Are most Aspies prescribed medications?

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i am against medication unless i am in danger or physically ill.

Not exactly an Aspie here, but... whatever. Close enough.

I agree with previous posters that meds should be a least resort. That said, I think that for me, they're necessary. I wouldn't be alive without them. Yes, I do "everything right" in terms of supplements, diet, exercise, sleep... but, for example, I have type I diabetes. You can behaviorize, ABA, therapize, supplement, do whatever the heck you want- it won't help. Yes, diet and exercise are important type I, but I'd still die within a few days or a week without medication (insulin). My brain is the same way. It's chemically abnormal to a degree that things like diet and exercise and behavioral strategies aren't going to do much.

Slippery Elm is a herbal preparation, I believe the powdered inner bark of the Slippery Elm tree. You can get it without a prescription, usually at the health food store, but maybe at some drug stores. It's not a "strong" sort of med, but if it works for you, great. I don't know anything bad about it.

I was only relatively recently diagnosed with Asperger's, but I've known since forever that I'm a depressive, and I take a combination of Zoloft and Pamelor for that (only in the winter), and they work. When the doctor and I were finding out what works, though, I tried several different antidepressants, one with a dangerous side effect, one that just put me to sleep (might have worked, but I couldn't afford to sleep 20 hours a day! ) and some that just didn't do anything. None of the antidepressants ever did stop the panic attacks, and that original doctor gave me Xanax to take just when I could feel one coming on (takes the pill about half an hour to work, and sometimes they just land on me out of the blue, but I can live with half an hour of it: I've lived through a lot of them without any med). I'm not on Xanax most of the time, sometimes for long periods the panic attacks are few and far between. It makes life a lot easier, though, even though when I've had one I'm too "drunk" to feel safe driving, but then I wouldn't feel safe trying to drive with a panic attack going, either!.

But the medication guy at the Mental Health Center said there was nothing he could do for me by the way of scripts for the Asperger's. I gather that Ritalin sometimes helps young kids focus in school -- wouldn't know, myself, and when I was a young kid, I was an (undiagnosed, of course) Aspie, but didn't have any trouble focusing in school.

Oh, and no antidepressants are "fun" drugs, even when they're working. When they're working, you just feel normal. Some of them can make you feel horrible when they're the wrong one for you. The Xanax might possibly be a little bit fun, but not very, mostly just relaxes you. (I'm an old hippie, so I do know fun drugs, though I haven't taken any for years.)

I don't take any drugs, except for the occasional antifungal pill .

I take absolutely no drugs, except ibuprofen when I have an extreme fever, which has nothing to do with Aspergers.

I take Concerta to deal with my extreme hyperactivity and severe sensory problems. Other than that I don't take anything. I think that the fewer pharmaceuticals flowing through your blood the better. Sadly I'll admit that if it weren't for ADHD meds I might not be alive today. Without them the world is total sensory overload, no matter what I do.

I'm on Paxil and Risperidone but that's for depression and anxiety and I'm not on those medications because of my AS.

I absolutely hate meds but I take Loxapine (an anti psychotic) and also Trileptal as a mood stabilizer. I also take Trazodone for sleep and can't live without it. Without my meds I would not sleep at night. Before all these meds I would take 3-4 hours to get to sleep, get up throughout the night and finally get up real early and not be able to fall back asleep. All types of insomnia. Now the anti psychotic and the sleeping pill helps me even though I hate meds. The bad thing is that since these meds work so well in helping me sleep it also makes me do the opposite, instead of sleeping too little during the night I actually sleep a long time each night sometimes up to 14 hours! I don't take these meds for my autism though, its for my schizoaffective disorder bipolar type.

Personally, I am against medication for the most part, particularly SSRI's, Antipsychotics and ADHD meds. I do know of some people who have actually benefited from medications for the better, however I would STRONGLY recommend they seek alternative therapies first!
I took Venlafaxine a couple years back for a depression relapse (I look back, it was a mild episode). What an 'effing nightmare! I became majorly suicidal, hypomanic at times, and even more depressed! Doc wanted me to stay on it when I addressed my "side affects," and to add a low dose antipsychotic to it as well! I played along, then after leaving, I said screw that, and I quit cold turkey. Not a smart move, I know I know I suffered flu like symptoms and was bedridden for four days...
I took Prozac back in '07 for my first major episode of suicidal depression. Lifted me up, but dulled me right out after. Quit that cold turkey as well.
Celexa caused tardiv dyskinesia. Enough said.
Anyhow, enough of my history lesson.

Nowadays, I just settle with a couple glasses of wine or a few beers/ciders/homemade cesars at the end of the day. I also take Omega 3's, Folic acid, Vit.D, and zinc... when I remember to!