How do you deal with sensory integration disorder?
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There is a lot of info at the link below...too much to put here :D
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Hi,\n\nhow much physical contact do you get, apart from being restrained? I've spent a decade in mental health services and practically the only 'touch' I got from anyone was when someone stuck a needle in me! Humans need touch from others to thrive - look at the orphanages in countries like Romania. I started to self-harm, learnt from others in the wards and by luck found that imagining that I was being held and reassured took away the need. I know why, it goes right back to standing at my grandmothers funeral when my grandfather stood behind me and put his arms around me - making me feel safe and secure. (Since I only tended to self-harm when on the wards this suggests that I was feeling very UNsafe and INsecure - so much for places of safety...)\n\nSo try and figure out what the feelings are when you get restrained. I agree with the other advice - see if there are things you can use to feel the pressure on your back without having a burly nurse on you! If you look at some autism sites they have pressure suits/vests to get people with autism used to feeling pressure on their bodies. But also have a go and see if you can use your imagination to get the feeling of pressure. I was useless at visual and aural imagery etc - failed every 'relaxation course' I've done! But somehow tricking my brain into believeing that I was being held was actually easy. Maybe ask help in using 'anchoring' from staff - not anchoring you to the floor, but using unobtrusive cues (eg pressing a finger and thumb together) to bring up the feelings you get when being restrained.\n\nJust because you have this need now, it doesn't mean you will have it for ever. Once you start living in the real world, as scary as that might seem now, chances are it will fade into the background.\n\nGood luck!\nElizabeth
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I don't know of any exercises to treat it.  When I have it I can't even think about moving, much less exercise.  I use Antivert (meclizine) to fight it.  It's the same as Dramamine or Bonine (OTC)
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It takes a kind of special person that can cope with some one that has a disability, and not have that I feel sorry for you because you have a disability.I order to really cope with it you have to be in it for the long haul because it will wear you down and put a strain on a relationship, I know for a fact because I have been a wheel chair now for over a year and I have heard my spouse say I wish he wasn't in the damn thing.
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It's great that you acknowledge your problem and want to resolve it. First you must reprogram yourself (so to speak). You have to learn how to control how you react to people. I think you may just need to feel like you are being listened to, and if you don't that could cause frustrations to mount and fuses to become short. Try to address something before it becomes a big problem. Change your approach. If you're losing your cool with kids, try getting on their level and look them eye to eye and sincerely talk to them and tell them why certain things are important and that you don't want to get upset or yell at them but if they don't respect your wishes it could cause you to get upset and that they can help prevent that by showing that they are listening and respecting you. Just remember you can't control other ppl but you can control how you react to them.
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You get forever stuck and by the time you realize you have it, your life is ruined, lol.  Make lists and lots of them.  Beg your doctor for a trial bottle of ritilan or similar.  If it has a calming effect on you, you have ADD.  If you feel wound up like most of the population would, then you don't.
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I am so sorry that you and yours are having to experience that malady. A specialist in Neurology is my suggestion. If you've already consulted a Neurologist, check out yet another one. Truly, I will pray that you get the wisdom and help to deal with this.
