Guest guest Posted November 15, 2003 Report Share Posted November 15, 2003 I can relate to your frustrations. My house use to be so neat and now it always looks like a cyclone hit it. I don't know how u can still work full-time & still manage a home with 3 kids. I'm a single mom with 4 kids still at home but only work p/t. It took 3 years for me to get dx'd. I live in Ontario, Canada. Working with special needs children takes a special person but can be extremely draining, I know cause I have 4 identified children, anything from LD/OCD/ADHD & Tourettes. I truly commend you for being so strong. Just make sure u take some quality me-time for yourself, cause I think it helps the fibro. Hugs, Ang. > I was diagnosed with fibro in February/03....after many years of > complaining about my pain to my doctor. I am a single mom (35), 3 > kids...12,8,7. I work full time in a school with special needs > children. I do respite with a special needs child every second > weekend. I have no choice but to work, I have to provide for my > children. When I come home from work I fall into bed for a few > hours. I am almost always in so much pain. Mornings are really > rough, sometimes my back locks and I can't get up at all. My legs > are the worst affected, somedays I feel like I will collapse, I can > hardly walk. My upper legs burn and throb. I have no support from > anyone because I look fine to them. I feel like I am all alone in my > suffering and it makes me miserable. My house is a disaster because > I am too tired from working and taking care of kids to do anything > else. I take Effexor 150mg twice a day, vioxx 25mg twice a day, > pantoloc 40mg once daily, and I was taking two Tylenol 3's every four > hours but my doctor won't give me anymore. Without the tylenol 3's I > can hardly make it through a day at work. I live in Manitoba, Canada > and my doctor will not send me to a rheumatologist, he said they > don't see fibro patients. I need to find a doctor here that knows > something about fibromyalgia, someone who listens to me. > > Thanks for letting me whine a bit.... > Debbie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 21, 2010 Report Share Posted February 21, 2010 Hi Beda, Do you have a copy of the entire article so that I can read it? Thanks, PS: Please feel free to email off-list. To: aspires-relationships Sent: Sun, February 21, 2010 1:30:10 PMSubject: intro Hi , We confirmed my AS 18 years into our 22+ year marriage. I have a couple teen daughters who have been diagnosed as well. For me and as a scientist, I want to improve. So I have decided to enter into the Neural Feedback process. It worked for the one daughter who decided to do it … so I am hopeful. I am about 2/3 of the way through … there’s 40 sessions. My wife says she sees a difference already. Here’s an abstract of a recent paper that purports the benefits of NF for AS types. http://www.springer link.com/ content/g447v171 0t24v4g7/ The process seems to rewire the pathways for AS people in much the same way it does for ADHD people (kids). There a many good papers that show excellent results for ADHD and kids can get off the drugs and function normally in school. Hope this helps, Beda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 21, 2010 Report Share Posted February 21, 2010 sitdownstay@... wrote: > 40 yrs into my marriage my husband has been diagnosed with Aspergers. Your statement has a familiar ring. <g> One of my web-pages may interest you; perhaps your husband as well: <http://home.earthlink.net/~wdloughman/wd-asper.htm> The site as a whole desperately needs updating - I *do* have a life outside autism. Still, while you won't find answers there (yet), some of my other pages may be interesting, maybe relevant as well. Oh yes BTW: Welcome aboard. > > > I realize I need support and this is one component for me but I also > hope to give back to all of you. I am going to contact my local > autism society to for help in finding a pyschotherapist (sp ) who > understands Aspergers because I know I need professional help. > > My husband is trying and there are some changes. He has agreed to > take anti depressent anti anxiety meds and he feels they are helping > and I see baby steps but I know that I am expecting so much more from > the meds, I want NT and I know that won't happen and its unfair of me > to want that, unfair and unrealistic and not fair to hubby either. There *are* ways to improve an AS/NT marriage, without drugs. > > We are part of a research project at McMaster University Hospital in > Hamilton Ontario and we now have 3 diagnosed aspies in our family. My > hubby, my adult son and my grandson. My prayer is that this research > will one day help to identify babies with aspergers on the day they > are born and therapy and treatment can start then. > > I was here on this list before but I was not ready to be here....I am > ready now, thank you for having me. > > hugs - Bill, dx AS; ...married 40-years plus, with kids & g'kids -- WD " Bill " Loughman - Berkeley, California USA http://home.earthlink.net/~wdloughman/wdl.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 23, 2010 Report Share Posted February 23, 2010 Hi .. sometimes it takes time before one is ready to be on here. I posted on here the very first day I was a member of this group. However, some people never post. Others post as they become more comfortable. Regardless, you'll find there's plenty of people on here who are willing to help you. Welcome to the Aspires family. > > <stuff deleted for irrelevancy to my response> > > I was here on this list before but I was not ready to be here....I am ready now, thank you for having me. > > hugs > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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