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Hi all just joined today!

I've always been somewhat odd, I spent a lot of my childhood not really fitting in and developing close friendships with only a select few, these friendships were never long lasting however at the moment I can probably count my friends on one hand (not that it particulaurly bothers me)

I've been on anti depressants for about 18 months and I've been with my fiancee for about a year now, she's only ever known me as me on anti depressants. I'm starting to come off of them now and my fiance has noticed a gradual change in my personality.

My fiancee's brother has been diagnosed with Aspergers and she thinks both her brother and I share very similair traits which kind of reinforces my feelings since I discovered Aspergers syndrome.

When i was first diagnosed with depression I mentioned to my doctor about my feeling that I may have aspergers. She told me that I couldn't be diagnosed correctly while on anti depressants because it effects things that the tests are looking at. I'm getting to the point now where I should be comming off of the anti depressants in a couple of months so I'm going to push to have some tests done.

I'm worried though because my fiancee and I have talked about having kids and I'm worried that our child might have full blown autism (that's not a very PC term but I don't know how else to say it). How will I be able to cope with that? I'll always feel like it's my fault.

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Welcome to WP!

Genetic transmission of autism is random. Your having it (if you do) would not guarantee that any child you have would be born with it. My sister doesn't have it and my daughter doesn't, either. I do have a cousin who also has Asperger Syndrome, but no one in my family has ever had Kanner's Autism. If there's no history of low-functioning Autism in your genealogy, I see no reason to be concerned about that.

Since we see ourselves as different, rather than defective, the whole notion of autism being somebody's fault is kind of a moot point.


As for your testing, keep in mind that the residual effects of antidepressant meds can linger for many months. You might need to be off them for as long as a year to be certain that any test results are accurate.


"I'm not a doctor, but I play one on TV..."

Welcome to WrongPlanet!

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Hello Kaaal, welcome,

Good you're coming off of the antidepressants; I am too

I got diagnosed with Asperger's recently.