Since this now bears a slight update, heh.

Neurological medications:
Lisinopril, 5mg once daily
Naratriptan, 2.5mg up to three times per week
Nortriptyline, 20mg once daily
Olanzapine, 10mg once daily if needed
Promethazine, 25mg once daily if needed
Trokendi, 200mg once nightly
Zomig dissolvable melt, 5mg up to three times per week

Respiratory medications:
Albuterol, two puffs inhaled up to every six hours as needed
Albuterol, one vial nebulized up to every six hours as needed
(for some reason, this was changed when I began filling recent scripts)
Claritin, standard dose
Symbicort, two inhalations twice daily
Singulair, standard dose

I continue to be off of prednisone right now, which I chalk up to being in the middle of a pandemic.

Other medications:
Depo-Provera, taken every ninety days

The abundance of “autism moms” on the Internet.

I don’t know if it’s because of the… faux pas in grammar that this bothers me so much or the fact that they are taking their child’s diagnosis, attempting to wrap themselves up in it, and live vicariously through their child in spite of the fact that many of them claim to “hate autism” and exhibit obvious disdain for their child’s neurology, but there’s always been something about the phrase “autism mom” and “autism dad” that bothers me, even though the title gives away the fact that there seem to be a lot more “autism moms” on the Internet than there are “autism dads”. Sometimes I like to call it exactly what it is though… “assholes who try to live vicariously through their child” (since almost no other diagnosis has parents who come up with monikers like this to the point that this is a thing, and I will take correction if I am wrong), “people who claim to love their children but hate their child’s neurology, which is a fundamental part of their child”, and “people who hate their children so much that they want to cure their child, which would then give them a completely different child” — oh, pardon me, I must be running off a bit at the mouth again. That’s a thing that I do, heh.

Anyway, points to ponder:
Are you a mom? A dad? Are you autistic? Great! You are an autism mom or an autism dad!
Are you not autistic? Sucks to be you. You are not an autism mom. You are not an autism dad.

Your child’s identity is not your identity, although attempting to find a community similar to your own (“parents of autistic children”) is not a bad thing. Admitting that you may have struggles due to your child’s behavior is one thing. Attempting to martyr yourself due to your child’s struggles for attention is different, and is one of many reasons that autistic adults do not trust many neurotypical parents of autistic children.

Remember, though, that your child’s autism is fundamentally linked to who they are.

You can not “hate autism” without hating core, unchangeable components of who your child is.

We would do this if it weren’t for the pandemic…

https://raceroster.com/events/2020/31983/the-lokai-virtual-run-for-hope-2020

…and if it weren’t for me being so high-risk if I did contract it, but also, the pandemic.

We meaning me and Bub, enjoyably walking this over the time span of however long it actually took.

Why does this have to happen during a global pandemic that will probably still be here in October?!

It’s honestly like more and more people are forgetting that we are still in the throes of a global pandemic, and they are becoming more fast and loose not adhering to safety guidelines to keep themselves safe and prevent themselves from becoming infected with the virus. This is exactly why the United States can’t have nice things. We’re out here planning marathons while a global pandemic is going on. This really bothers me.

This is why other countries are starting to “get over” the pandemic and why it is still booming in our country.

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