Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on its evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Avoid long drawn out arguments. This should be a place to relax, not to waste your time needlessly.
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Personal anecdotes, puzzles, cute pics/clips - everything welcome
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Please do not spam at the top level. If you have a lot to post each day, try and post them all together in one top level comment
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Try keep things light. If you are bringing in deep stuff, try not to go overboard.
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Things that are clearly on-topic for this board should be posted as a separate post and not here (except if you are new and still getting the feel of this place)
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If you find people violating these rules, deport them rather than start a argument here.
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evoloving
In short, imagine this thread to be a local community hall where we all gather and chat daily. Please be respectful to others in the same way
My son is on the spectrum, and he had mild tourettes that hit hard in 4th grade, adhd etc. There were suggestions to use these meds, my sister really pushed, telling me some family members used it on their son, my boys cousin. I told her that having academic drive was not a priority, that I knew my boy was intelligent and he learned things in his own way, independently. His tics went away with added Vitamin B, he takes magnesium at night for his life long insomnia (from in the womb, the child wakes up at bedtime). Instead of changing him, I taught him to adapt. Can't sleep at night? Find a night job. Find an interest and pursue it. Use caffeine, stay away from sugars, artificial colors, (he would turn into a pinball when he was little if he ate anything with red dye in it) There is nothing under God's green Earth that God created that will not heal you if you search for it. I did not let him use a screen until he was almost 12, and I wish I had held off longer, as he is addicted to gaming and most of his social life is on line, although he does have a group of locals around his age , that get together and do Dand D once a week. He did not have vaccines, so I am not sure what caused the adhd and spectrum stuff. Sometimes I think it is a gift, sometimes a burden for him. He does thank me sometimes for not putting him on meds. He is a good man, strong and kind and wonderful with animals, large and small, and he is beginning to show interest in growing food, finally! I taught him everything I know, and as I age, I worried that all this work on the gardens I have done over the years, building soil, etc would go to waste after I die and he inherits it, but I think he will turn around with that. He does make his own money and he will spend it on crap food sometimes, but when eating like that affects his mood, I can point it out and he realizes, mom was right. He despises all things woke and has a great sense of humor about it.
You are doing awesome! I am ADHD, Dyslexic, BiPolar, and whatever else that paper says. My son, who is 23, is also. He did not have many friends in High School, and of course, he was a Senior in 2020, which did not help matters much.
I KNOW that ADHD etc.. is a gift. "We Think Differently" which I really believe is the Correct way. I have told my son recently that he is a gift from God. That he was born for a time such as now. He is meant for great things. After I told him that, he started looking up God and reading the Bible.
I have not put my son on any medications. He did not get the shot. I, on the other hand have been on many many many medications because I grew up feeling very different. But, I realized in the past 6 years that that is a very good thing. I understand th things that people do not understand. I see things that others don't. I quit alcohol, drugs, meds, and am currently just taking Aminos and my thyroid meds, but looking to get off of those.
My child is my greatest thing that has ever happened to me. I always remind myself that my God thinks of me even more than that.
This is beautiful! What a wonderful person you are and your son is blessed to have you. ❤️🤗
Love your testimony! Your son was lucky to have a mom using her wits.