Posted by Maxime on May 19, 2005, at 7:23:59
In reply to freaked out by asperger's, posted by River1924 on May 19, 2005, at 0:06:23
Hi. Well you would need more testing to know for sure. I know that many people with Aspergers react well to Risperidone. But don't jump the gun yet. Even if you don't have Aspergers (which I hope you don't), I think psychotherapy would help you great deal.
Maxime
> I emailed this to my psychiatrist who treats me for suicidal depression, social anxiety, and moodiness.
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> "Hey doc,
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> this may seem like an out of the blue question: could I have some mild form of asperger's syndrome? I see some of the autistic elements to my thinking (like, hello, where is my executive functions to connect memory to speech to feelings.) And, I never feel intimacy with anyone. But other parts
> I don't see in the definition of asperger's: the intense concentration on a single subject... but you have always put me in the ocd category which I never understood so maybe you see something there I can not. Just curious.
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> R."
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> My doc emailed back a one word reply: "Yes."
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> I didn't really expect him to say, "yes." I expected, "of course, not." I'm 37 years old. I'm just kinda freaked and thinking "now what?" Any support out there?
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