Autisic + Insomnia + Severe Migraines = Not Allowed to Drive???

I think the only way to be sure is to try driving and take some lessons. Make sure your instructor knows the problems and start in empty areas where you won't put anyone at risk. If you feel comfortable and find you can concentrate then build up slowly. If not, then driving probably isn't for you.
 
Yeah i know that the doctors and everything will have final say but i was just wondering what you guys would think about it.

@ Hikari Kisugi - i get the sudden attacks during the day and i dont think its got to do with my teeth
 
kellaway225 said:
@ Hikari Kisugi - i get the sudden attacks during the day and i dont think its got to do with my teeth
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How sudden is sudden? I suffer from migraines, and the attacks arent instant, they start with symptoms. Shapes, lights, I get Tunnel vision late into a migraine, then the agonising head and sickness later.

a driving license would be granted to me with just migraines.

Have you seen the doctors with regards to your insomnia? If its periodic, they may prescribe sleepers.

As for your autism, You know if you think you're able. I mean does it stop you living life properly in such severity it makes you question a lot of what you do? Driving becomes natural to most, Maybe you'll struggle in the beginning but later it will be come just an extention of your life, rather than a chore or hurdle to jump.

I personally think if your doctor is happy to say yes, and you feel upto the challenge, that you'd be fine on the road.
 
The neuropeptide which is released from the muscles under heavy clenching and strain, it builds in the body, and when it reaches a threshold it causes the vasodilatation associated with migraine pain.

Triggers in daytime might mean you have a nocturnal element, and then clenching during day tips you over the edge.

Get a guard made and think about it during the day to stop yourself.
 
i get several different types, some come on without any warning or anything others i can get severe pains around my head in several different locations, they feel like stabbing kind of pains and they last upto 20mins and then i just have the mingraine, with severe pains in the backs of my eyes, ear aches and the like.

I have suffered with insomnia my whole life i have been given Zoficone or something, the same thing my girlfriends step dad takes but he has double dosage and i took one of them and they didnt work either. so i might have to go on something stronger. theres not really any sort of connection between them - i have always slept badly and it hasnt ever gone away and come back or anything, just always had it

the thing about my Autism is that i cant use buses, unless i dont have anyone sat infront, beside or behind me as i get too paranoid and have to move, i get lost going to new places, dont like speaking to new people, dont like being in a crowded places or anything i think the key will be that i have no sense of safety - as in i dont think or anything when i cross roads and have been nearly run over on many times so thats kinda a worry - of course i am not going to lie or anything, i dont want to learn to drive if i think that i wont be able to handle it -the truth is i just dont know if i would

thanks for the info, i will consult my doctor about possible jaw thing coursing migraines, i am not too sure as my jaw has been fine my whole life til now, so i dont think it would be that otherwise it would surely have been hurting my whole life as my migraines have been for my whole life, plus my mum and sister suffers from them so could it be just one of them family things?
 
kellaway225 said:
as part of my Jobseekers course thing i have been put into IT Engineer A+ course, however it seems to i have to have a driving license
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How definite is this requirement? Some recruiters for IT Engineers may require you to have a drivers license but I doubt all do.

My sister was on the autistic spectrum and she never learnt to drive. I don't drive either due to a visual impairment. I wouldn't blame you for not learning, some people can be slightly strange/aggressive about it, almost implying that you are being selfish for not learning to drive, and it is something that many people take for granted when making arrangements.
 
@ jwest - i believe its down to each individual if they are allowed, so i am not sure

@ HangTime - i think its a VERY important requirement for the course as in i dont have the license i am not allowed to do the course as the person i spoke to was chinese i am have misunderstood what she said so i will be speaking to the people at this place on monday to see for sure

to be honest, i like riding my bike (unless its raining) so if i cant do the course i will just have to find something else do to - its not that i think i MUST learn to drive, if i dont then its not the end of the world
 
kellaway225 said:
no sense of safety - as in i dont think or anything when i cross roads and have been nearly run over on many times so thats kinda a worry - of course i am not going to lie or anything, i dont want to learn to drive if i think that i wont be able to handle it -the truth is i just dont know if i would
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My son has Autism, exhibits the same lack of awareness. Sorry, but there's no way you should be driving.
 
Can't this awareness be trained, one of my primary schoolmates has autism, and I can't say I've noticed him behaving oddly in traffic while cycling, in fact it wasn't diagnosed until he was 12...
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i dont think or anything when i cross roads
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Is a problem, I'd think you have to assume everyone is an idiot at all times on the roads to be even remotely safe, people make mistakes, and only paying attention at all times can prevent accidents, if you don't pay attention and someone else doesn't either, it's an accident :(. Have to be ready to catch up mistakes from others.
 
Difficult one - guy I went to school with has the similiar symptoms aspergers, insomnia and migraines and now has a driving license but wasn't permitted at first.
 
yeah thats what i was thinking, i know my attention when crossing the road is poor, i constantly never look when crossing the road dont use signals when im on my bike, ride out in front of people and everything its like my brain just ignores that part and goes on to the next thing, i have tried and tried to change it but it never works, my Girlfriend has Autism but she doesnt have this aspect, where its just such a big thing that people with Autism can have its just not likely that say Person A with have the same aspects of Autism as Person B they might have similar but they wont have exactly the same, and one will be better then the other at some things while it will be the other way round for other things
 
If your aware of it you will eventually overcome it - but it could take years.

Neither migraines not insomnia will directly prevent you learning to drive, but if you show poor judgement and concentration your instructor may call it a day and the examiner definitely would.
 
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Well what ever happens i know one thing : i wont be lying, if i am not allowed to drive due to being a risk to myself or others thats fine - i wouldnt want to end up hurting someone if i did pass
 
Rroff said:
If your aware of it you will eventually overcome it - but it could take years.
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That's just not the case, its a bit like saying you're aware of being blind, but will eventually see. All the training in the world and my boy will never be able to concentrate on moving traffic correctly. His brain is just wired that way, he fixates on goals and targets. His brain filters things differently and excludes information, often vital. Its quite complex, but imagine it a bit like tunnel vision and he can't change that, its permanent. Whilst there are ways to work around it in daily living, it means that safe driving is never going to be an option.
 
fornowagain said:
My son has Autism, exhibits the same lack of awareness. Sorry, but there's no way you should be driving.
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There's different strengths of it, my little brother has Asperger's and he'd be perfectly fine behind the wheel.
Granted, lack of concentration is a factor, but you try to find me any (for want of a better word) normal 16-20 year olds with a perfect attention span :p
 
I'm well aware of that, ASD is a spectrum disorder. I was going by the OP's description of his disability. Aspergers are high functioning and often don't suffer a lot of the cognitive dysfunction associated with typical Autism. In fact to the contrary you may even find that some people with Aspergers have brilliant auditory and visual perception.
 
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