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Help me figure out the differences between autism and antisocial personality disorder
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<blockquote data-quote="trinityroyal" data-source="post: 539875" data-attributes="member: 3907"><p>Terry, your difficult child reminds me so much of mine at each age and stage of development.</p><p></p><p>Mine is both Aspie and Bipolar. It's a difficult combination, because you have the mood cycling, impulsiveness, dysthemia, anger, mania and all the other bipolar stuff, layered on top of the Aspie lack of social awareness, and difficulty understanding others' point of view, etc.</p><p></p><p>So...your difficult child leaving bruises on you, spitting at you, etc. is possibly a combination of a BiPolar (BP) meltdown + impulsiveness + a complete lack of understanding as to how any of those things would make you feel because of the Aspergers. I think it might be worth investigating it as a possibility.</p><p></p><p>For years, my difficult child's psychiatrists and tdocs focused solely on treating the Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). The explained the mania etc. as ADHD and had him on Concerta and a raft of other stims, which caused absolute CHAOS. Finally, we found a forensic psychiatrist who identified the BiPolar (BP) as BiPolar (BP). His plan was to get the BiPolar (BP) under control first, and then once difficult child's moods were stabilized, to work on the Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). And it has made a world of difference. When difficult child was at his worst, I couldn't stand to even be in the same room with him for 10 minutes. Now, he has been staying with us all week and he and I have been getting along very well. A wonderful change from the bad old days.</p><p></p><p>He still has major issues, but rage and violence, irrational anger, mania, paranoia, etc. are far less of a problem than they used to be.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trinityroyal, post: 539875, member: 3907"] Terry, your difficult child reminds me so much of mine at each age and stage of development. Mine is both Aspie and Bipolar. It's a difficult combination, because you have the mood cycling, impulsiveness, dysthemia, anger, mania and all the other bipolar stuff, layered on top of the Aspie lack of social awareness, and difficulty understanding others' point of view, etc. So...your difficult child leaving bruises on you, spitting at you, etc. is possibly a combination of a BiPolar (BP) meltdown + impulsiveness + a complete lack of understanding as to how any of those things would make you feel because of the Aspergers. I think it might be worth investigating it as a possibility. For years, my difficult child's psychiatrists and tdocs focused solely on treating the Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). The explained the mania etc. as ADHD and had him on Concerta and a raft of other stims, which caused absolute CHAOS. Finally, we found a forensic psychiatrist who identified the BiPolar (BP) as BiPolar (BP). His plan was to get the BiPolar (BP) under control first, and then once difficult child's moods were stabilized, to work on the Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). And it has made a world of difference. When difficult child was at his worst, I couldn't stand to even be in the same room with him for 10 minutes. Now, he has been staying with us all week and he and I have been getting along very well. A wonderful change from the bad old days. He still has major issues, but rage and violence, irrational anger, mania, paranoia, etc. are far less of a problem than they used to be. [/QUOTE]
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