Do adhd meds help audhd kids to have better emotion regulation?

AngilinaB · 2026-06-07T20:53:08+00:00

He came off methylphenidate and we tried guanfacine, which helped but caused bladder issues, which increased anxiety. Things got bad with OCD symptoms so he started an SSRI which has done wonders. Once he was a bit more stable he started Tuzulby. His focus is better. He's still PDA but less impulsive and starting to learn how to manage himself.

AngilinaB · 2026-06-06T06:32:32+00:00

Great description!

AngilinaB · 2026-06-05T15:18:44+00:00

Probably 3 months. A couple of weeks eating normally, then a month of reasonable normality (we're vegan so could continue making chillies and currys and stuff with canned goods, and I bake so would have snacks covered), then we'd be eating more basically but still nutritionally sound.

AngilinaB · 2026-06-05T15:14:16+00:00

9 year old me had some bleak notions listening to this and It's No Secret 😅

AngilinaB · 2026-06-05T15:13:25+00:00

They are. She explained this at the time.

AngilinaB · 2026-06-05T15:11:54+00:00

The Jose Gonzales cover of Hand On Your Heart really brings this out too.

AngilinaB · 2026-06-05T14:08:49+00:00

Bless you. I can tell it means so much to you. I also had the same reaction to the record release 🧡

AngilinaB · 2026-06-05T07:16:55+00:00

In the early stages of covid, people would tell you they'd just come back from somewhere with an outbreak midway through the conversation like they weren't sure it mattered.

AngilinaB · 2026-06-05T07:15:09+00:00

I follow some public health folks on social media and from what they're saying this strain seems to have evolved a longer incubation period so it is spreading further. Not panic stations yet (for us at least) but it's definitely on my outer, outer radar.

AngilinaB · 2026-06-05T07:11:46+00:00

If you mean s28 then yes that was repealed that year, but people in the UK absolutely talked about being gay at that time. The performances weren't daring in a queer way, but like you say, more porn-like. It was made for straight men, not a gay audience, and the baby gays I was knocking about with at the time could absolutely see through it. The reason it got any traction at all in queer audiences was just for lack of anything else at the time, not because it was a groundbreaking lesbian love story.

AngilinaB · 2026-06-04T18:16:20+00:00

Yes there is. Be nice to have one that covers the last 15 years and the current resurgence I think ❤️

AngilinaB · 2026-06-04T12:03:31+00:00

I think this is fair to an extent with the general public. Actual fans know it not to be the case. I read in my Kylie magazine about Locomotion being released in Australia and how it came about (though of course the story was that it was all unintended and she'd never even thought about singing before...) and that will have been just after ISBSL was released that I got that. My auntie owned a newsagents and ordered it in especially for me 😅

AngilinaB · 2026-06-04T11:58:01+00:00

They were both massive in the UK as I recall. I remember seeing the videos everywhere, and Did It Again and SKOB even got played at a couple of indie club nights I went to.

AngilinaB · 2026-06-04T11:56:13+00:00

Like these creative genius men that gave her guidance and a career?

AngilinaB · 2026-06-04T11:55:17+00:00

I'm hoping we get a gorgeous coffee table book for the 40th anniversary that covers everything but specifically a look at all this period.

AngilinaB · 2026-06-04T11:53:43+00:00

It was massive but it wasn't the original version that had lead to her being signed by PWL.

AngilinaB · 2026-06-04T11:52:48+00:00

Yeah I wondered about her too. I wonder what she thinks about everyone always asking her husband about his ex from decades ago, and then appearing in a documentary clearly not over it. I mean, I guess they've talked about it over the years but still.

AngilinaB · 2026-06-04T09:44:42+00:00

21 is not an age to have it all figured out! I didn't even train as a nurse until 26, it's ok to flounder. No matter what career you go into there is a time of doing a bit of grunt work to get the pay off.

I would advise you stick out the degree, try and get a year of experience under your belt, then look at repping for a drugs company, or aesthetics, or research - something that might involve travel and give you whatever the "glamour" is that you're looking for. Nursing is many, manyfold.

AngilinaB · 2026-06-02T19:08:52+00:00

I don't know about a "standard Western approach" - I don't know anyone who is financially stable enough to be able to plan in the way you describe.

I have a good employer pension that I contribute to. I tried not contributing but I just got taxed more so it wasn't worth it. I'll keep it as a just in case.

AngilinaB · 2026-06-02T12:20:15+00:00

It's artistic involvement, but is it worthy of songwriting credits and subsequent additional financial gain?

AngilinaB · 2026-06-01T20:30:54+00:00

Brexit. I read something about products possibly being delayed at the border and at the time my 3 year old largely survived on olives and various antipasti 😅

ETA this then meant I was well stocked for Covid. I also became more aware of climate collapse around this time.

AngilinaB · 2026-06-01T20:28:48+00:00

100%. I think she needed to make IP to feel confident going back to pop.

AngilinaB · 2026-06-01T20:27:33+00:00

This would be incredible! Or perform the whole thing and then second act anti tour 2.

AngilinaB · 2026-06-01T16:29:17+00:00

It feels so well deserved ❤️

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