TowerCrane wrote:
After going to a psychiatrist and talking to him about my problems, he told me that based on what I've told me, he thinks that I have a "developmental disorder", and that most people with this "developmental disorder" don't even learn how to talk, and that I was able to learn how because my "high intelligence" (lol) allowed me to.
Do you think the "developmental disorder" in question is autism?
And on top of that, I was prescribed an anti-psychotic to "get me more engaged in the real world", as I was told. I asked my mother (since he would be more likely to disclose all the diagnoses to her, not to hurt me emotionally) to call the psychiatrist and ask him whether I have schizophrenia or bipolar disorder (which are the two main psychotic disorders), to which he responded with a no.
I asked him why he prescribed it once again, to which he responded that I'm not delusional, but he thinks that there's a persecutive element in the fact that when I spotted my old teacher on another sidewalk, and she smiled, I crossed the road and walked to another street.
I told him that I did that because I didn't know how to react in that situation - what to say and how to behave.
He replied with "Of course you know. You know when to say hello, how are you, and so on... come on"
To which I replied with a no.
He didn't say anything and told me that I should still take the medicine.
I'm temporary living in France (I'm from another European country), and I went to a French psychiatrist. I've heard that there are some problems with autism and autistic spectrum disorders in France, that they aren't treated properly, and such. Do you think there's such a problem with this psychiatrist as well? And to restate the first question: Do you think the "developmental disorder" in question is autism?
Before you take any medication, it sounds like you need to do a lot of personal research and THEN go get a second, third, opinion. In my opinion, medication should be avoided if at all possible.
11 Aug 2012, 5:29 pm
