Comments on: All in the Family http://www.blisstree.com/articles/all-in-the-family/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:08:53 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Kristina Chew, PhD http://www.blisstree.com/articles/all-in-the-family/comment-page-1/#comment-536038 Kristina Chew, PhD Sat, 30 Jun 2007 14:21:47 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/all-in-the-family/#comment-536038 He does, sorry I read your question wrong! Caffeine calms my husband down....... diet Coke, now. We tried Charlie on Ritalin for a week and he wore a skittish look on his face the whole time; when Jim took him bike-riding, he was very nervous and kept looking around. Jim said it was like he could see too much. And, the Ritalin definitely suppressed Charlie's appetite and I think that had some effect on his overall functioning too. Back to drinking my coffee..... He does, sorry I read your question wrong! Caffeine calms my husband down……. diet Coke, now. We tried Charlie on Ritalin for a week and he wore a skittish look on his face the whole time; when Jim took him bike-riding, he was very nervous and kept looking around. Jim said it was like he could see too much. And, the Ritalin definitely suppressed Charlie’s appetite and I think that had some effect on his overall functioning too.

Back to drinking my coffee…..

]]> By: Suzanne http://www.blisstree.com/articles/all-in-the-family/comment-page-1/#comment-536034 Suzanne Sat, 30 Jun 2007 13:01:38 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/all-in-the-family/#comment-536034 I thought Charlie took sertraline? no? Black coffee... that reminds me of back in the early 80's I was doing a practicum where I observed a "hyperactive" boy was given coffee to help keep him engaged. I wouldn't touch coffee to my lips at that age, but it seemed to be ok with the boy. Then of course, by the 90's it was ADHD, and a LOT of kids were on Ritalin I thought Charlie took sertraline? no?
Black coffee… that reminds me of back in the early 80’s I was doing a practicum where I observed a “hyperactive” boy was given coffee to help keep him engaged. I wouldn’t touch coffee to my lips at that age, but it seemed to be ok with the boy.
Then of course, by the 90’s it was ADHD, and a LOT of kids were on Ritalin

]]> By: Kristina Chew, PhD http://www.blisstree.com/articles/all-in-the-family/comment-page-1/#comment-536010 Kristina Chew, PhD Sat, 30 Jun 2007 01:14:20 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/all-in-the-family/#comment-536010 I stick to black coffee....... there are multiple engineers and computer experts on my side! Rage is the first word of the <i>Iliad</i> for a reason, I think. I stick to black coffee……. there are multiple engineers and computer experts on my side! Rage is the first word of the Iliad for a reason, I think.

]]> By: Suzanne http://www.blisstree.com/articles/all-in-the-family/comment-page-1/#comment-536004 Suzanne Sat, 30 Jun 2007 00:01:09 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/all-in-the-family/#comment-536004 Kristina, thanks for pointing out the rage post. Sure, rage <i>for</i> your child. But rage against autism in a loved one, I can't get behind. 'damn that autism for hijacking my baby's soul' . Anne, zing! LOL Learning about Broader Autism Phenotype (BAP) was that 'OH!' moment. I had some difficulties through school. mostly social. But I don't think I was impaired enough for a dx ;) I see shadow traits (of different kinds) in both my husband and me. My brother is easily Aspie. He never named it, but he always embraced his uniqueness. Seeing ASD in the family tree makes it easier on me(rather than seeking to blame someone else), which in turn makes life easier on the kids. and as far as rage goes; zoloft helps. Kristina, thanks for pointing out the rage post. Sure, rage for your child. But rage against autism in a loved one, I can’t get behind. ‘damn that autism for hijacking my baby’s soul’ .
Anne, zing! LOL
Learning about Broader Autism Phenotype (BAP) was that ‘OH!’ moment. I had some difficulties through school. mostly social. But I don’t think I was impaired enough for a dx ;)
I see shadow traits (of different kinds) in both my husband and me. My brother is easily Aspie. He never named it, but he always embraced his uniqueness.
Seeing ASD in the family tree makes it easier on me(rather than seeking to blame someone else), which in turn makes life easier on the kids.
and as far as rage goes; zoloft helps.

