Aspies For Freedom

And if you are self-diagnosed, what did you diagnose yourself with?

my son had the dreaded "black box" side effect with strattera...ie- constant thoughts about death.  he was only on it for 1 1/2 months before this happened.  i took him off and he hasn't been on meds since.

Nothing. Suspect that I may have borderline/mild AS. I am still exploring.

By the way, like Saint said, inform yourselves... SSRI's also Makes tourrette's syptoms.... we were given a preopnderence of evidence and a QEEG on our son supposedly showed that an ssri would help with dopamine levels for our son john and his supposed ADD.  within 4 weeks he was having impulsivity trouble (like when he was 4/5) and tourette like syptoms - just like the packing warned... not to mention a dark thought or too.  This from a kid who has a super sunny lookj on life - anyway - proof positive. we stopped and won't try anything again.  We disagreed with the diagnosis of ADD anyway, he can focus if he wants to, and hyper focus as well.........  He is asp, OCD, and supposedly ADHD non hyperactive type..

I better look this up to be sure... From the QEEG, and other tests, the Neuro-pediatrican said the dopamine levels were being made okay, but, they said were not sticking around where they should long enough.  I did the research - but it was last summer - and I must have blocked the medical language right out of my head, apparently.  This was only to help with that Dr. having just diagnosed that he had ADD and that this would help him focus better - I disagreed that he had ADD, but they convinced me (for about one month).

Asperger's, but to some kids at my school, mental retardation.

officially diagnosed as Bi polar since 2004.

AS (wrong) Anxiety Disorder Not-Otherwise-Specified (very wrong) and ADHD (they got it in three, at least.)

Officially diagnosed with:
- AS
- Bipolar type one

I can never remember everything so bear with me...

Ocular: Nystagmus, strabismus, myopia, amblyopia, astigmatism, cataracts

Physical: Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis, possible Systemic Lupus, Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue, IBS, Dysautonomia, Autoimmune Autonomic Neuropathy, Peripheral Neuropathy, Cryptogenic Sensory Polyneuropathy, Tethered Cord Syndrome, Chiari, Migraines, Raynaud's, Costochondritis, GERD, POTS, Hypoglycemia...

Neuro/psych: AS, ADHD, OCD, PTSD, GAD/SAD, Depression and possible Bipolar, PMDD, Synesthesia

Previous: Hypochondrial Personality Disorder, Albinism, Somatoform Disorder NOS, Scoliosis

Odd Stuff: I have non pigmented retinas, my left side is smaller and weaker and have a right-brain abnormality, I seem to have dysgraphia and MCS...My geneticist just says I'm weird and I should have something named after me...oh and I have a highish TSH

I KNOW I forgot stuff...but can you blame me????

See...I doubt that one because my chest is tender to the touch where my ribs meet my sternum...it's infrequent that I get chest pain that impacts my ability to breathe

Diagnosis.  Diagignoskein, to discern, distinguish.  Dia: apart, gignoskein, to learn.  Means the identification of the essential nature of anything.

I dunno, it seems like a pretty nice word to me.  Putting it in quote marks all the time might hurt its feelings.

terrestrialsimian: That's an interesting pattern you've described there.  I did that too, although my marks never quite dipped that low that I can remember.  I can do homework, but it's an all or nothing thing.  Unless it's a project I give my full focus I can't focus on it much at all (i.e. I can stay up all night obsessing over a six page essay, but give me two pages of fill-in-the blanks and I'll end up frantically scratching in answers on the bus ride to school, and have you ever tried writing legibly on a school bus?)

Teacher do tend to categorize some kids as 'smart' and ignore any problems they might have, I have noticed that.  And I got this speech from one teacher about how the smartest (IQ) guy in the country works as a janitor because he had an attitude problem.  Actually I got the speech four or five times.  To be fair, I did spend his class doodling on the computer pretty much every day.  But he could have done something about it instead of giving me semi-coherent anecdotes.  He was really more the semi-coherent anecdote kind of guy than the actually giving advice kind of guy, though.  I have forgotten what I am talking about.  I should probably stop.

Asperger's Syndrome and Cerebal Palsy.

Yeah, but my case of CP is very mild. I can't even drive at legal age since I have lousy reflexes, which I need to work on before I can drive.

Oh, yeah, and some minor eye condition where I need to thrust my head to see another way. My eyes can't move that well. It's called "ocular motor (something)" but I forget exactly what it is called.