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NaomiR profile image79

What Is Synesthesia? My Experience Living With Synesthesia

Synesthesia is a neurological condition where the senses are mixed up. Synesthetes can hear smells and see notes in color. I'm a synesthete who can "see" notes. Here's my experience with having synesthesia.

4 comments    the mind the brain synesthesia
Mercury Poisoning 64

Mercury Poisoning

Mercury is well known as being one of the most poisonous metals that can affect the human being. If not treated, mercury poisoning can even be deadly. What is mercury? It`s an odorless and colorless metal...

2 comments    health immune system autism
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Hyperactivity Causes and Treatments

Hyperactivity is a common name for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). This is a disorder of the nervous system, it is usually diagnosed during a person's childhood. Children sometimes show...

0 comments    health children symptoms
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Twitches

 Twitches are closely related to tics in that they cause involuntary muscle spasms. The difference is that people with twitches normally have the problem in isolated areas like their face. People that...

0 comments    exercise stress yoga
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Locked-In-Syndrome: Rom Houben Story

Could you imagine lying motionless for 23 years with everyone around you believing that you are in a vegetative coma? You can hear every word that is spoken, you can think, you can reason, but you cannot...

4 comments    technology patients coma
Vikki. 2 years ago. disengaged and depressed.58

Autism;Life After High School

Autism is on the front burner in the headlines of America and around the globe. It is said to be one of the fastest growing neurological disorders in recent times. Assuming that those numbers are in fact...

0 comments    education children autism
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Stroke and Vision

When a stroke occurs several aspects of human physiology are involved. A stroke is both a neurological disorder and a cardiovascular disorder. A stroke can occur in the brain or the optic nerve of the eye and...

0 comments    vision stroke
Alex 2007 57

Not Autism, Aspergers What is it?

I have twins. Andy was diagnosed with autism at 5 years old. Alex, his twin, did not have autism but we knew he was different than most children his age. He too liked to play alone, didn't interact with other...

0 comments    health children autism
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Myths about Attention deficit disorder

There has been written a lot about ADD and what is true or not. There are many misconceptions of this disorder and we need to keep things simple so people can understand the true nature of attention deficit...

0 comments    health adhd add
Jenny McCarthy:Noted advocate for Autism recovery70

Autism on the rise?

Is the rise in numbers per birth legitimate or is a percentage due to attrition? Autism has gained an enormous amount of press over the past few years, thanks to advocates such as Jenny McCarthy,...

13 comments    health education parenting
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