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Mental Health Information

LiberalArkie

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8. Check out Aspergers.

Reply to rownesheck (Original post)

Wed Jun 13, 2018, 02:25 PM

Jun 2018

I am 70 years old and found out at 69 that I was an aspie.

Things that we suffered as children seem to get better when we have a good immune system in our lat teens and into the 40's. It all seems to come back when we get older. Kind of a Bell curve.

The docs are just now starting to do research into senior Aspergers. It was always assumed that people just got over it or just developed ways of coping. We do in middle age, but later on it just slaps us in the head.

I thought I had out grown my asthma, I did not suffer until a few years ago. I never go anywhere without my puffer.

It was nice for me to find out about Aspergers as it really let me know why I am the way I am.

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I've lived with something for a while now. [View all] rownesheck Jun 2018 OP

Were you abused as a childor young adult? cpamomfromtexas Jun 2018 #1

I wasn't abused. rownesheck Jun 2018 #4

Have you tried exercising regularly? Trueblue Texan Jun 2018 #2

I get lots of exercise at my job. rownesheck Jun 2018 #5

Have you tried meditation and exercise? woodsprite Jun 2018 #3

Thanks. rownesheck Jun 2018 #6

Yup! Consistency is the key! woodsprite Jun 2018 #7

Check out Aspergers. LiberalArkie Jun 2018 #8