well, its controllable, just... sometimes it really feels right. I might go look around a bit and research, thanks for the suggestion though.

Edit: is it me or is the banner for this site cruel? http://www.tourettes.com/

Tommy can you hear me?

(Happy, fishstickz?)

I've got nothing wrong with me... as far as I know. -shifty eyes-

ADD something terrible

OCD.

Deuteran colorblindness, lactose intolerance, mild hip displasia.

I have Brain Anoxia; it's a condition that can occur when the oxygen on one side of your brain is cut off completely. The doctor who was delivering me at birth accidentally got my cord wrapped around my throat when I was born, and cut off all oxygen to the left side of my brain completely. As a result, I have some memory problems at times, and I am no good in math at all; and I have always had problems with remembering things on exams, which was why I sometimes didn't do well on exams at all. It's hard, but I have learned to live with it.

i have this large bump on my right hand, never looked into finding out what it is

Depression.

And you don't have OCD if you have compulsive tendencies. OCD is only OCD when it becomes so severe that it interferes with your life. Yet people like to say they have OCD just because they like to arrange their pencils a certain way...

I don't think they're "technically" disabilities , but they are for me. I've had severely debilitating cases of depression and social anxiety disorder for about 12 years which I just started getting treatment for. I've also had strabismus ("eye turn") which affects either eye (depending on which one I focus with) that developed around the time I was 2 or 3, I think.

me too! Fun! but mine will be about Nine years this April. You may appreciate this, if you're familiar with all of those rubber bracelets for cancer and all that, they have one for daibetes saying "Insulin Is Not A Cure"

and fishstickz...bad, bad memories. did you have to remind me of Tommy? :p *shudder* Achelois is excused because he doesn't know, but I almost ran screaming from a restaurant upon hearing Sensation playing.

oh. yeah diabetes would be mine.

Asthma, Social Anxiety

I'm 3 and a half feet tall, in a wheelchair, and half def.

I'm also in danger 'absolutelly sexy' cancer. I get small spots of sexy every once in a while, and women go crazy: Very bad for one's health, STDs tend to follow.

JediKirby

slight OCD. not like light switches on and off 14 times before i leave the house, at least not yet.

Is your name on purpose, then?

I can't snap my fingers any more after that tag accident.:(

yep :p

Medical malpractice. Oh, wait (smacks self) - statute of limitation...

I personally have bad (30/30) vision, but have ultra perceptive hearing. I also am loose jointed, increasing my likelihood of kneecap dislocations (not very fun) somewhat.

Dyslexia anyone? :p

...

Sorry.

I'm from Staten Island. I don't have the accent. As far as I am aware...

ADD. I used to have ADHD, but the hyperactivity is gone now, and the condition has become so minor that I rarely need medication (only for tests and such). I still tend to get distracted from time to time, or have difficulty paying attention.

Amblyopia in my right eye. Had it since I was five. Need to wear glasses, which is kinda sucky but the girls seem to like them.

bah.

I was going to ask though, YODA, do you resent the doctor? Although you do describe it as a mistake, not everyone would be willing to accept that doctors err every now and then.

Officially, I don't think I have anything, though I've just started treatment for depression again, so I guess that could count...

Sorry to hear that, is it citalopram?

When I started that for the 1st time it made me worse, I did horrendous things to myself. 5 months later and I've never been happier.

I think the main cure for depression, is having to do NO work, having a partner/lots of sex, and going out and having good times with friends.

When life is good like that you dont need medicine.

if(getThingFlags(source) & 0x8){
  do her}
elseif(getThingFlags(source) & 0x4){
  do other babe}
else{
  do a dude}

Oh, cool Where do you get those from, anyway? I've seen lots of people wearing them.

