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psychiatrist gave parial asberger's diagnosis, but reluctant to give any bipolar diagnosis. change in medications
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<blockquote data-quote="TerryJ2" data-source="post: 371910" data-attributes="member: 3419"><p>Interesting, ML.</p><p>My son used to ask who was real and who wasn't ... most kids go through that, but I think with-Aspies it's larger than life, because they tend to think in such b&w terms. We NTs take for granted our ability to know that I Love Lucy reruns feature people who have mostly passed away, and that the plots are all fiction. An Aspie often has to be told, not just about the series, but every single show.</p><p>So when 9/11 happened, my son kind of blew it off, assuming it was fiction, until we all went berserk and did nothing but stare at the TV for days. He had no clue, the immensity of what had happened. (Some of that may be due to watching violent TV shows ... I'd be curious to know how many NTs didn't get it, either.) There is a very famous photo of OBL smiling, holding an AK47 and petting it like a kitten (I think it's a still taken from a video) and difficult child was amazed that such a gentle looking man was behind so much violence. He asked over and over again if we had the right person. He was expecting a Hollywood gangster type, 5 o'clock shadow, crazed eyes, hair sticking out all over.</p><p>He has a hard time with-shows that are based on real people, such as James Bond, and wants to know exactly which scenes are based on real events. When we say none of them, just the fact that there was an English spy and gadabout, he can hardly stand it. Now that he's entering 7th gr and has had to write his own fiction for English, he is beginning to grasp extrapolation, imagination and metaphor but it's been a long road.</p><p> </p><p>Since he has actually done violent things and feels remorse, he still has scary, very sad thoughts about his past and I'm going to ask him if he ever worries about his actions in the future. (Highly doubtful, given that he had no idea why he blew up when I picked him up from camp last mo, but was fine this weekend. Not big into self-examination.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TerryJ2, post: 371910, member: 3419"] Interesting, ML. My son used to ask who was real and who wasn't ... most kids go through that, but I think with-Aspies it's larger than life, because they tend to think in such b&w terms. We NTs take for granted our ability to know that I Love Lucy reruns feature people who have mostly passed away, and that the plots are all fiction. An Aspie often has to be told, not just about the series, but every single show. So when 9/11 happened, my son kind of blew it off, assuming it was fiction, until we all went berserk and did nothing but stare at the TV for days. He had no clue, the immensity of what had happened. (Some of that may be due to watching violent TV shows ... I'd be curious to know how many NTs didn't get it, either.) There is a very famous photo of OBL smiling, holding an AK47 and petting it like a kitten (I think it's a still taken from a video) and difficult child was amazed that such a gentle looking man was behind so much violence. He asked over and over again if we had the right person. He was expecting a Hollywood gangster type, 5 o'clock shadow, crazed eyes, hair sticking out all over. He has a hard time with-shows that are based on real people, such as James Bond, and wants to know exactly which scenes are based on real events. When we say none of them, just the fact that there was an English spy and gadabout, he can hardly stand it. Now that he's entering 7th gr and has had to write his own fiction for English, he is beginning to grasp extrapolation, imagination and metaphor but it's been a long road. Since he has actually done violent things and feels remorse, he still has scary, very sad thoughts about his past and I'm going to ask him if he ever worries about his actions in the future. (Highly doubtful, given that he had no idea why he blew up when I picked him up from camp last mo, but was fine this weekend. Not big into self-examination.) [/QUOTE]
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