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Struggling with symptoms since diagnosis

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Hi all,

Recently diagnosed and starting to get my head around it *a bit...* but struggling and wondered if anyone has found / is finding this?

I've realised I've camouflaged extensively over the years, haven't really stimmed and my meltdowns [with a couple of exceptions] seem to have been more internalized and appeared as shutdowns, in that I just tend to withdraw completely.

As I've learnt more about autism and how it can manifest, I find I can't camouflage as much, it's not that I haven't tried to just 'carry on as normal' I just don't seem to be able to. I've found I've noticed myself stimming for the first time but yesterday I was in the supermarket with my wife and got way over stimulated and was being asked the same question several times and felt like I either wasn't explaining very well or just wasn't being heard - either way I had to close my eyes and it was excruciating to hold an outburst in - I'm still feeling the stress of it this evening.

Can I please ask you guys if you found an increase in symptoms after diagnosis and if you found it harder to regulate, how did you manage to overcome it? My wife and I are both still getting our heads around this thing, she's supportive and brilliant and doesn't deserve to be on the back end of any of my frustration.

Cheers

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  • Hi I’m bipolar type 2 as well as autistic. What I find helps is chanting but it doesn’t have to be chanting - singing probably helps as well. I admit I do it more for my bipolar than my autism but it probably helps with the autism as well.

    in particular I try to do 8 minutes of chanting, followed by 8 minutes of meditation followed by 8 minutes of tai chi / chi Kung exercises 4 times a day 6am / 12pm / 6pm / 12am. Life invariably gets in the way and I rarely if ever manage to do it 4 times a day but even once or twice helps. The theory is that the chanting stills the mind which helps the meditation to still the body which then enables you to get the most benefit from the tai chi / chi Kung exercises.

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  • Hi I’m bipolar type 2 as well as autistic. What I find helps is chanting but it doesn’t have to be chanting - singing probably helps as well. I admit I do it more for my bipolar than my autism but it probably helps with the autism as well.

    in particular I try to do 8 minutes of chanting, followed by 8 minutes of meditation followed by 8 minutes of tai chi / chi Kung exercises 4 times a day 6am / 12pm / 6pm / 12am. Life invariably gets in the way and I rarely if ever manage to do it 4 times a day but even once or twice helps. The theory is that the chanting stills the mind which helps the meditation to still the body which then enables you to get the most benefit from the tai chi / chi Kung exercises.

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