]]> By: Kristina Chew, PhD http://www.blisstree.com/articles/all-in-the-family/comment-page-1/#comment-536001 Kristina Chew, PhD Fri, 29 Jun 2007 21:01:25 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/all-in-the-family/#comment-536001 I don't think it's autism for me, as far as I can tell (whatever that says!). Not to be a denier or in denial........I do have tendencies to anxiety and OCD and some other things that overlap with Charlie's, but there's something different. My husband has been lately declaring that he has "Asperger's moments"........ Thanks for the Greek! I don’t think it’s autism for me, as far as I can tell (whatever that says!). Not to be a denier or in denial……..I do have tendencies to anxiety and OCD and some other things that overlap with Charlie’s, but there’s something different. My husband has been lately declaring that he has “Asperger’s moments”……..

Thanks for the Greek!

]]> By: Anne http://www.blisstree.com/articles/all-in-the-family/comment-page-1/#comment-535999 Anne Fri, 29 Jun 2007 20:54:19 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/all-in-the-family/#comment-535999 Dr. Chew, did you just come out? Dr. Chew, did you just come out?

]]> By: laurentius-rex http://www.blisstree.com/articles/all-in-the-family/comment-page-1/#comment-535997 laurentius-rex Fri, 29 Jun 2007 20:20:59 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/all-in-the-family/#comment-535997 Now why does that not surprise me, what is probable is that these brain differences are not a predictor of anything much but heredity One of these day I might get me own yed scanned and I reckon as it will be right wierd what they find, but bugger it, it will not map what I am or what will become of me, just a fraction in time, a construction of something well beyond and in more than the piss poor dimensions of representation which is all these scans ultimately are. Is there one molecule of my present being that was there at my birth or is all change, the I ching Ain't no signs as to what will predict what which starts there shotgun scatter gun approach off, Kill them all they will say, as legate Arnaud said to Simon de Montfort, him whose sprog lived long time off in a castle not many a mile from me. Well I will refer you to scripture for what it is worth αγαπητοι νυν τεκνα θεου εσμεν και ουπω εφανερωθη τι εσομεθα οιδαμεν οτι εαν φανερωθη ομοιοι αυτω εσομεθα οτι οψομεθα αυτον καθως εστιν Now why does that not surprise me, what is probable is that these brain differences are not a predictor of anything much but heredity

One of these day I might get me own yed scanned and I reckon as it will be right wierd what they find, but bugger it, it will not map what I am or what will become of me, just a fraction in time, a construction of something well beyond and in more than the piss poor dimensions of representation which is all these scans ultimately are.

Is there one molecule of my present being that was there at my birth or is all change, the I ching

Ain’t no signs as to what will predict what which starts there shotgun scatter gun approach off, Kill them all they will say, as legate Arnaud said to Simon de Montfort, him whose sprog lived long time off in a castle not many a mile from me.

Well I will refer you to scripture for what it is worth

αγαπητοι νυν τεκνα θεου εσμεν και ουπω εφανερωθη τι εσομεθα οιδαμεν οτι εαν φανερωθη ομοιοι αυτω εσομεθα οτι οψομεθα αυτον καθως εστιν

]]> By: Kristina Chew, PhD http://www.blisstree.com/articles/all-in-the-family/comment-page-1/#comment-535993 Kristina Chew, PhD Fri, 29 Jun 2007 19:53:38 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/all-in-the-family/#comment-535993 Yes----there is <a href="http://www.autismvox.com/rage-in-the-iliad-and-reasonable-people/">raging</a> for one's child and then there is being calm..... Yes—-there is raging for one’s child and then there is being calm…..

]]> By: Suzanne http://www.blisstree.com/articles/all-in-the-family/comment-page-1/#comment-535984 Suzanne Fri, 29 Jun 2007 17:06:37 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/all-in-the-family/#comment-535984 sure, what New Scientist said, and what you said... also, I hope that parents could use this info to remain calm re: the dx. sure, what New Scientist said, and what you said… also, I hope that parents could use this info to remain calm re: the dx.

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