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I try not to be "insensitive" to all people I meet.\n\nI try to understand if they are having a bad day, then they may need to "vent" on some one and I have broad shoulders to listen to thier troubles.\n\nIf they are cutting me short, then they have so much to say, and cant find enough time in which to say it, or that I am boring them to tears and its best for me to shut up an listen to what they have to say.  Or, make myself more interesting and knowledgeable so that they will "want" to listen to me.\n\nPeople being loud, could be a hearing deficiency, and may need to have hearing aides, but may not be able to afford them or think that there is stigma attached to people with them on and so they dont know how loud they sound, or, are around people who were hard of hearing and have talked that way for years, and dont know any other ways of talking!\n\n(yep, I have a relative that shouts all the time, but his mother was half deaf, and couldnt hear anyone, so, when she passed away, he continued to shout to everyone even after all these years... I ask him to tone it down because I can hear him fine...he does for awhile until he forgets, then I gently ask him again.. it works out fine)...\n\nAll we have to be is more understanding to everyone, and think of all the disabilities that can be seen and unseen, and we would know each others situation and wanted to be treated kindly by others...\n\nI wish you well..\n\nJesse
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If your looking to upset the "equilibrium" of the body.  Try doing something to the inner ear.  I hear there are special glasses that certain Police Department's have that make people seem drunk.  They use these for examples for students, to show their friends just exactly how out of control they really are, when they feel so "great" getting drunk.\n\nAlso, there are some kind of earplug or something that can upset the balance of the inner ear, throwing a person off-balance (the inner ear being our balance mechanism).\n\nAlso, what about test with one eye closed on spatial recognition.  Such as depth perception (of course you may want to change things around the room before having them come in the room with the patch on their eye to confuse them, since they'd already "know" the room otherwise).  \n\nAlso, there are other tests, such as "trust issues" of having someone fall back into someone elses arms.  Its feedback, they are there and they're being told they are there, but can they trust it?  Have members get in groups of three or four and try.  If you do it in front of the class, its a dead giveaway, by doing it in groups there's always that question, what if?\n\nSorry, I'm not really sure what you wanted, so these are all I could come up with.  :/
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while I would surely consider counseling as an option I would also recommend visiting the following website:\nwww.thetotaltransformation.com or call them at 1-800-460-2235 as they specialize in the very troubles you're dealing with and have very good answers and solutions....God help you and good luck
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You never grow out of it.  It is a neurological disorder and it never goes away.  The symptoms might get less and less with age.
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I don't think you can.  Read all about the disorder at the link below.  Good luck
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its hard, i know i am the oldest and i have one sister and one brother and we all have behavior problems. The best way to deal with it is to make up some time just for yourself. Since you live in tight quarters it doesn't have to be inside. ask your parents if you can take a walk every day like before or after dinner, even if its just around the block. it gives you some time with nobody else to sort stuff out in your brain. You also gets fresh air and its good for you. It sounds stupid but it really works trust me!
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My personal experience has been it make my son act terrible it is way to stimulating for him which usually leads to bad behaviors I have to be very careful what I allow him to listen to.\n\nDo you have a 504 or IEP for your sons accommodations if you do you can ask that he be excused during that time. They can go to resource help in the office my son got to help the janitor with little jobs it just depends on your school and what you and your son are comfortable with when you approach them have a few things lined out that he could be doing instead and contrast what he has been doing in music class and how it is neither beneficial to him or the others to be there.\n\nBecause of the sensory issues with my son he cant go to the cafeteria or the gym and we had it written in his IEP\n\nIf I can help you in anyway please dont hesitate to contact me\n\nGood luck
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Apply for disability and other forms of public assistance.  That will help to take some of the pressure off of you while you learn to deal with this problem.  Don't give up, there are lots of medications to try.  Stop going to the emergency room, they can't help you.  Instead, spend your money on some alternative therapies.  Try meditation, or hypnosis.
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It's a sort of bi-polar disorder.  I worked with a gal that had it, she was very bright, however when she did not take her medicine, she became very anxious, confused, suicidal, and worrisome.\n\nIt's like a panic disorder, look at the link below.\nIndividuals with AS can exhibit a variety of characteristics and the disorder can range from mild to severe. Persons with AS show marked deficiencies in social skills, have difficulties with transitions or changes and prefer sameness. They often have obsessive routines and may be preoccupied with a particular subject of interest. They have a great deal of difficulty reading nonverbal cues (body language) and very often the individual with AS has difficulty determining proper body space. Often overly sensitive to sounds, tastes, smells, and sights, the person with AS may prefer soft clothing, certain foods, and be bothered by sounds or lights no one else seems to hear or see. It's important to remember that the person with AS perceives the world very differently.
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You deal with it by coping with your disabilty.  Learn new skills, stay as healthy as posible.  Build up your upper strength.  Do the pity party for awhile and get back in the groove of things.