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Could you help me? I had it! I'm 22 asperger's, unfortunately I'm a girl. I might as well, except it's middle-severe. Severe ADHD, My anxiety and depression in through the roof. It's very stressful I'm scared to go outside it's dangerous, with lots of wrecks and bullies, social "tiffs", or family's fights and their wants. It's feel like on Jon and Kate plus eight. My parents name call names and fight like cats and dogs. And I hear everything because I got no carpet it's hard floor. They been working on this house for 2 years and I been left out and ignore. I don't know from one minute to the next what going to happen. No routine or exception on what to do. I stim like crazy and it started right after I took risperdal. I pace and SIB: it came

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