Has does any one with ASD suffer from being irritable and have no patience. Getting annoyed by everything . I know your not aloud to talk about medications but does any body take anythink for it
Has does any one with ASD suffer from being irritable and have no patience. Getting annoyed by everything . I know your not aloud to talk about medications but does any body take anythink for it
I know your not aloud to talk about medications but does any body take anythink for it
If this is something you want to try then speak to your GP would be my recommendation - they can make a reasonably informed decision if it is something suitable for you.
A psychiatyist is the best person to see as they would have a much better understanding of your condition(s) and have the power to prescribe drugs - which a therapist / psychotherapist does not.
Ultimately therapy is the best drug in my experience - get to the root of what is making you irratable and deal with it. It saves pumping your body full of drugs and the resulting side effects.
Only in my personal opinion of course and no medical advice is offered.
Thanks Another Autistician
I agree one way or another having a diagnosis and recognising what the pattern it describes through self awareness helps.
For me searching for the issue that started it off - bearing in mind that it may at first analysis be something not immediately obvious or not something that is easy to look at is where I'm at currently.
Events and responses can be separated by time and place but are often similar in circumstances.
For that I can recommend a "no blame culture". Typically people are involved and if one can separate them from what happened as a thing to consider maybe? Including oneself. I'm not religious by nature however "hate the sin - not the sinner" comes to mind. Exploring emotions from both ends - that they are a reaction to events and experiences but also the thing that motivate our behaviour is where we're both making reference to I think.
Going from limited emotional insight and only noticing it when it is extreme to getting a handle on nuance and subtle shifts is quite a challenge.
In my case I'm UTTERLY SICK of "struggle".
The microsecond something gets "difficult", I'm back off to bed, most days now I'm older. (I used to persist, and either overcome the difficulty or "destroy the workpiece" when I was younger, but I don't have the energy for that sort of thing any more.
There are so many, many, things I've struggled with,and finally ovecome, only to find that the victory was tasteless, or even poisonous.
I have a potentially luicrative and satisfying work situation at the moment, but in practice it's proving to be a real struggle, and not ACTUALLY solving any of my problems, after a mere 60 hours and that's enough for me.
I'm not interested in subduing the world any more. If a thing can't just work for me by now, straightaway and without struggle, I don't want anything to do with it anymore.
Conventional wisdom and my own observations suggest this is not a "winning strategy" but what exactly is there left to "WIN" out there?
Yes, I think for me it's due to being in a lot of pain that nobody can do anything about, me being allergic to anything but painkillers. That and stupidy in others, the NT's that treat me like my head does up at the back. That everything must have a technological answer as if thats a cure all.
Do you know what you're irritable and impatient about?
Since diagnosis I've been more self aware and have found that I can spot the flames getting high and although it's not easy, I can often avoid it going "bang".
As you say, it often feels right to blow at the time but the damage that's left behind after is often worse than the issue that started it off. So even though it's hard to stop it, it's worth it.
Yes. I'm a lot better now I'm retired and no longer have to work as for me it was caused by overload. See if there is anything you can change in your life to prevent it.
If it's caused by depression sometimes anti depressants can help. Speak to your GP.
Yes - both irritability and lack of patience. Regretfully. I don't take medications for this. I try to take time over things and this helps although I appreciate the irony of suggesting it to be a solution for having little patience! I suggest that, for me at least, the biggest cause is frustration and often the people and things that my being moody and irritable impacts upon are not the cause of the frustration. Overall my tip would be that if you're getting too hot notice it. Try to find a way of getting further from the flames making sure others are safe as necessary. Reduce the fuel and any wind fanning the flames and most of all try not to put petrol on it! An explosion may blow the flames out but can cause a lot of damage in the process. Hope the metaphor makes sense. Best wishes.
