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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 222980" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Egads, Terry. Actually your boy sounds more Aspie than mine...lol. Mine has outgrown most of that, although he has some of that still there. It's not so much outgrown, but he's had so many interventions he is much more understanding of social norms and aware of what is socially appropriate. I just threw out there some traits...lol. He does have most of them, but to a mild extent and he no longer rages for any reason. Ever. Ever. Ever. He is quite well behaved. </p><p>One other thing L. does is talk to himself when he sits in his room. He sounds like he's having a blast. This is how he got diagnosed with bipolar. Big warning!!!! The psychiatrist throught since he was talking to himself that he was hearing voices (hallucinating). Then when he asked, "Do you hear voices in your head?" my son said, "Yes." When the psychiatrist asked "Are you sure?" He said "Yes, I'm sure!!!" So he put him on mood stabilizers and antipsychotics and said "bipolar!!!" Well....</p><p></p><p>Later, after he was off medications and doing great and diagnosed with Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified, I asked about all this. He says, "I talk to myself because there's nobody else to talk to." He said it very matter-of-factly. And he actually talks mostly about what he's doing. I'll hear him say, "Ok, where is my backpack?" and he never ANSWERS himself. He added, "It's easier for me to understand when I say things out loud." Aha!!!! And...</p><p></p><p>About answer the psychiatrist "Do you hear voices in your head" he said, "I do hear voices in my head. You just talked, and I heard your voice." Literal thinking. </p><p>There is no way he hallucinates and he is far too even-tempered and happy to be bipolar. Beware. That's why I recommend NeuroPsychs over Psychiatrists. Many just don't know a whole lot about high functioning autism and can mistake it for ADHD or bipolar. Then you have a real mess on your hands when the kids are not given the right school interventions and are put on heavy duty drugs that they don't need.</p><p>Just a vent <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 222980, member: 1550"] Egads, Terry. Actually your boy sounds more Aspie than mine...lol. Mine has outgrown most of that, although he has some of that still there. It's not so much outgrown, but he's had so many interventions he is much more understanding of social norms and aware of what is socially appropriate. I just threw out there some traits...lol. He does have most of them, but to a mild extent and he no longer rages for any reason. Ever. Ever. Ever. He is quite well behaved. One other thing L. does is talk to himself when he sits in his room. He sounds like he's having a blast. This is how he got diagnosed with bipolar. Big warning!!!! The psychiatrist throught since he was talking to himself that he was hearing voices (hallucinating). Then when he asked, "Do you hear voices in your head?" my son said, "Yes." When the psychiatrist asked "Are you sure?" He said "Yes, I'm sure!!!" So he put him on mood stabilizers and antipsychotics and said "bipolar!!!" Well.... Later, after he was off medications and doing great and diagnosed with Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified, I asked about all this. He says, "I talk to myself because there's nobody else to talk to." He said it very matter-of-factly. And he actually talks mostly about what he's doing. I'll hear him say, "Ok, where is my backpack?" and he never ANSWERS himself. He added, "It's easier for me to understand when I say things out loud." Aha!!!! And... About answer the psychiatrist "Do you hear voices in your head" he said, "I do hear voices in my head. You just talked, and I heard your voice." Literal thinking. There is no way he hallucinates and he is far too even-tempered and happy to be bipolar. Beware. That's why I recommend NeuroPsychs over Psychiatrists. Many just don't know a whole lot about high functioning autism and can mistake it for ADHD or bipolar. Then you have a real mess on your hands when the kids are not given the right school interventions and are put on heavy duty drugs that they don't need. Just a vent :) [/QUOTE]
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