im NOt HAPPY!.. ok i will just quote this from amy's post first..
These are comments from people with schizophrenia-
"I have been recently diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and am currently being treated by mainstream therapies. I am forced to take medication, but object to taking any mind-altering substances."
"I have been diagnosed as schizophrenic by psychiatrists. I have been out of hospital and have not taken any medication for 2 years. The psychiatrist is now trying to force me to take medication."
I am comparing the experiences of those with mental illness and who are forced medications, to show that we need to be cautious with the idea of a cure for autism. Why would those with autism be treated differently and be given a choice of whether to be treated? The fact that society is deciding that a cure is needed at all, is stating that a cure should be given.
well.. WHAT ABOUT POOR OLD ME?????
I have been diagnosed with BOTH schizophrenia AND autism (well ok.. specifically, I have schizophreniform disorder.. which is having schizophrenia for less than six months... and I have atypical autism or PDD-NOS). My point is, does this mean that I should stop my antipsychotics in order to get my ultra creativity back that I got while I was psychotic, as well as regaining my CONTINUOUS suidical thoughts and possible attempting thoughts? Well, I really don't know b ecause I have autism too! I already have some creativity already, and at least I can still concentrate like mad and can learn quickly..
Personally, I think that your reply doesn't even CONSIDER the fact that there are people out there with BOTH types of diagnoses.. Does this make me a FREAKshow??? I mean, I have also had panic disorder as well! I am a TRIPLEY bad FREAKSHOW! mauahahaha.
ok. i want replies.. check my site for all my 100% real and truthful stories about me when I was sick http://www.psychopanic.com
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well anyway.. we dont have to be forced here to take medication unless we are under the mental health involuntary act (which i have proudly been under 2x lol)... so.. we do have a choice. and yes they still do ECT's here. but that is also a choice..
solution .LIVE in AUSTRALIA!!!
I have one constructive comment on your article, and this is an important issue for me: I would very much appreciate it if you would delete the suggestion that autistics lack imagination.
I second this request.
All of the aspies in my family are creative writers and poets. When I was a child, if I wasn't reading fiction, drawing, or writing short stories or poems, I was happily daydreaming that I was some sort of fictional character going on an adventure. (That didn't endear me to my teachers. I sometimes wandered away from school because the adventures in my head were much more interesting than the lessons in the classroom.)
My twin!!! :shock:
I had/have plenty of imagination. I created entire novels in my head when I was growing up. I read, I drew, I wrote, I built (Legos) -- I imagined constantly. I think the difference here is that autistic imagination is not "social imagination." I didn't enjoy the social fantasy world of "playing house" or "dress-up" or getting together with a bunch of other girls to play with Barbies (how dull!). Instead, I created that entire fantasy world in my head or on paper or with Legos, alone.
Autistics have great imaginations, just in a different way than NTs. :grin:
