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<blockquote data-quote="TerryJ2" data-source="post: 540077" data-attributes="member: 3419"><p>Thank you all.</p><p></p><p>difficult child was diagnosis'ed Aspie a few yrs ago by a local psychologist who specialized in spectrum disorders, and in particular, telling the diff between Asperger's and bipolar.</p><p></p><p>difficult child has always been uninterested in what other kids do, so Aspie seemed to fit him for that reason, plus a few developmental delays. He has caught up with-everything and has excelled in a few, too.</p><p>When he was little, we'd go to a birthday party and he'd leave the room and play the piano, or run upstairs and snoop in the bedrooms. I would sit him down with-the group and he'd squirm away and go back to the piano or the radio or computer. Alone.</p><p>In baseball, or any sport, he'd stand alone when they'd have group huddles or whatever, and I'd have to take the coaches aside and tell them to incl difficult child because he won't join a group on his own.</p><p></p><p>All of the "friends" he's ever had sought him out. He won't even say hello unless someone else says it first. He glances at people for a second and then looks down. At home and with-our extended family, he's got excellent eye contact.</p><p></p><p>Also when he was little, he was extremely clingy and loved being held extremely tightly, to the point where I was afraid I'd break one of his ribs.</p><p></p><p>He also has serious issues with-wheat/gluten and I had him tested for celiac. He was low on iron for a cpl yrs and we gave him supplements, but once we changed his diet to mostly gluten-free, the iron issue went away. He has had a kazillion ear infections.</p><p></p><p>He also had one foot that turns in slightly (he said that bothers him in football, but not so much in baseball and swimming) and he has glaucoma.</p><p></p><p>I looked up the tests and we can definitely have difficult child tested in the next few wks for the MMPI-A, and possibly one or more Aspie tests. I also want more testing for abnormal psychiatric. </p><p>I just spoke to the psychiatrist on the phone and we are mting next wk, and will put difficult child on a very low dose of lithium. He has spoken to the therapist at length about difficult child's history, and his recent law breaking escapades. The psychiatrist said that there's really no way to get him into the psychiatric ward unless he threatens suicide. The insurance companies just won't hear of it.</p><p></p><p>by the way, in regard to the other thread and sociopaths, I didn't mean to say that my difficult child was a potential murderer, just that I am alarmed and almost despairing about his inability to "get it" in regard to the seriousness of his offenses. The media have done a near-perfect job of ruining the definition of the illness, using only 1% of the 1% who are bona fide sociopaths to define the rest of those who have it. And, it is a spectrum disorder, too.</p><p></p><p>Still, if it ends up that way, I will be devastated.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryJ2, post: 540077, member: 3419"] Thank you all. difficult child was diagnosis'ed Aspie a few yrs ago by a local psychologist who specialized in spectrum disorders, and in particular, telling the diff between Asperger's and bipolar. difficult child has always been uninterested in what other kids do, so Aspie seemed to fit him for that reason, plus a few developmental delays. He has caught up with-everything and has excelled in a few, too. When he was little, we'd go to a birthday party and he'd leave the room and play the piano, or run upstairs and snoop in the bedrooms. I would sit him down with-the group and he'd squirm away and go back to the piano or the radio or computer. Alone. In baseball, or any sport, he'd stand alone when they'd have group huddles or whatever, and I'd have to take the coaches aside and tell them to incl difficult child because he won't join a group on his own. All of the "friends" he's ever had sought him out. He won't even say hello unless someone else says it first. He glances at people for a second and then looks down. At home and with-our extended family, he's got excellent eye contact. Also when he was little, he was extremely clingy and loved being held extremely tightly, to the point where I was afraid I'd break one of his ribs. He also has serious issues with-wheat/gluten and I had him tested for celiac. He was low on iron for a cpl yrs and we gave him supplements, but once we changed his diet to mostly gluten-free, the iron issue went away. He has had a kazillion ear infections. He also had one foot that turns in slightly (he said that bothers him in football, but not so much in baseball and swimming) and he has glaucoma. I looked up the tests and we can definitely have difficult child tested in the next few wks for the MMPI-A, and possibly one or more Aspie tests. I also want more testing for abnormal psychiatric. I just spoke to the psychiatrist on the phone and we are mting next wk, and will put difficult child on a very low dose of lithium. He has spoken to the therapist at length about difficult child's history, and his recent law breaking escapades. The psychiatrist said that there's really no way to get him into the psychiatric ward unless he threatens suicide. The insurance companies just won't hear of it. by the way, in regard to the other thread and sociopaths, I didn't mean to say that my difficult child was a potential murderer, just that I am alarmed and almost despairing about his inability to "get it" in regard to the seriousness of his offenses. The media have done a near-perfect job of ruining the definition of the illness, using only 1% of the 1% who are bona fide sociopaths to define the rest of those who have it. And, it is a spectrum disorder, too. Still, if it ends up that way, I will be devastated. [/QUOTE]
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