Help! Are there any women in this Community with ASD

Not sure why it's posting me as NAS23891, my username is limegreenwelly, I am new to the forums, that was my comment about hf asd and inattentive ADHD! Am sending a query to the tech people about why this is happening! 

Hi limegreenwelly

Got your message...how are you finding the forum?

Technical issues are driving me over the edge at the moment, and not being able to find a page where I can look at my profile and add a picture, it's all in the details, everything is so slow too! 

Yes the tremors can be a bit scary. And am aware look odd too. Plus they are really tiring. So have to try extra hard to pace myself especially with things I find stressful but sometimes just not possible. Then I need loads of shutdown time to recover. So being in unknown environment was possibly stressful because you have to concentrate so much more and the build up to going and the extra mixing with people for longer... sounds a typical time for it to happen. Dr who I respected for diagnosis said we put so much effort into "being normal" joining/fitting in that it eventually takes a toll on our bodies. Taking the example from pain management we have to learn to pace ourselves. I find the spoons theory a good analogy for me and a different way to think about how we use our energy https://butyoudontlooksick.com/articles/written-by-christine/the-spoon-theory/.  

That has been my experience of antidepressants too I couldn't tolerate them with similar effect. My Gp asks from time to time if I want to try them again but no thanks. It is tricky to find help with this. However speaking to others with long term depression we know it comes in waves but still hard to wade through the treacle until it eases again. And it makes me appreciate the little things in life more because every nugget of that's good/ ok/ beautiful counts. 

Hello again Misfit, I have had two occasions where the trembling hands has turned into whole body tremor and it was quite terrifying.  Both occasions where I was in unknown environments with no control over anything at all, this is part of the reason I want a diagnosis, for future protection.  Small steps indeed...

Hello again Misfit, I have had two occasions where the trembling hands has turned into whole body tremor and it was quite terrifying.  Both occasions where I was in unknown environments with no control over anything at all, this is part of the reason I want a diagnosis, for future protection.  Small steps indeed...

Yes the tremors can be a bit scary. And am aware look odd too. Plus they are really tiring. So have to try extra hard to pace myself especially with things I find stressful but sometimes just not possible. Then I need loads of shutdown time to recover. So being in unknown environment was possibly stressful because you have to concentrate so much more and the build up to going and the extra mixing with people for longer... sounds a typical time for it to happen. Dr who I respected for diagnosis said we put so much effort into "being normal" joining/fitting in that it eventually takes a toll on our bodies. Taking the example from pain management we have to learn to pace ourselves. I find the spoons theory a good analogy for me and a different way to think about how we use our energy https://butyoudontlooksick.com/articles/written-by-christine/the-spoon-theory/.