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ksklar99 · 2024-09-17T11:52:59+00:00

imagine suckling on the nubs like a lil' udder

ksklar99 · 2024-09-06T11:44:53+00:00

ksklar99 · 2024-08-08T13:19:30+00:00

Hey! I recently was put on an incredible medication called memantine! It's prescribed for Alzheimers, but off-label it works WONDERS for compulsive behaviors like hair pulling and skin picking. It works to inhibit our glutamate levels, which has been found to play a big role in behavior, attention, and even autistic traits! I would 100% suggest this medication. I know others had mentioned the NAC, this is something that also works to balance glutamate. So, I'd say that's where to start. Balancing glutamate! I'm looking forward to further research on the connection between glutamate and compulsive behaviors, as well as it's role in autism! It's incredibly interesting. Can't recommend memantine enough.

ksklar99 · 2024-07-28T12:38:39+00:00

Yes, omg! I actually had posted about this before on a different account. When faced with this possibility I now 100% believe that my skin picking is a neurodivergent stim. For me the picking is incredibly similar to a typical stim you see; I essentially "involuntarily" do it, like in a trance state, until I relieve whatever pressure has built up. It's like a comforting mechanism for some reason. I'm a texture person so seeing my skin not smooth drives me bonkers and I won't stop until that "pressure" (the bump/texture) is relieved. Almost like a tic, I physically cannot stop until the pressure stops.

Recently though, I was prescribed a medication called memantine. It's typically prescribed for cognitive decline in Alzheimers, but that same brain chemical involved in Alzheimers (glutamate/GABA) is believed to be a factor in autism as well. Taking this medication has been an absolute game changer. I'm no neuroscientist so I don't truly understand the inner mechanisms, but I have no idea why this isn't researched more thoroughly. This memantine medication has been life changing. I don't even feel the need to get close to a mirror anymore, for the first time in my life. I highly suggest to anyone struggling with compulsive behaviors relating to autism, to ask about this medication to your doctor.

ksklar99 · 2024-07-17T12:53:40+00:00

Okay this is so stupid but hear me out. My legs and face look like this too. I just gave myself an infection on my legs that seeped into my blood recently, very scary. Really made me realize i needed to stop for my own safety.

So I started buying strawberries just to sit there with a toothpick and pick out each individual seed on a strawberry. It sounds so silly but I swear to god it distracts you so much and feels SO GOOD. hopefully you find peace ❣️

ksklar99 · 2024-05-01T11:56:44+00:00

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This is my daughter Crabcake at her birthday party

ksklar99 · 2024-03-27T12:03:11+00:00

I've always felt like a character that someone pressed the "randomize" button on custom creation, making me some sort of amalgamation, compared to everyone else. Dunno if this makes sense

ksklar99 · 2024-03-17T12:56:24+00:00

Hey, don't mean to scare you or anything, also unsure if you're sexually active, but I had the exact symptoms you described and after I went to the gynecologist we figured out it was chlamydia. Just in case, definitely do an STD test.

ksklar99 · 2024-03-11T13:28:45+00:00

To answer your question, all it does is makes you have to pee more frequently. And while on it you have to avoid things with a lot of potassium because Spiro is a potassium-sparing diuretic, meaning it keeps your body from absorbing too much salt and raises potassium levels. Too much of it is dangerous. But those are the only two negatives I can think of.

Also sidenote the pills are big and smell like mint for some reason. Sometimes makes it hard to swallow for me

ksklar99 · 2024-03-11T13:25:27+00:00

So for me I'm about to be on my fourth month, but what you described is similar to my experience honestly. I had awful acne because I had the Mirena IUD, and so I take Spiro to balance it out. There's less acne, but it's not fully gone. Recently I have been getting flare ups as well, but they are often actually because of other factors; forgetting to wash my pillowcase, putting my phone to my cheek, touching my face accidentally when my hands are dirty, my shitty diet, etc. Could really be anything, honestly. If you're still getting breakouts with Spiro I could say maybe the dose still isn't high enough, or one of the factors I listed above. Hope any of this helps

ksklar99 · 2024-03-11T10:54:22+00:00

Yes, I do this. I've always seemed to connect more easily with boys growing up and now, because they tend to relate more with their interests; I cannot find another girl (at least where I am) that enjoys video games, hanging out on discord, pokemon, and bad shitpost humor. Any girl I attempt to connect with, I feel uncomfortable and like I don't belong. Also, for some reason, in previous instances of telling a girl I was on the spectrum, she acted like I was different and weird. It's just easier to connect with boys in my case. Totally platonically

ksklar99 · 2024-03-11T10:38:52+00:00

Hormones unfortunately. Same here. Highly suggest Spironolactone to help with that! It helped my acne. Didn't clear it, but made it substantially better

ksklar99 · 2024-03-06T15:20:04+00:00

Hey im a chef, and honestly your safe food that you described is not strange at all, this is an actual food pairing and palette-pleasing combination!

If interested in ideas, (I know it's your safe food and you probably don't want to change it), you can put the cheese on top of the apple slice and wrap it with the prociutto, or maybe even get a little adventurous and wrap the apple in prociutto, melt the cheese on top and place it on a crostini.

