local council. My psychiatrist believes all of these issues are caused by depression. It's been an uphill struggle. I see a new psychiatrist next week, when I'm going to ask to be referred for an assessment. Reading this forum has really made me feel motivated to make sure that goes somewhere, and to go private if it doesn't. Thank you so much just for being here
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