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by spoon
Sat Oct 09, 2010 10:06 pm
Forum: Getting help & assessment
Topic: Is my diagnosis legitimate?
Replies: 4
Views: 3832

Re: Is my diagnosis legitimate?

Hi, I, like you have a bunch of health issues. At first I thought I had 'dyspraxia' as a condition but now that my health has gotten to the stage it is at now I am viewing it more as part of the bigger picture of my neurological and central nervous system problems. I guess it could have been a ...
by spoon
Tue Aug 17, 2010 2:11 pm
Forum: Work
Topic: What sort of jobs do you guys have/had?
Replies: 18
Views: 12514

Re: What sort of jobs do you guys have/had?

Before and during uni I had sales assistant jobs. Whilst in uni I also worked as a telephone fundraiser and doing admin and a little training for a small organisation. When I finished uni I worked as a teaching assistant. Anxiety was a bit of a problem in getting to all of those jobs on time but my ...
by spoon
Thu Aug 12, 2010 1:55 am
Forum: Day-to-day living
Topic: Other Illnesses
Replies: 25
Views: 17803

Re: Other Illnesses

I have an undiagnosed chronic condition which presents itself like ME or MS. It's as yet undiagnosed so hard to tell what it is really. It tends to exacerbate my dyspraxic symptoms. I use an electric wheelchair for longer distances and navigating doorways with my dyspraxic brain is amusing :p
by spoon
Thu Aug 12, 2010 1:49 am
Forum: Getting help & assessment
Topic: Happy days - the medical profession pay attention to me!
Replies: 3
Views: 3736

Re: Happy days - the medical profession pay attention to me!

Great stuff. I'm glad they are listening!
by spoon
Thu Aug 12, 2010 1:41 am
Forum: Dyspraxia Chat
Topic: Do you ever just wish people would skip the obvious?
Replies: 9
Views: 4241

Re: Do you ever just wish people would skip the obvious?

definitely find this. sometimes I find that someone else will say exactly the same thing moments later and somehow they will then understand :S I think I do assume a lot of the time that people will follow my train of thought. It's frustrating when you're trying to explain something but cannot put ...
by spoon
Mon Jul 12, 2010 12:16 am
Forum: Dyspraxia Chat
Topic: Dyspraxia and Fibromyalgia
Replies: 10
Views: 7837

Re: Dyspraxia and Fibromyalgia

Interesting you should mention it. I am currently ill with something that seems lie M.E although I'm yet to receive a diagnosis so still searching.
by spoon
Thu May 27, 2010 10:30 pm
Forum: Day-to-day living
Topic: You know you're dyspraxic when
Replies: 407
Views: 920120

Re: You know you're dyspraxic when

you get flappy when you're happy.
by spoon
Mon Mar 22, 2010 3:09 pm
Forum: Day-to-day living
Topic: Eyesight and Hearing
Replies: 26
Views: 18952

Re: Eyesight and Hearing

My eyesight is fairly ok. I'm long sighted with an astigmatism in one eye and short sighted in the other. Glasses don't correct the problem fully though. I'm hoping to get irlen lenses funded before starting masters next year which will hopefully do more. My is generally fine although I have some ...
by spoon
Mon Mar 22, 2010 2:38 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Can haz noob
Replies: 1
Views: 1283

Can haz noob

Hi, I'm Elis. Some of you might know me from dyspraxic teens or Matts hideout as I've been around for about 7 years! S So..a little about me. I'm 21, a music graduate working as a teaching assistant/tutor and in the process of sorting stuff out for work as a music tutor. I've applied for a secondary ...