Hi! New here. I'm a mom with 17 yr aspie

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08 Jul 2006, 5:09 am

Wow! I finally got around to posting on here. My work schedule has been hectic the last two weeks.

I have a son 17 years old who is aspie. His dx came when he was 10. His previous dx were adhd / odd. He is now dx with both as and add.

I don't know about you all out there, but it seems to me that having a child with both add and as is like a nightmare. I wish he just had one, add or as. I hear those children are easier to handle. With both he's like a nightmare.

He does see an msw therapist. He was once on meds for add but was taken off years ago. With his therapist we all have recurrent family sessions as well as he sees him one to one. My husband doesn't think talk therapy is effective. I am not really sure.

My beloved can be a clown, quite silly and a wiseguy. His special interest is the environment, literally, climate change, mountains, pollution, you name it, he knows about it. It's all he talks about, really. It gets boring after a while.

Oh, I forgot to mention, my name is Marlene. I found out about this place through my son's therapist. She gave me two places she felt would be a good place to mingle. So, here I am.

ethamin
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08 Jul 2006, 6:07 am

Hi Marlene,
Welcome to Wrong Planet. My niece has add and autism. She can really make me coocoo with her behaviour. Still, she is / can be an extremely sweet girl too. I have Asperger syndrom myself. It must be problematic sometimes to contain yourself when he has a 'crisis'. My sister has the same problem with her daughter, my niece.

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08 Jul 2006, 10:34 am

Please to meet you. Enjoy your stay!

jammie
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08 Jul 2006, 10:37 am

^licks^

your son sound a bit like mee, they thought i was adhd for a while and put me on ritalin then they thought i was an aspie. i am currnty 16 but 17 in august.... scarrry scarrry scarrry

^licks^

jammie

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08 Jul 2006, 6:24 pm

hi... my big brother has been dx'ed ADHD. My little brother probably has ODD. I am not sure of the difference between ADD and ADHD, if there is one. i am just guessing your son is like me and my brothers mixed... if this is right than I can understand how this would be stressful for you... Welcome

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09 Jul 2006, 8:31 am

Hi!

Welcome to Wrongplanet!

I hope you enjoy posting here!

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