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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 455150" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>Yes, its confusing, but here's a brief split...</p><p>If a person has Aspergers or anything else on the autism spectrum, the symptoms and issues will include things that look like ADHD, etc. But these kids have all of the ADHD stuff plus a whole lot more - social issues, for example.</p><p></p><p>It is possible to be no where near the autism spectrum, and still have ADHD. (that's me)</p><p></p><p>So... if they are treating the ADHD diagnosis, and you're really dealing with a lot more complex diagnosis, then all the interventions are probably not going to work - because trying to fix symptom X is going to cause you problems with symptom Y and so on... You and the docs have to be dealing with ALL of his needs as ONE package.</p><p></p><p>This is why you would pursue an evaluation for Aspergers or Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)... to get the bigger-picture defined, and therefore to start on a different intervention path.</p><p></p><p>Think of it in more usual medical terms... if I have a headache, I take an over-the-counter pain killer, and can use any of a number of them so I use the cheapest - but if my daughter takes the same medication for HER headache, it gets worse - because hers isn't just a headache, she gets migraines, and there's only one pain medication that helps her. My headache is like ADHD, and hers is like Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)/Aspie... If that helps any.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 455150, member: 11791"] Yes, its confusing, but here's a brief split... If a person has Aspergers or anything else on the autism spectrum, the symptoms and issues will include things that look like ADHD, etc. But these kids have all of the ADHD stuff plus a whole lot more - social issues, for example. It is possible to be no where near the autism spectrum, and still have ADHD. (that's me) So... if they are treating the ADHD diagnosis, and you're really dealing with a lot more complex diagnosis, then all the interventions are probably not going to work - because trying to fix symptom X is going to cause you problems with symptom Y and so on... You and the docs have to be dealing with ALL of his needs as ONE package. This is why you would pursue an evaluation for Aspergers or Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)... to get the bigger-picture defined, and therefore to start on a different intervention path. Think of it in more usual medical terms... if I have a headache, I take an over-the-counter pain killer, and can use any of a number of them so I use the cheapest - but if my daughter takes the same medication for HER headache, it gets worse - because hers isn't just a headache, she gets migraines, and there's only one pain medication that helps her. My headache is like ADHD, and hers is like Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)/Aspie... If that helps any. [/QUOTE]
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