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Childhood bipolar disorder vs. Aspergers Syndrome
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 231682" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>My friend's son is a 30 year old Aspie. Because he threw himself in the road in front of cars at 15, he was diagnosed with bipolar, and put on Depakote. He went from a gorgeous young man to over 300 lbs, which he still is. He is brilliant and socially clueless and he never got any help for the Aspergers. Being as old as he was when he got the Aspie diagnosis., he refused to accept it and threw out his bipolar medications and has been doing better off of medications, but isn't really open to getting help. One day he took his disability check and flew to Costa Rica to marry a woman he'd met on the internet. One could say that sounds bipolar, but it's Aspie--life cluelessness. He wasn't manic at all, just not exercising good judgment. Of course, in Costa Rica (he taught himself fluent Spanish) he couldn't find a job and got no disability so he and his bride came home and they are still married. His obsession is religion and he is rigid about it. He is obviously not bipolar, but that was his diagnosis. I think a lot of undiagnosed Aspies walk around cluelessly, naive, willing and able to be victimized, many homeless or considered mentally slow (when many of them are brilliant--but also many can't hold a job). Also, because Aspies have such poor social skills, their strangeness makes people think they are "crazy." Including psychiatrists. </p><p>My friend is disgusted with all the wrong diagnoses her son got as she dragged him from one doctor to another for help. He was "ADHD" until he threw himself in the street so he was on stimulants too--a lot like MY son. </p><p>The health professionals really need to update their education. So many doctors get lazy and refuse to keep up with the latest. So many of our kids are wrongly diagnosed. It's really sad...jmo</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 231682, member: 1550"] My friend's son is a 30 year old Aspie. Because he threw himself in the road in front of cars at 15, he was diagnosed with bipolar, and put on Depakote. He went from a gorgeous young man to over 300 lbs, which he still is. He is brilliant and socially clueless and he never got any help for the Aspergers. Being as old as he was when he got the Aspie diagnosis., he refused to accept it and threw out his bipolar medications and has been doing better off of medications, but isn't really open to getting help. One day he took his disability check and flew to Costa Rica to marry a woman he'd met on the internet. One could say that sounds bipolar, but it's Aspie--life cluelessness. He wasn't manic at all, just not exercising good judgment. Of course, in Costa Rica (he taught himself fluent Spanish) he couldn't find a job and got no disability so he and his bride came home and they are still married. His obsession is religion and he is rigid about it. He is obviously not bipolar, but that was his diagnosis. I think a lot of undiagnosed Aspies walk around cluelessly, naive, willing and able to be victimized, many homeless or considered mentally slow (when many of them are brilliant--but also many can't hold a job). Also, because Aspies have such poor social skills, their strangeness makes people think they are "crazy." Including psychiatrists. My friend is disgusted with all the wrong diagnoses her son got as she dragged him from one doctor to another for help. He was "ADHD" until he threw himself in the street so he was on stimulants too--a lot like MY son. The health professionals really need to update their education. So many doctors get lazy and refuse to keep up with the latest. So many of our kids are wrongly diagnosed. It's really sad...jmo [/QUOTE]
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