Re: Has anyone experienced some of these?

[Guest guest]

I can only use bar soaps in my tub, of a few varieties:

Ivory, Camay, or Dove. That's it.

No smelly things. Those are what doctors still reccomend for babies as

well.

I get pimples all over my body if I don't. I can't use bubble baths and

perfume lotions.

If my daughter uses these things, or my son uses a soap like " Irish spring "

or some

scented wonder I have to take a dreaded shower to let the water rinse the

residue or

i will be broken out for days.

As for laundry, I like a scent on my clothes or I don't feel as if they are

cleansed. But

I like the " clean " smell, not a fake clean smell and I'll be the judge of

what that is.

I have recorded in my neurology history that head jerk pull, and it is after

exiting the shower.

I lived next to a field that was cut each yr and the smell in the yr gave me

a pattern of poison

ivy across my features, same place every yr, same time, right into my eyes.

I would need medication.

When I moved I even had it once more and then it stopped.

Kim

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> For one I have to have my clothes washed in Ivory Soap Detergent. My

> skin has always been sensitive to many allergies. Poisy Ivy, nylon

> socks, watches with a metal back, etc. I must bathe with Ivory soap as

> well, allergic to all others. And does anyone experience a brain

> cross - cuircut, meaning I think I may have a mild Tourettes thing.

> Wanting to do some activity and another activity happens (eg. neck

> tremor and my head pulls down to my right shoulder for a moment). Only

> happens a percentage of the time, but make me self conscience of it.

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[Guest guest]

I have experienced some of this. We can't use certain detergents or

soaps. Lately, when I put certain eye creams or moisturizers on my

face, my eyes burn and water. I can't lie in the grass b/c it makes

me itchy. I have to shower immediately after being outside b/c I

get so itchy. I also have a tic. My head sort of jerks sometimes.

I am not sure what causes it. I do think it is worse when I am

tired though. My sister is allergic to the cold. She breaks out in

hives all over her body if she gets too cold. Her son (who live

with my son and me) is allergic to heat. If he gets too hot, he

breaks out in hives.

le

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> > For one I have to have my clothes washed in Ivory Soap

Detergent. My

> > skin has always been sensitive to many allergies. Poisy Ivy,

nylon

> > socks, watches with a metal back, etc. I must bathe with Ivory

soap as

> > well, allergic to all others. And does anyone experience a brain

> > cross - cuircut, meaning I think I may have a mild Tourettes

thing.

> > Wanting to do some activity and another activity happens (eg.

neck

> > tremor and my head pulls down to my right shoulder for a

moment). Only

> > happens a percentage of the time, but make me self conscience of

it.

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[Guest guest]

Speaking of showers, I have always had trouble with showers. I don't like

the feeling of the water hitting my skin, and I don't like turning on the

shower. There have been a couple of periods in my life where I have not had

access to a bathtub, and it's been very difficult. In college, I was the

only one that used the bathtub in the community bathroom (which I guess was

there for wheelchair access).

Elayne

http://www.huntfamilyhome.net

" The government thinks you're an idiot. " -- Radley Balko,

www.theagitator.com

> -----Original Message-----

> From: KayeT

> If my daughter uses these things, or my son uses a soap like

> " Irish spring "

> or some

> scented wonder I have to take a dreaded shower to let the water rinse the

> residue or

> i will be broken out for days.

[Guest guest]

I have issues with washing my face.....because I don't like my face

being wet.........I have been like that for as long as I can

remember, more or less........though I didn't realize why until

recently (sensory issue)........I have gone through a period of

washing my face for several days before but that was really to avoid

my family nagging me about it........didn't often like the feeling

though.

AI

-- In AutisticSpectrumTreeHouse , C B Bonham

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> I don't like

> > the feeling of the water hitting my skin, and I

> > don't like turning on the

> > shower.

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> I don't like being wet nor the feel of being hit by

> water in the shower.

> I bathe using the bathtub faucet like a shower so I am

> not drenched. I use a sponge or one of those

> handheld-shower heads to control the force of the

> water and where it hits me.

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> I use Dr Bonner's liquid soap because it rinses off

> quickly so I use less water.

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> After I survive a bath, I feel good. Sometimes I use a

> bath to wash away stress. Sometimes it feels like I

> wash away the used skin that has been assaulted with

> sensory things leaving new skin better able to endure

> sound and touch.

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> ~Bonnie

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[Guest guest]

Use a skin cleanser--it does not require water.

Soap takes water -depending on the soap, lots of

water- to remove from the skin. Skin cleanser is not

soap.

Cetaphil® is a name brand sold at drug stores and

for a good price at Costco. I use Walgreens Skin

Cleanser sold in the lotion section of their stores.

It is half the price and just as good (and sometimes

sells for two for the cost of one). It comes is a

white 20oz bottle with a blue label and a blue cap.

Cetapil and Walgreens you can use with or without

water. You wipe (not rub) it on, and you wipe it off.

Your skin will dry quickly, but I use a towel.

~Bonnie

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> I have issues with washing my face.....because I

> don't like my face

> being wet.........I have been like that for as long

> as I can

> remember, more or less........though I didn't

> realize why until

> recently (sensory issue)

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[Guest guest]

My son has uticaria, which is " allergy to cold.

K

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> I have experienced some of this. We can't use certain detergents or

> soaps. Lately, when I put certain eye creams or moisturizers on my

> face, my eyes burn and water. I can't lie in the grass b/c it makes

> me itchy. I have to shower immediately after being outside b/c I

> get so itchy. I also have a tic. My head sort of jerks sometimes.

