Re:Verbal stimming - Posted last week

July 27, 2009

Since you all are way more knowledgeable on this than I, can

you tell me if this is stimming behavior? My son is PDD-NOS and spoke late and even

though he talks well now at almost 7 years old, he doesn’t just chatter.

However, my daughter who is supposedly neurotypical talked early, walked early…and

hasn’t stopped moving or talking since. I’ve often wondered if she

talks just to hear herself talk. I never know how literal that could be until I

thought of it in the context of stimming. She has what we call diarrhea of the

mouth. We wouldn’t say these things to her, but we get tired of asking

her to give our brains a break. So even though she is telling us stories and

such, is this still considered verbal stimming? And if that is the case, I’m

guessing these supplements would have positive results, right?

Sherry Kolb

July 27, 2009

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From: sherry kolb

===>Talking nonstop is an ADHD symptom, particularly common in girls.

Since you all are way more knowledgeable on this than I, can you tell me if this is stimming behavior? My son is PDD-NOS and spoke late and even though he talks well now at almost 7 years old, he doesn’t just chatter. However, my daughter who is supposedly neurotypical talked early, walked early…and hasn’t stopped moving or talking since. I’ve often wondered if she talks just to hear herself talk. I never know how literal that could be until I thought of it in the context of stimming. She has what we call diarrhea of the mouth. We wouldn’t say these things to her, but we get tired of asking her to give our brains a break. So even though she is telling us stories and such, is this still considered verbal stimming? And if that is the case, I’m guessing these supplements would have positive results, right?

Sherry Kolb

July 27, 2009

Sherry,

If your daughter can tell you a story then i wouldn't consider that stimming. My son just makes all the sounds to himself and it has no meaning at all.

Subject: Re:Verbal stimming - Posted last weekTo: mb12 valtrex Date: Monday, July 27, 2009, 10:56 PM

Since you all are way more knowledgeable on this than I, can you tell me if this is stimming behavior? My son is PDD-NOS and spoke late and even though he talks well now at almost 7 years old, he doesnâ€™t just chatter. However, my daughter who is supposedly neurotypical talked early, walked earlyâ€¦and hasnâ€™t stopped moving or talking since. Iâ€™ve often wondered if she talks just to hear herself talk. I never know how literal that could be until I thought of it in the context of stimming. She has what we call diarrhea of the mouth. We wouldnâ€™t say these things to her, but we get tired of asking her to give our brains a break. So even though she is telling us stories and such, is this still considered verbal stimming? And if that is the case, Iâ€™m guessing these supplements would have positive results, right?

Sherry Kolb

July 28, 2009

Just my 2 cents here- sometimes it's just a child's personality, being a girl

combined with age. My now 14 yo NT daughter was like that when she was little.

Her name is la and we used to joke that we appropriately named her

" Gabby " . She was a constant chatterbox. This stopped around age 5 or 6 on it's

own.

My NT 5yo daughter does this sometimes, too. I don't feel like it's an issue for

her either.

My 10 yo ASD son (Asperger's) talks like that constantly. I've wondered the same

thing myself if it's a form of verbal stimming but I am not sure. I do know it's

part of the Asperger's.

What I've started doing with him is when I get to the point that I think I'm

going to lose my mind from hearing the same topic, I will take whatever topic

he's perseverating on and say " Oh, yeah, I forgot to tell you, there's this

thing called _________ (insert whatever topic) and I thought you might like to

know about it " . The first time he did this, he looked at me like I was crazy,

but then he got what I was doing. I kept repeating it back to him, then he said

" Oh, am I talking about this too much? " And he would stop (for awhile anyway).

So be a little more clear, the dialogue sounded like this. He had been talking

about a car racing computer game called Redline ad nauseum. So then I said after

awhile " Oh yeah, I heard about this computer game called Redline. It's about

racing cars. I think you'd really like it " . To which, he grinned and said " Oh,

mom! I know about that already. Am I talking too much about it? "

This little game has become my sanity saver. It's not mocking him, it's become a

signal for him to clue in that he needs to stop talking about the topic.

But go with your gut instinct. If you feel like something's not right, you are

probably right.

HTH,

Nanci

>

> Since you all are way more knowledgeable on this than I, can you tell me if

> this is stimming behavior? My son is PDD-NOS and spoke late and even though

> he talks well now at almost 7 years old, he doesn't just chatter. However,

> my daughter who is supposedly neurotypical talked early, walked early.and

> hasn't stopped moving or talking since. I've often wondered if she talks

> just to hear herself talk. I never know how literal that could be until I

> thought of it in the context of stimming. She has what we call diarrhea of

> the mouth. We wouldn't say these things to her, but we get tired of asking

> her to give our brains a break. So even though she is telling us stories and

> such, is this still considered verbal stimming? And if that is the case, I'm

> guessing these supplements would have positive results, right?

>

> Sherry Kolb

>

July 28, 2009

Oh my gosh, that phrase " diarrhea of the mouth " sent me back 25 years thinking

of my dad saying that to my sister LOL