[Tiddler]

Oh!

I’m never ever going to grow out of this am I.

That felt odd. Not in a good way.

Strange how I still thought of myself as just not trying hard enough yet…

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[Tiddler]

over sensitive with foot in mouth?

That about sums me up!

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something foot in mouth… it’ll come to me…

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LOL You know, this is why we need a support group! I can remember saying ‘oswfim’ but I can’t remember what it meant!

😮

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Geoduck, you’ve highlighted something that is very real in my own life – that the passing of time has absolutely no impact on me at all – I don’t and can’t understand it. It feels like a few days since I last spoke to No Dopamine but this thread is 8 months old.

I miss her and yet in the same way I miss people I haven’t spoken to for a couple of days only, because it doesn’t feel much different to me at all – time has no real meaning and that’s such a difficult thing to explain to people, except that perhaps here people get it.

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Also, just because I’m an oswfims kind of gal doesn’t mean I think all of you are. Maybe that was a foot in mouth thing I just did.

I say things I don’t mean all the time. But the rest of you probably never do. You probably always mean what you say, right? Maybe you just didn’t always mean to say it? No. You never do that either. That’s just me too.

And misinterpret things. Nosirreee. That’s not something I do. No. I always get what people are saying straight away. Especially if they’re being sarcastic. Yup. I get it straight away. No confusion there. I don’t take people literally when they’re being ironic. Nope. And I don’t get upset if I don’t understand it or think it’s harsh or it’s just something sad. Nope. I smile and move on. I don’t cry or get paranoid or spend hours wondering what EXACTLY people meant when they said something. I don’t go through conversations over and over wondering if I’ve upset someone or whether they meant what they said or were trying to be humorous or sarcy.

Nope. None of it relates to me at all!

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Hiya

I think it’s all okay – all of it – we can try hard to put the other side of stuff but really, hey, we’ve got ADHD – all of us – and it’s hard to remember all that.

I think it’s good to say when we feel not listened to or not treated as well as we would like to be – sometimes we’re going to be on that scatty, rushed, emotional ride and sometimes the other person was. I think that’s all okay.

What I mean is, and it’s late and I’ve been working for hours now so I’m not making sense, but what I mean is we’re all probably on that ‘over sensitive with foot in mouth’ spectrum somewhere – so we’ll get upset by posts that shouldn’t upset us and say things that come out unkind but weren’t unkind in our heads and so maybe that has the potential for difficulties.

It’s amazing how well we all do here really!

‘over sensitive with foot in mouth spectrum’ – something to consider for the new DSM maybe?!

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hiya

did you mean the thread on pregnancy? I wonder if you mean my post, since I was the first to respond?

no offense meant and certainly not bullying in any way – just a different opinion.

there are topics that are painfully raw for some of us and we have strong opinions on them. I don’t think there’s anything more to it than that.

i hope you continue to post and continue to be able to express yourself if you feel misunderstood or don’t understand someone’s intentions in their posts. it’s a good forum with a lovely atmosphere and I enjoy reading what you have to say.

i have strong concerns about avoiding medications in pregnancy because my son and I would be dead without them, just like my cousin and her son that she was 7 months pregnant carrying when she died. other people are wary of medication in pregnancy due to birth defects in people close to them for example. I think opinions are only a problem when they are expressed with personal attacks. fortunately that’s a rare event here and long may that continue!

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Are there adequate and well-controlled studies on the herbs and alternative meds?

There were none on the drugs I took because it’s unethical to test on pregnant women. That doesn’t mean that there isn’t gathering evidence of safety or otherwise, so physicians can give women a good idea of what needs to be done.

I can’t begin to say how much medication I needed – steroids, anti-biotics, anti-emetics, various asthma meds which were off-license doses because they were so high – unresearched obviously.

We have to balance so many things to keep our precious cargo safe and that includes being able to manage debilitating conditions that may have us wander out in front of a car while we’re pregnant.

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Talking of symptoms impacting negatively on those around us – my husband asked me to reduce my dose of concerta because of the effect it was having in the evenings as I ‘crashed’. I’m managing okay on the lower dose and it’s a reasonable pay off.

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I had 3 miscarriages before I was diagnosed. Mostly we never get to find out what causes these sad events. Linking them to taking or not taking drugs at the time without having any evidence is not logical, but it is a way of helping us grieve.

I knew a woman who was taking folic acid when she miscarried and refused to take it during subsequent pregnancies, maintaining that it was the folic acid that caused her to miscarry.

I’ve had surgery on my cervix twice so I may have an answer, though this tends to be more of an issue in later pregnancy. Whatever the cause of mine, I HAD to take a boatload of drugs to keep me alive during my 2 successful pregnancies and I’m very grateful for that.

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I haven’t noticed my cycle affecting my meds, but it certainly does affect my ADHD – I’m worse when I have PMT. It’s worth speaking to your doc in case it’s an unwanted side effect, since it may not be related.

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kc, it’s not so long ago that I wrote a big ‘woo-hoo! I do that too!’ post in reply to…wait for it…one of my own posts! And it was a very recent post too.

If there was no picture by my posts I’d have no clue whether I’d written them or not! lol

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[Tiddler]

It’s difficult when you’re substituting because the kids don’t know you that well and I found it difficult to get the same rapport with them – but I’d try to ask them to separate their work into group chat, pair chat, silent work, pair chat, silent work, etc – ie structured periods without noise in the room.

Or I’d allow quiet chatter with the understanding that if it got too loud it would revert to silent study.

Difficult with substitute classes but it’s all I’ve got I’m afraid! Sorry!

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[Tiddler]

Me too.

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