Aspies For Freedom

Well that matches my self-diagnosis exactly - both aspie and NT, more aspie.

Welcome ^^

I'm perfectly happy with it. Saying how it got there might be a liitle long-winded, sorry, but here goes:

Well, my GP is also the GP of my twins (White_Shadow_Ninja & Sonic Boom) and Sonic is a diagnosed Aspie. My GP (who is a wonderful young man with a lot of real time for his patients) has had a lot of new ASD diagnoses among his patients recently and has been doing a huge amount of studying about Autism (and co-morbids and their treatment) in his spare time (I pity his poor wife and kids - I wonder how much they see him? ).

When Sonic was diagnosed at the autism society the whole family history was gone into. Obviously my GP was involved too, although not there at the same time as us. The psychologists etc. at the autism society who did the diagnosis suggested that I met the criteria and invited me to apply for adult diagnosis if I ever felt like it; but, as the waiting time keeps varying between 12-24 months I have never bothered.

My GP suggested that we put our son on the GF diet to see if it would help with his anxiety and his eczema. GP is not curebie - it is my opinion (from conversations we have had) that he just doesn't see why a kid should put up with other disorders just because s/he is autistic, and he probably thinks that better management of co-morbids makes it easier for an autistic person to manage generally. (I happen to agree with this).

Anyway, I have to see this poor man far too often because of my various ailments and by now he must know me as well as any other doctor I have seen. He knows I'm not a hypochondriac and has never queried my Aspie self-assessment, indeed I would go so far as to say that he might actually welcome my input as someone on the spectrum as he seems quite often to want to discuss autism with me.

If he ever gets to join on here he might, of course come up with an entirely diffferent reason as to why '?Asperger's' - actually, I'll ask him when I take White_Shadow_Ninja to see him on Wednesday, then I can tell you exactly why!

(Thinks - if I had been less sick I might have thought about that first and saved all that typing...)

Well, if you had the digestive issues around a gluten intolerance, you would probably want to try it!

I was apparently symptomless for very many years. However I was dreadfully thin (BMI 17-18), despite having an enormous appetite. A good sign, I think, that my gut was not perhaps as healthy as it might be. In my thirties I started to get gut symptoms and eventually was persuaded to go GF. The gut pain ceased, but my weight shot up - and stabilised at a perfect BMI around 22. The heart medications I am on have given me some fluid retention problems so my BMI is currently 23.

Two of my boys had gut/skin problems as babies and toddlers, diagnosed as 'infantile gluten enteropathy'. Now it seems as if one of them hadn't actually outgrown it after all!

That is my husband's problem, too. I certainly makes any journey where he is the navigator an interesting experience!

Oh, and

WELCOME!

It does, if the cause is a gluten intolerance. If the cause is something else, it won't.

No, but my sister does. It was so severe that it was operated on when she was about 12 months old, but is still noticeable. White_Shadow_Ninja has a lazy iris - odd, I know, but his pupils dilate to different sizes.

I'm curious, what is the link? Should we be discussing this on a different thread?

Thanks for the links! That first thread had disappeared when I joined AFF.

I know someone who really needs the information, very useful!