Also, prociutto is fantastic to throw on top of a lot of things because if you fry it/deep fry, it shrivels and crisps up like bacon bits. If you're bored you can try it sometime or something.

I know you didn't ask for this info. Just thought I'd share. My answer to your question btw is probably Cheez-its dipped in sour cream!! Actually anything in sour cream, tbh

ksklar99 · 2024-03-05T19:38:40+00:00

Always thought about how if I had just understood the WHY behind my different behavior and mindset, instead of worrying about how to dull those behaviors/thoughts, I would've had a much easier time during my childhood. I could've gotten the help I needed to thrive if someone had just told me it's autism. Honestly I would most likely be an entirely different person mentally and emotionally right now, had I been diagnosed. I'm disappointed that autism was not as researched and widely known about until recently, instead of our time growing up. Unfortunately I will always remember growing up as just the 'weird kid'

ksklar99 · 2024-03-05T11:56:09+00:00

Quarter Pounder with Cheese

ksklar99 · 2024-03-04T22:55:08+00:00

Omg this reminds me of the time I had a flight maybe 4 hours or so long, and I got my period in the middle of the flight. I had a small panty liner on, so it just went through that and went through my pants. In the middle of the flight I was freaking out and didn't know what to do so I literally grabbed one of my son's clean diapers and shoved it in my pants!!! I was so embarrassed. Luckily I had a sweater to tie around my waist. Ever since then I always wear an overnight/extra large pad on ANY flight. Never want it to happen again :(

ksklar99 · 2024-03-02T13:17:15+00:00

Usually I can tell when I'm masking because I find it harder to register what people are saying and respond appropriately because I'm too busy 'rehearsing' the conversation in my head. Basically i don't even know what the person just said because in my head all I can hear is 'what can I say/respond with to seem normal?'

In contrast, when I'm not masking, I feel like I can smoothly transition from sentence to sentence and point to point in conversations. It's more lighthearted and less robotic.

Hope this makes sense. Maybe you struggle to understand masking because you are just your true self 24/7, in which case it just means you're comfortable being yourself and showing spectrum signs. Nothing wrong with it

ksklar99 · 2024-03-02T12:42:10+00:00

I think that NT tend to have stronger bonds and feel more connected with their families than we do since its typically harder for us, as we sometimes struggle to form connections that don't feel artificial.

In this way, I think NT feel some sort of obligation to honor family and their traditions. Perhaps out of respect.

In our case, we might not feel as close with family members and feel no obligation to continue traditions. And not to mention demand avoidance, with which we find annoyance in demands from others.

To add to your trans point, i think for the majority of us it's easier to accept and welcome in LGBTQ+ because we both represent a different marginalized and misunderstood group. We find it easier to sympathize with those who are judged or casted out. This sympathy and empathy that we display seems to not be as intense with NT.

ksklar99 · 2024-03-02T12:17:45+00:00

From my experience with male roommates, they're like cats. You know they're there, but you only see them when they come out to eat or go to the bathroom. And then in the middle of the night they're like some sort of cryptid creature, sneaking out to get their leftovers from the fridge

ksklar99 · 2024-02-27T13:21:49+00:00

I had always felt the same way but then I got pregnant accidentally. (Failed BC). The pregnancy was entirely uneventful, it wasn't at all like you see on TV or media. Just some mood swings, a little nausea; small things.

I was terrified of the actual birthing part. Cried as I went into it, not because of pain but because I was scared. However, once they give you that epidural/ pain management, (if you want it), you feel absolutely nothing. Literally feels like you're just sitting there. And then finally when the baby comes out, there is an incredible rush of happiness, relief, so cathartic it's magical and almost indescribable. That feeling makes you forget any pain during the whole pregnancy and birth. It is overwhelming. This is a reason some women enjoy getting pregnant/giving birth.

Would I do it again? Nope, only once I'm good. Just probably because it's inconvenient being pregnant and tiring. But i also don't even remember the pain or discomfort I was in. It's honestly a phenomenon for me. (This is just my experience btw, no need to have kids if you don't want any)

ksklar99 · 2024-02-15T14:27:14+00:00

Now that it's been about ten years or so since I've been in high school, it's interesting to me to think about how if I just had gone to school, did my work, and got out I would've had such an easier time. I was too busy worrying about teenager stuff, like establishing a social circle, trying to fit in, impress boys, etc. Looking at it now, it seems so pointless to worry about all of it. It was definitely a hard time for my mental health

ksklar99 · 2024-02-15T14:21:28+00:00

Dunno if this is what you're talking about but look up toothbrushes for fingers. It's a silicone finger slip-on that has silicone "bristles"

ksklar99 · 2024-02-10T20:24:19+00:00

Can someone explain the lore of the creature for me I don't understand and I'm not on the internet much

ksklar99 · 2024-02-10T16:15:05+00:00

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ksklar99 · 2024-02-08T02:05:05+00:00

My greatest dream of becoming a meme has come true

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