Would u take a pill that would make you normal for a day?

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I find this most illogical. For me to become "normal" would be most abnormal.

No, this I would not do.

I can only assume you are talking about some cyanide salt in pill form. I'm not falling for it.

Good fortune,

- Icarus will off himself when he's damn good and ready, and not before...

Such a pill may actually exist. Many autistics have a reduced blood flow to the brain that may result in autistic traits. One study gave a drug called pentoxifylline which improves blood circulation to 23 autistic children and 10 of the 23 improved enough while on the drug that they no longer were considered autistic. I believe they would all become autistic again if they stopped taking the drug since it doesn't cure the cause of the abnormal circulation.

"Pentoxifylline was given to a child with autism in Japan to treat suspected brain damage from an accident (57,58). After this treatment, the boy showed marked improvement of his autistic symptoms. When 23 children with autism were treated with pentoxifylline (150-600 mg/day), the drug was reported to be remarkably effective in 10 of the children with some of the group no longer considered to be autistic. The drug was also very effective in treating seizures. Side effects included nausea, vomiting, low blood pressure, and headache. Since the primary use of this drug is to improve blood circulation, you may find it difficult for a physician to prescribe it to treat autism."
From http://www.greatplainslaboratory.com/book/bk7sect2.html

I'm always nervous about chemicals that are "mind altering" in nature. But really, how can anyone be sure that it works? Can someone who is an Aspie or Autie take the pill and tell someone, this is exactly what it feels like to think like you? No one has that experience of both sides of the spectrum to be able to confirm that you really are an AS person thinking like an NT. You could just be thinking differently to how you normally do and just think, wow, this must be how NT's think.

If it were only for one day? Well, if it were only for one day, I'd try it out. I have no interest to compare a neurotypical life (which neurotypical life though?) to that of myself, and then compare which is better, which may be worse. I would want to do it to expand my horizon, to experience something no person can experience. If it's a neurotypical life - the better it is, for it promises a more different view of a the world than that of another autistic person.

For the sake of science, I'd jump at the opportunity right away!
If it is safe that is!
If not, oh, I wouldn't want to try it, because I'd be too much in fear of having my brain damaged and being stuck as a neurotypical.

You would have to better define "normal". NT?

Personally I just want to be more at ease and happier. Not all NTs have that, so it wouldn't really make much of a difference if I could wake up one morning, be better at "getting" people if it didn't give me what I want most. Though, come to think of it, if I did "get" people maybe I would be more at ease and happier. It would be worth a try.

Hell, I would take anything for just one day. I don't know what the definition of "normal" is.. I have always defined it as average, or mediocre. So I can't say this pill would be very enlightening. I would most likely not do it again.

Me too...I'll try anything once, even being *normal*...

They do say "don't knock it till you've tried it, after all...

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