> I am not sure what causes it. I do think it is worse when I am

> tired though. My sister is allergic to the cold. She breaks out in

> hives all over her body if she gets too cold. Her son (who live

> with my son and me) is allergic to heat. If he gets too hot, he

> breaks out in hives.

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> > > For one I have to have my clothes washed in Ivory Soap

> Detergent. My

> > > skin has always been sensitive to many allergies. Poisy Ivy,

> nylon

> > > socks, watches with a metal back, etc. I must bathe with Ivory

> soap as

> > > well, allergic to all others. And does anyone experience a brain

> > > cross - cuircut, meaning I think I may have a mild Tourettes

> thing.

> > > Wanting to do some activity and another activity happens (eg.

> neck

> > > tremor and my head pulls down to my right shoulder for a

> moment). Only

> > > happens a percentage of the time, but make me self conscience of

> it.

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[Guest guest]

> My son has uticaria, which is " allergy to cold.

Actually urticaria is just the symptom, " cold urticaria " is the one

that is " allergy to cold " .

There is also " contact urticaria " (raised swelling areas caused by

touching the skin), and other things like that.

(My father and I both had cold urticaria at a certain age and then

outgrew it.)

[Guest guest]

I've often wondered about an allergy to cold in myself. I don't get hives,

but whenever I live through a northern winter, I get sick. I get symptoms

of chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia, but they always resolve with the

seasons or with a visit or a move back south. Quick trips, like skiing

vacations, don't induce symptoms. I never got this in Texas, and I've

gotten it every winter in DC and Michigan. Winter before last, they

officially diagnosed me with fibromyalgia and seasonal affective disorder,

which is supposed to be related to light, but while my light box helps, it

doesn't really resolve the symptoms.

I'm just weird. I can't ever come down with anything normal!

Elayne

http://www.huntfamilyhome.net

" The government thinks you're an idiot. " -- Radley Balko,

www.theagitator.com

[Guest guest]

I feel fatigued, have difficulty thinking clearly,

feel sluggish with no ambition, lose my appetite,

can't sleep, lose weight, my blood sugar is low in the

heat. Anything over 80degrees.

~Bonnie

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> but whenever I live through a northern winter, I get

> sick. I get symptoms

> of chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia, but they always

> resolve with the

> seasons or with a visit or a move back south.

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[Guest guest]

Wow! I have been out of town this week, but I never realized that

these symptoms are so universal. As a kid I used to run around in the

winter wearing poison ivy.

Mike

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> > For one I have to have my clothes washed in Ivory Soap Detergent. My

> > skin has always been sensitive to many allergies. Poisy Ivy, nylon

> > socks, watches with a metal back, etc. I must bathe with Ivory soap as

> > well, allergic to all others. And does anyone experience a brain

> > cross - cuircut, meaning I think I may have a mild Tourettes thing.

> > Wanting to do some activity and another activity happens (eg. neck

> > tremor and my head pulls down to my right shoulder for a moment). Only

> > happens a percentage of the time, but make me self conscience of it.

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[Guest guest]

> I feel fatigued, have difficulty thinking clearly,

> feel sluggish with no ambition, lose my appetite,

> can't sleep, lose weight, my blood sugar is low in the

> heat. Anything over 80degrees.

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> ~Bonnie

Can definitely relate to excessive heat being bothersome, causing

lethargy, headaches, loss of appetite and sleep.

The cold itself doesn't bother me because one can always add more

layers of clothes (and being in Canada I guess I'm used to it or

something), but the lack of light really gets to me, especially by

January. If the weather is both cold AND damp, then I'm done for. I

can't get warm no matter what I do.

But are these things having to do with autism? I know quite a few NT's

who suffer from some of the same things (or are sensitive to other

things like certain soaps, etc,.) so myself, I don't know...

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> > but whenever I live through a northern winter, I get

> > sick.  I get symptoms

> > of chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia, but they always

> > resolve with the

> > seasons or with a visit or a move back south. 

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[Guest guest]

> > I feel fatigued, have difficulty thinking

> clearly,

> > feel sluggish with no ambition, lose my appetite,

I don't think extreme reaction to hot or cold climate

is an Asperger's thing. Although, people with

Asperger's, as a group, are more aware of temperature

changes than other people.

~Bonnie

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> > can't sleep, lose weight, my blood sugar is low

> in the

> > heat. Anything over 80degrees.

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> Can definitely relate to excessive heat being

> bothersome, causing

> lethargy, headaches, loss of appetite and sleep.

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> But are these things having to do with autism? I

> know quite a few NT's

> who suffer from some of the same things (or are

> sensitive to other

> things like certain soaps, etc,.) so myself, I don't

> know...

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[Guest guest]

All of the sensitivities sound so familiar. i have experienced lots

of these things. right now i dont use even ivory as it dries out my

skin. i use a wonderful product called meleluca. i also get some kind

of pimple looking thing when i have been in the heat to long or in the

grass and boy do they itch. i also have psoriosis and am sensitive to

many types of material such as lace and wool. until i got my diagnosis

alot of my doctors thought i was just being oversensitive, one even

had the nerve to tell my mom i was making things up. another said it

was just a side effect of the psoriosis. apperantly it is a thing

alot of us go through part of being who we are. i hate that others

have to suffer as i do but it is still good to know that there are others.

natalie

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