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Recent content by Gamma V

  1. Gamma V

    What are your thoughts on taking prescription medication?

    I'm currently taking Prozac, but didn't necessarily start willingly. It was my mother, no doubt suffering from caregiver burnout as well as the effects of a surgical injury, who had me placed on the medication after seeing it advertised on TV and getting me on Medicaid. This was back in 2010...
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    Soda/Sugar Addiction and Prozac Dosage

    I'm still dealing with the soda/sugar addiction I posted about several months ago, and I had to put up with another lecture from my mother yesterday about how, if I gain more weight and outgrow my clothes, I can't afford new ones. The night before, I actually had a dream in which someone...
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    Worsening Autism?

    For the past year or so, I feel as though my autism has been worsening. I often find myself zoning out and/or getting overwhelmed by the simplest of tasks, like helping my mother in the kitchen. In some ways, I'm becoming more routine-oriented, particularly when it comes to pairing soda with...
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    Impulsive Wandering in a Friend's House

    Next time I go to this person's house, I plan to apologize to the head of the household.
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    Impulsive Wandering in a Friend's House

    Yeah. Knowing that causes my fears to subside. I still do wonder what I should do to make sure I don't regress. Ideally, this will be a one-off thing, like the shopping spree I discussed in the Financial Incompetence thread. I don't want to have to subject myself to 24/7 supervision when I'm...
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    Impulsive Wandering in a Friend's House

    The Thursday before last (12-14-17), I went with my parents to a bluegrass jam at a friend's house. When I got there, I impulsively just headed into the bedroom of their adult daughter, who is a friend of mine. I was not invited to wander freely in their house and simply assumed that it was...
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    Do you Decorate for Christmas?

    I LOVE putting up Christmas decorations more than I probably should, given that I live with a rambunctious kitten and parents who don't care much for the holiday season. I have a string of lights over my bedroom window and a pot of fake poinsettias on the nightstand. A 6 ft slim tree in my...
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    Financial incompetence?

    I think he trusted me more than he probably should've. I was wanting a little tree for the living room ever since I started making a bunch of DIY ornaments.
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    Financial incompetence?

    I think he intended for me to just use it to pay my copay at the doctor's office because I had an appointment that day. Other than that, he gave no instructions, but just gave me a rough estimate of how much was on the card.
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    Financial incompetence?

    I recently learned that my parents depend on what little money I get each month on the debit card for living expenses. To me, this doesn't seem like exploitation because I contribute to those expenses. I need to eat, and I use utilities like electricity and water. All this has caused a bit of...
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    Financial incompetence?

    Since the card is debit, I shouldn't have to worry about bills/debt since I can only use money I actually have. Just checking prices on things that I want, like music CDs, can be tempting. I was just looking at the prices on eBay for a couple CDs I once had that my sister borrowed (without my...
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    Financial incompetence?

    I typically get between $40 and $50 a month on the debit card as a Medicaid benefit from the state of Oklahoma. It's primarily meant to help with paying out-of-pocket medical expenses, but I rarely get sick. Most of my medical expenses are co-pays for doctor checkups and prescriptions, and...
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    Financial incompetence?

    Mom was telling me the same thing not too long ago. She said it was a learning experience, and I did learn some things. For example, I shouldn't always go with the first listing for a desirable item. I spent $19.99 on a string of 60 LED lights, only to later learn that other people were...
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    Financial incompetence?

    My stepdad decided to trust me with my Way2Go Debit Card, which is a Medicaid supplement paid out by the state that can be used for anything. I had $140 on the card when I got it, and spent about half on a small Christmas tree for my homemade ornaments, lights for the tree, a topper, some bead...
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    Soda/Sugar addiction

    I often regret taking my first drink of soda, which had to have happened when I was very young, given that my father always drank it. I grew up in the late 80s and 90s. Back then, no one really seemed to complain about sugary drinks, and I never got fat from what I did drink. It would be nice...
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