A Constellation of Chronic Medical Conditions Commonly Seen in Autistic & ADHD Adults

Last night's visit at the animal hospital with a very sick buddy. Another day in the scary hotel on iv fluids and monitoring. Hoping he eats something today!

Incredibly dull, but swirly! (Sound off if you don't want to hear bad Denny's music and squealing children.)

No more pets after these two. It hurts too much..

Reset starts in the morning. Going analog with notebooks for sorting this shit out! Fuck a bunch of 'apps' bullshit... They're all AI (built/run/whatever) time syncs anyway these days.

Joy!

Cat home from the ER vet - sitting next to the water bowl and staring off into space, high as a kite.

Very obvious pro-ice guy with his two giant German Shepherds leaving the vet clinic this morning.. one of his dogs barks loudly at a couple of Hispanic folks sitting patiently with their pets and chatting in Spanish... He smirks and says "good boy!" Racist POS.

"Day passes" for streaming services now. Because people are waking up to their bullshit they need to attract viewers somehow.. Capitalism is cancer.

Bruins being Bruins... At least I can rest easy knowing the Panthers didn't make the playoffs this year.

Don't be this asshole. Forgot to screenshot before I blocked so snagged from clearsky...

Reddit account potentially hacked and then banned. Anyone have any successful recovery stories? So mad.

Important announcement!

I think I understand better now why people run off and join cults. Anyone starting a cult in need of members?

I experience social interactions like it's the SIMS with the little +/- markers above people's heads.

Just saw the most offensive Guinness pour I've ever seen. It made me believe in karma for reasons I won't say here (the guy it was poured for was deserving of a shitty pour, but I'm certain it wasn't a purposeful shitty pour because the bar tender was STRUGGLING!)

I don't hate dogs, I hate "dog people". I love dogs, but not to the exclusion of other animals. People who loudly proclaim to be "dog people" are generally not the kinds of people I enjoy being in the company of.

🤣 just got a "reddit cares" notification after blocking an alt-right fuckhead on a thread about the impact of Trump on World Pipe Band Championship attendance. Amazing.

I don't care if an adult goes to a theme park by themselves without kids. I care if that specific adult does because of who he associates with and approves of. But, on the whole, it's not weird for adults to do fun things for themselves without kids. Stop stigmatizing that shit...

Another important announcement.

This is very important.

It's very windy today. No like.

Also I'll never understand why bagels were ever considered as sandwich breads... There's a HOLE! Stuff falls out... You can't easily bite the shiny crusty crust layer so the stuff inside squishes out. Bagels are meant for cream cheese and you eat them one half at a time, not like a sandwich...

I really hate the word crunchy. I don't know why, but it makes me irrationally angry.

Note: I know the actual day is the 17th. But because it's Saturday, all the bars are doing things today. As is tradition in capitalism.

Figures I have the odd craving for Shepherd's Pie, but it's on this holiest of all drunken holidays. Ain't catching me going out in those crowds of extra annoying humans.

Edgar says zzzzz

The one good thing about this asshole maga-lite bartender: he's got them clubbed fingertips. Iykyk...

Smoothies are life, ya'll.

Man, I have been sleeping on Michael McGoldrick's stuff. I knew it was amaze, but I just haven't listened to much of it for some reason... Fixing that post haste!

Sleepy bud.

I don't think I can aptly describe the years I spent and adventures I had following this band. What a fun time. I miss it.

*Gigglesnort.*

First time firing a therapist instead of things just happening to end things. Needed to happen. I should've trusted my instincts after the second visit, but I kept trying to make it work knowing it can sometimes take me a minute to feel things out.

Absolute badass!

“art is a powerful form of resistance–especially when the artist is willing to speak out against enablers of a violent regime by eclipsing the sound of police sirens with the blaring lament of a bagpipe.” He’s figured out how to attach a respirator to the pipes so he can play despite tear gas!

Proof I'm autistic: My first thought seeing this meme was, "That's a bull.'

I may or may not be returning to social media, but I couldn't let this go unnoticed. You see this shit everywhere from people who think they're hot shit because they won a couple of first place ribbons at the local Highland Games. What a choad.

Dad passed two years ago today. Feels like no time at all, but also a lifetime ago. It's been a rough couple of years.

Therapists. So therapisty. Trying to remain open minded and give the new guy the benefit of doubt, but I hate it when I can spot patterns and such so easily. Makes everything seem so inauthentic and a little patronizing/condescending.

The number of trashy white folks I've seen in DC wearing American flag T-shirts is not zero. And there are 12 National Guardsfolk... Right as you get off the metro. God bless America..

Walking that autistic tightrope trying to communicate with medical providers about symptoms. Say too much, docs think you're lying or overreacting, say too little, docs think you're fine. Have to give just the right amount of breadcrumbs for them to believe you and want to help solve the problem.

New project(s?) in the planning! Much excite!

Maybe I'll write a book instead... Title it: "Death By 1000 Paper Cuts, and Some Machete Chops Too: A Crisis Timeline"

The autistic urge to write a complete comprehensive timeline of the last 2-3 years to give context to a potential new therapist that will explain why I am non-functioning currently.

Progress. Potential new therapist found! Hoping it works out to be a decent fit.

I think I may be allergic to something in the Costco Pumpkin Cheesecake. I have a perplex! Allspice allergy? Is that a thing? I feel like I've had that before though. At any rate! A couple of bites and my mouth was THROBBING and hurty/itchy/burny and yikes.

Aw it's been a year (when these pics were taken) since this guy had his matted fur shorn! He's doing so well today.

A little over a year ago Pretty Saro played on Scottish Smallpipes. Chanter is in the key of A.