High Functioning Autistic Stories
Neuropsychology is perfectly applicable. Finding answers through other disorders is a tried and true method of biopsychology.
Most Aphasias are caused by some form of brain damage such as after stroke, blunt head trauma, or infections. That very fact can give insight into other disorders which have similar symptoms-- as to their cause and/or functioning.
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AS_Interlocking
Snowy Owl
Joined: 26 May 2005
Gender: Male
Posts: 157
Location: Somewhere near the AS/NT Border...
I wonder if other factors can play into an AS/HFA situation when language delay is the deciding factor. For example, could someone who had language delay be AS and not HFA if other factors (such as a bilingual household) were present when the kid was growing up? I ask this because ASDs are not the only reason that someone might not talk right away, though it sure sounds like it's the only factor usually mentioned in deciding between AS and HFA.
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"So when they rolled their eyes at me and told me 'I ain't normal,' I always took it as a compliment"--Katrina Elam
I've been diagnosed HFA.
When I was little I couldn't be bothered talking and socialising. I didn't feel the need for it.
I am glad now, though, to have friends, even though they are few.
When I went on dexamphetamine for my ADHD (yeah, that too) I suddenly found a desire to speak. So I spoke a lot. It can be quite fun sometimes.
Since being in hospital for depression, I have been taken off dex (they don't believe in ADHD), and have since gone quiet again. It's like I am just too tired for talking, it is too much effort.
Strangely, the doctors now want me to engage in talk therapy. I have been there before, I feel I have said all I'm going to say to them and so have refused this therapy.
What gets to me, is that the doctors in this hospital think I am "just a variation of normal". What is normal? They do not acknowledge the HFA diagnosis.
I guess there are always some who will and some who won't.
It has made things rather confusing, so I have made an application to access my psychiatric files. They didn't like that, heh heh.
renaeden.
When I was little I couldn't be bothered talking and socialising. I didn't feel the need for it.
I am glad now, though, to have friends, even though they are few.
When I went on dexamphetamine for my ADHD (yeah, that too) I suddenly found a desire to speak. So I spoke a lot. It can be quite fun sometimes.
Since being in hospital for depression, I have been taken off dex (they don't believe in ADHD), and have since gone quiet again. It's like I am just too tired for talking, it is too much effort.
Strangely, the doctors now want me to engage in talk therapy. I have been there before, I feel I have said all I'm going to say to them and so have refused this therapy.
What gets to me, is that the doctors in this hospital think I am "just a variation of normal". What is normal? They do not acknowledge the HFA diagnosis.
I guess there are always some who will and some who won't.
It has made things rather confusing, so I have made an application to access my psychiatric files. They didn't like that, heh heh.
renaeden.
I'd get new doctors, renaeden, seriously, and get your medication back. Those doctors are working for you, not vice versa. Plus if it ain't broke don't fix it. But it seems your doctors need some fixing.
I'm free next Friday if you wanna bring 'em in so's I can spade and neuter 'em. I've not had much experience, but HEY! touche. It doesn't seem they have either.
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My Science blog, Science Over a Cuppa - http://insolemexumbra.wordpress.com/
My partner's autism science blog, Cortical Chauvinism - http://corticalchauvinism.wordpress.com/
When I was little I couldn't be bothered talking and socialising. I didn't feel the need for it.
I am glad now, though, to have friends, even though they are few.
When I went on dexamphetamine for my ADHD (yeah, that too) I suddenly found a desire to speak. So I spoke a lot. It can be quite fun sometimes.
Since being in hospital for depression, I have been taken off dex (they don't believe in ADHD), and have since gone quiet again. It's like I am just too tired for talking, it is too much effort.
[You might wanna read my previous post at the top of this page if you haven't already, just for background.] It's interesting that you mention ADHD meds. I'm not on any real ones, but I notice a world of difference in how much I talk when I've had some kind of stimulants (caffeine/energy drinks) - when the stimulant effect wears off I go back to my default state of not feeling much desire to talk to the people around me and/or not having the energy to do it. Besides the talking part of it there's also the attention factor - I'm also a lot more focused on the *people* around me with stimulants too. Without them the people kinda fade into the background and my mind doesn't wanna put much more priority on them than anything else in the room (objects etc).
Hopefully everything starts going better for you. I agree with the others who said you could use some new doctors. It's so hard to find good ones...
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