Neurodiversity thread - for all MNetters who are neurodiverse - ASD, ADHD, Dyspraxia and more.

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Welcome one and all to the new thread. A safe haven for MNetters who identify as neurodiverse, diagnosis or not, and those waiting for assessment. Links available in recent threads. Newbies welcome. We just ask that you introduce yourself

I like rock/pop type stuff, I guess.

Favourites would include: Barenaked Ladies, Queen, Pulp, Bowie, Manic Street Preachers, Blur...

HRF, that sounds frustrating with not being able to submit assignments you've completed but I'm glad it seems to be going well overall.

I like all sorts of music. I go through phases. Sometimes I listen to loads of Queen, others I listen to Falling in reverse

Can't stand Queen!

Yeah, my mum was massively into Muse so I used to nick her CDs a lot. Also, really like Radiohead, actually.

I have a really really deep dislike of UB40 and Coldplay and Shania Twain.

I was at Uni in the 90s so saw most of the Britpop bands (except Oasis). Suede were possibly the best live band I saw though Jarvis is wonderful also. I can't really listen to Pulp anymore as they remind of the build up to my first major depression.

My gigging phase was late as it coincided with my "alcohol makes me a much better and more fun person" phase. I guess it's not coincidental that my depression also reared its very ugly head shortly after.

I went through a UB40 and reggae stage when I was about 13. I learnt all about Bob Marley and Jamaica in the process. I still have a fondness for them.

Queen was my going to sleep music for years, until they were replaced with Chris de Burgh (I have no defence for this at all).

I've never done normal music stuff, going to gigs etc, I was the one at home conducting to Tchaikovsky . How my parents didn't spot anything is beyond me!

As a teen of the 90s, I liked britpop/indie (spent my teens at gigs/concerts) with a smattering of cheese. I like stuff from my parents youth like the Beatles, Carole King. In the car I usually listen to R2 or CDs. Just managed to get DD off insisting on the Frozen soundtrack after 6 months of it now have Disney songs on. I can't stop listening to the Crazy ex-girlfriend soundtrack at the moment (but it'll be Christmas CDs soon!).

I'm dreading my night shift. My ward has moved which means I have no idea about my new work place and we have too many nurses so someone will be moved. Enforced change is horrible!

I agree so much re change. A colleague is leaving this week and I really like her. I'm going to feel a bit bereft without her there. Though my other colleagues are really nice too. I just hate change. Makes me feel wobbly.

A good mixture then! I'm interested in the patterns in music (I used to be a professional musician) and looking back, some of my favourite music is very repetitive. I use Steve Reich's marimba pieces if I need to get work done because it allows my brain to zone out.

I started out with classical because I'm a soprano and I play the violin, and I was geeky about it whilst most other kids were busy outside :/ and then I went through a phase of Beatles music (especially loved the weird bit of the White Album), and a brief T'Pau/Abba phase too. Since then I must've picked up at least one artist from every possible genre, and somehow ended up back writing classical again, although I don't particularly listen to much of it.

I like indie, rock, classical, church music (especially polyphony) and folk. Also some really cheesy pop! Britpop got me through my A levels and cheesy pop reminds me of the first gay clubs I went to.

I also like grime music but I'm the only person I know who likes to listen to it really quietly. I can't cope with loud music, it all turns into white noise battering the inside of my head. So I like a bit of quiet grime

Morning. What a miserable grey yuck day. I've just come over to my mums and we Prob ought to go and visit my dad (who has late stage dementia) as he's in a nursing home. I hate it. I can't tell you how much I hate it. The smells, the stuffiness, I feel like I'm inhaling germs. The unpredictability of the other residents and how they made sudden loud noises and walilomg and stand too close. Oh god I just can't bear it. And the guilt of not going often enough is also horrific. But if rather tolerate the guilt than go. If I knew he'd be in his room if be fine with it but when he's in the if lounge of kitchen with all the other residents I just can't stand it. I feel such a cow. And God knows what the carers must think. Well I know full well what they must think

Ken I'm sure they get it - I remember very similar when my grandpa had Parkinson's. I hated the place, and my dad would talk to everyone really inappropriately too! You're not a cow at all.

Laura - I need music either so loud it's almost inside my head, or very quiet. I can't deal with multiple sources of noise either. I often shout when that happens and my DH seems hellbent on having the TV on just 24 hours a day even when nobody's watching it.

Ken, I imagine they know there are many reasons family find it hard to visit. My mum hardly ever visits my Grandma with Alzheimer's anymore because it mostly seems to prompt memories that upset her, whereas when she's in the home by herself/just interacting with other residents she's mostly happy.

Alba, I'm the same. Music is either so loud I can't hear anything else or very, very quiet.

DS1's still not well enough to go to school. Starting to worry the school will demand a doctor's note but it's a right pain trying to get an appointment and then walking all the way there (about half an hour) with the double buggy and back just to be told it's a viral thing (which I'm pretty certain it is).

Our cat (the one who cost us almost £200 recently from being in a fight) came in with a huge lump missing from her leg last night so DH had to take her for an emergency appointment in the middle of the night and the vet said we could probably have just left it! We could clearly see bone and everything but I guess cats are resilient. DH is about to collect her and that'll probably be another huge sum of money right before Christmas. I guess I'll need to put through an insurance claim.

Have DS2's SALT assessment on Wednesday so am adding to my old list of his ASD traits and behaviours. Trying to remember everything!

I've just booked a private assessment for myself .

I've only been brave enough to do it because of these threads.

I'm exhilarated and terrified.

Well done Mog!

I've got a place on the public speaking course too. I read beyond the first bit and see we have to prepare a short presentation on autism - eek!

It's about 3 weeks off Poulter. All the best for your interview tomorrow btw.