could asperger's be caused by brain surgery?
Willard, schizophrenia has about a 48% concordance rate in identical twins, which is highly indicative that it is a strongly inheritable disorder. There were even a set of identical quadruplet girls from Germany, all of whom had a form of schizophrenia. I consider ASDs to be a neuropsychiatric disorder. They are listed in the DSM, the psychiatric "bible" of sorts. ASDs are not a "mental illness" in the way most people think of the word, but I don't like to use "neurological disorder", either, to separate out ASDs from the "mental illnesses." All of the "mental illnesses", from OCD to schizophrenia, have just as much of a neurobiological base as ASDs do, and since they're all classified in the psychiatric DSM, I prefer the term "neuropsychiatric disorders."
Callista, I realize that mutations can be the case, but I was strictly referring to inheritable ASDs for the word "genetic." But I appreciate your clarification.
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anyway back to the original question
i was talking to my dad earlier about getting an official AS diagnosis and he said something kind of interesting. he said he wondered if the surgeries i had 30 years ago could have caused it.
does anyone here have any brain surgery in their medical history?
Many of the symptoms that you have would fit hydrocephalus. You may still have whatever caused you to originally have the hydrocephalus that required surgery when you were a baby. I think you should thoroughly look at the brain pressure/damage route before looking for any condition or disorder present.
No brain surgery here. On the other hand I can't dismiss injury to the brain (which could have been caused by brain surgery) out of hand due to the number of concussions I've had and a past history of seizures.
On the other hand if it were caused by injury to the brain it would probably have been discovered by now due to brain scans of living autistics or dissection of cadavers that used to be autistic.
anyway back to the original question
i was talking to my dad earlier about getting an official AS diagnosis and he said something kind of interesting. he said he wondered if the surgeries i had 30 years ago could have caused it.
does anyone here have any brain surgery in their medical history?
Many of the symptoms that you have would fit hydrocephalus. You may still have whatever caused you to originally have the hydrocephalus that required surgery when you were a baby. I think you should thoroughly look at the brain pressure/damage route before looking for any condition or disorder present.
well the vision and balance and nystagmus are all results of the hydrocephalus. that doesn't mean the condition still exists though. the damage has been done. I still think i have AS based on a bunch of tests i have taken (i am going to get diagnosed i think as soon as i figure out where) because of all of the social issues i've had in my life.
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