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Recent content by Night Owl

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    A New Puppy in the house

    Hi...wow I could have posted this !. My son got a puppy for Christmas and I had constant meltdowns for weeks!!. I (stupidly I know) thought that the puppy would belong to my son and I would basically be sharing a home with it, but I quickly found out that the whole house was somehow turned...
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    So, how about a book thread?

    Currently reading C.J.Sansom Tombland. Just finished Autobiography of Henry VIII and loved it!
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    OCD..how common is this with autism?

    Thanks I also think my OCD stems from autistic traits. How has your friend dealt with his diagnosis. ..if you don't mind me asking ?
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    OCD..how common is this with autism?

    That all makes such good sense!. I think I have just used avoidance and masked my way through it all up to now ... but it has all caught up with me. I have just been to therapy today and have my list of things I avoid doing in order of anxiety. .working my way through them seems so daunting! I...
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    OCD..how common is this with autism?

    Thank you so much for your kind words and renewed hope. It's always good to know that you are not alone..especially when you feel you are going mad and everyone is looking at you in the...oh no here she goes again ..way!... Praying we all get a grip on this and be stronger for having lived...
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    OCD..how common is this with autism?

    I understand and have experienced all of what you described. ...it is an awful illness and as much as it wears me down I know it wears my family down too ...it is hard to share a world with others when they are sometimes the cause of your fears....germs ... etc. I don't always trust the doctors...
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    OCD..how common is this with autism?

    Thanks I have been doing the CBT side of treatment and have just started the exposure part....seems daunting , but necessary if I am to get over all the obsessive behaviour... Hopefully it will work for me too ! I have not tried the medication they gave me. One of my obsessions is checking that...
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    OCD..how common is this with autism?

    Apparently people with autism have a very low intolerance to uncertainty. .which cause them to organise , have routines and question things...or at least that was the information I was given by my doctor. When things are bad the intolerance gets even lower in some people and OCD becomes a problem .
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    OCD..how common is this with autism?

    Thanks for that information, I was interested to see how many others on the forum also suffered with it So you just took the let it pass approach? Is was doing that but it was becoming to bad...but I have been in therapy for about six months and have no improvement yet!! Hearing that your...
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    OCD..how common is this with autism?

    My ocd was just like yours ...an annoyance for most of my life.. but it has started to control me. I have a very small world right now! Fingers crossed this exposure therapy works better for me. I am also glad I don't have OCPD ...( I just had to Google it !)...I do have a few of the symptoms...
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    OCD..how common is this with autism?

    I was also like this...a bit OCD ...ish... Doctor says she thinks it is these autistic traits that have gotten out of hand due to stress and have made me like this. Hopefully they will go back to just ticking along in the background again once I have this stress and anxiety under control. I...
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    OCD..how common is this with autism?

    Thank you... looking back I have always had OCD traits too.I only went to see the doctor when it had started to affect my families lives too. I was having almost constant meltdowns at some points. It is still just as bad but now i can get out of everyone elses way when i am too overwhelmed! I...
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    OCD..how common is this with autism?

    Hi everyone, I received a diagnosis of OCD about ten months ago, in fact it was this problem that got me in the doctors office where I was eventually diagnosed with autism. Apparently OCD can be an autistic trait that has become worse, and mine was due to being diagnosed with fibromyalgia about...
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    Reversed sleep schedule

    Yes ... I recognise the old style alarm clock....that was the second one in the corner of the bedroom ! Babies always woke me up too !
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    Reversed sleep schedule

    I too can sleep right through an alarm...I had to set two in my bedroom..one really far from the bed so I had to walk to it to turn it off ... but still had to resort to getting people to ring me on the phone me as well....! I ended up having to get up before my other half left for work and...
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