9 years? I guess that makes me a Diabetes noob

Seroxat (paroxetine). Been on and off it a few times before, not sure it'll make a difference. Can't say I agree with your cure, having 'too good' a time is one of the main things that ends up forcing me to hide in my bedroom for weeks on end. Though I do think I'll be alot better once I get my final exams out of the way, and if they officially excuse me from the oral exams.

ok I have absolutely NO idea what that means

if(getThingFlags(source) & 0x8){
  do her}
elseif(getThingFlags(source) & 0x4){
  do other babe}
else{
  do a dude}

Who voted autism?

I'm ****ing insane.

maevie,

No, there's really no point in resenting the doctor. This event happened almost 34 years ago now, and he died a long time ago, so I would be hard-pressed to resent a dead person. So no, I don't resent him. As I said, I've had to learn to live with this thing. It won't ever become any easier for me, so I just try the best I can every day of my life. I WILL make mistakes, but I will just have to make them, learn from them, and move on. That's it.

Used to suffer from depression, now everything's great.
I still have problems with my random behaviour ie. deciding to take a walk when it's 3AM and work starts at 7....

Ok, I spent the whole summer hanging out with my best friends that I hadn't seen in a year and having an awesome time. However, the few times when I was home alone for longer than just a couple of hours, I'd then have to deal with any inner turmoil that had been building up for days or weeks. Then, once real life starts again (very few people are rich enough to never have to work), everything seems so much harder since you were so recently having such a carefree time.

I think I can relate to what Maevie's talking about, because I too have suffered from depression (I'm fine now that I'm on medication) but moreso I still constantly suffer from anxiety, particularly socially, and the two often go hand in hand. Some people (like my Mum for example) would rather be at home all day and read a book and stroke a cat than go out to the Mall, talk to lots of people, drive around town, etc. It becomes stressful and emotionally taxing for some people including myself, and perhaps Maevie. Some people thrive on company, others would rather retreat to their comfort zone. It's not that such people don't like others, it's just that such people need more time alone than others. Otherwise, I have been know to get "overloaded" like a computer running low on system resources, and thus have been forced to "shut down." I mearly need some time to "recharge my batteries."



Yeah, I don't quite know why Edward spelled that incorrectly considering he has the disorder, but as Flirbnic said, it's spelled "aspergers." I too have this disorder, and it is a form of high-functioning Autism. It's basically a social disorder. I have a hard time fitting in, I don't read other people's emotions very well, or even their facial expressions, and thus often misinterpret what another person is trying to say. I also am not very good at understanding how another person is feeling, and can be quite blunt and come across as rude, even if I don't mean to. Other symptoms are clumsiness in sports, as well as a pretty high intelligence and good memory. I have an IQ of about 130. I have made massive strides with dealing with tihs disorder, but I still have a hard time with it. I have a very hard time interpreting sarcasm sometimes, so naturally reading text on a forum often evades my humor meter.

All in all, the various things I struggle with emotionally and mentally are (when I list some diorders, they really are a different version associated with AS, but I'm just labeling them separately to categorize the specific issues):

• Asperger's Syndrome
• ADD
• Mild Tourettes
• Obsessive-Compulsive
• Anxiety
• Depression
• PDD (Pervasive Developmental Disorder)

This is a very good point too. If I spend too much time with other people, spending the night at my boyfriend or my friends' houses, I will reach a point where I just can't be around people anymore. At this point I'll just go home and shut out the world for a while. I'm also really defensive about my personal space. Unless someone actually needs a place to crash, I'm unwilling to offer to have people stay at my house and when I have friends round, I'd much rather we hung out somewhere else in the flat rather than my room (kinda difficult since it's my mum's flat).

I have Tourettes Syndrome but its very mild since I'm able to control it in public places. I rather not go into details about it as I really don't think it's anyone's business to know so.

BTW... was putting "blind" as an option a joke? Seriously... if you're really blind, you wouldn't be able to vote.

Blind people browse on the internet too, you know

What does 20/20 mean? I understan it means normal vision. But what do the numbers mean in it? I just haven't heard about it any further.