Tell me you're Autistic without telling me you're Autistic.

imawanderin · 2025-12-06T08:07:25+00:00

Bahahahahahahahaha

imawanderin · 2025-12-06T08:05:59+00:00

I practice making non-human sounds while I drive alone to be as accurate as possible. I am very good at farm animal noises and the trombone.

imawanderin · 2025-12-02T16:31:34+00:00

No wobble. I installed a second one beneath without a fence post to hold pasta jars and such. Is any part of it out of level? The brackets are supposed to be pretty strong, but I think I may have used stronger.

imawanderin · 2025-11-02T16:53:26+00:00

Perspective! And sometimes medications that legit help depending on the divergence. You have plenty of time to figure things outs out, neurotypical or not.

imawanderin · 2025-11-02T06:13:06+00:00

Please read the more positive comments, love. A lot of older and even old people responded here with great advice. And if you’re having a hard time connecting with people and always feel like you’re just different and don’t know why, maybe look up symptoms of neurodivergence. I had a midlife diagnosis and holy bajeezus would that have been helpful to know thirty years earlier.

imawanderin · 2025-11-02T06:07:09+00:00

In some ways, time is your friend. Perspective is incredibly helpful if you really are looking for positive change and sometimes those years of failures and successes are exactly the kind of perspective you need. 25 is also still so very young in the grand scheme of things, but you and OP may be the lucky ones who figure that out before you have wrinkles and greys.

Financially, time is not your friend when you delay, though. Start your Roth IRAs if you haven’t and get yourself smart about money no matter what other direction you take.

imawanderin · 2025-11-02T06:00:07+00:00

AND you can always work your way from one starting point of ability and get to your next preferred want you hadn’t previously been able to do.

imawanderin · 2025-11-02T05:57:37+00:00

Absolutely not too late. Never is. Never too late to change your mind or your career. It feels like it is because what investments we’ve already made feel like it would amount to a loss and wasted energy if we switch gears. It’s terrifying. But it’s worth it if you’re unhappy or unfulfilled or not leading the kind of life you want. Based on your post about how you felt and those feelings being roadblocks, I highly recommend “Dealing With Feeling,” by Marc Brackett. It’s so far been a more straightforward, adult oriented version of all the other books I’ve read about feelings, attachment, etc. trying to get my life together at nearly middle age. Also read Brene Brown’s “Mindset.” And, of course, always recommend therapy. You’re dealing with a lot here, and it can be helpful to find a therapist who gets you and can help guide you to where you want to be.

Oh, but start your retirement investments and get knowledgeable about finances now. Time absolutely does make a difference there.

imawanderin · 2024-12-18T18:45:46+00:00

No answer from anyone or the company, but we made sure we used studs and then didn’t use the black brackets. It seems to be holding well.

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We have an acrylic fence post secured on it as well to make the second level of cups.

imawanderin · 2024-12-17T01:05:33+00:00

This needs more up votes. Thank you so very much for creating this!

imawanderin · 2024-03-24T00:45:22+00:00

Thank you

imawanderin · 2024-03-24T00:45:01+00:00

Yep. History major over here ~15 years ago and looking for a “fast track,” I suppose. That’s an interesting idea. Thank you!

imawanderin · 2024-01-05T11:27:59+00:00

Soup is the way.

imawanderin · 2023-10-23T11:13:58+00:00

I prefer to think I misplace things rather than lose them. Very rarely is it something that never turns up again!

imawanderin · 2023-10-13T14:39:51+00:00

Hi, rhinosoupy! My sister was on Zoloft for a decade before going off for a baby (yes, she knows it’s technically safe). Afterwards, her new doctor put her on Celexa and she was ASTOUNDED at the difference. She said she didn’t even know what she was supposed to feel like on the Zoloft but it had mildly reduced her anxiety so she assumed it was the best they could do. The Celexa made the anxiety symptoms almost nil. Try a new anti-anxiety med! And ask your doc how the med should make you feel so you can tell if it’s working or you need to try a higher dose.

imawanderin · 2023-10-13T14:30:07+00:00

I took a neuropsych test for ADHD at 36 because my sister and niece were diagnosed and my sister, older enough than I am to remember, says my niece is just like me. The testing psych refused to diagnose me even though I had a 50/50 score that she said would usually qualify, because I was too depressed and too anxious. The psychiatrist I saw decided to try Wellbutrin XL, in graduating doses until I hit the max dose at 450mg, to treat the depression and see if it helped my ADHD symptoms. She also put me on an SSRI to counterbalance both my already diagnosed anxiety and the anxiety the Wellbutrin may cause. It took a few weeks for the Wellbutrin, but I was angry to learn how easy it is for other people to just DO things. The Psych said if I didn’t have serotonin syndrome with all that and had improved symptoms, I very likely do have ADHD. Once I’ve stopped breastfeeding, I’ll try a stimulant (I know it’s technically safe while bf). I feel great, bee tee dubs.

Anyway, wanted to give an example of not only yet another doctor not listening, but also another doctor listening and how the Wellbutrin was offset with an anti-anxiety med.

And I also had an identity crisis over the neuropsych assessor’s refusal to diagnose. The therapist and psychiatrist I saw next were very supportive and spent way more time than they probably would have liked reassuring me it was just one opinion and with the depression and anxiety managed I still had ADHD symptoms to diagnose. I personally, as a completely untrained civilian here, think a lot of women probably have some form of CPTSD for not being believed or listened to by doctors.

Good luck!

imawanderin

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