What do you think of the self-diagnosed?

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into drugs? What? Pot? Because I meditate I cant do "drugs?" Who made that rule up, anyways?

I have designated myself as self-diagnosed. I was diagnosed with Autism when I was like 9, but I don't think that it fits. The AS diagnostic criteria fit me much better, though it is possible I am HFA. Those sort of distinctions weren't around in the 1980's. So.... this being said, does anyone think that I am misrepresenting my situation with the designation of self-diagnosed? Just curious.

I can only speak for myself. I don't consider myself self-diagnosed, but I do consider myself to be on the spectrum. It doesn't matter to me if people think they are aspie or not. Chances are if they've read enough on it, and feel that they can relate to aspies, then they probably are one. That is how I feel about myself at least.

I am self-dx'd at the moment. I don't really see how getting a dx would change anything as the things that I associate most with AS are things that I have been aware of and trying to improve all my life without success, even before I knew anything about AS. Also, there are physical tests for AS, in the form of FMRI studies. Shrinks and therapists can be wrong, but the FMRI machine does not lie, So, technically, if you haven't had your brain scanned during the presentation of emotional stimuli, then you really haven't been diagnosed either. The brains of AS subjects have been shown to work differently than normal participants, and also have been shown to have different ratio's of size in certain areas. Dx or no dx, if you read your life on the pages here, then thats all that matters.

*** Does anyone think that I am misrepresenting my situation with the designation of self-diagnosed?

Just curious.

I think alot have been mis put as Autism and not under As - as i came across a story of someone in prison that got autism instead of As...
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/787526.stm

I will say these threads make me rethink everything.

While I cant socialize, I also dont care as much as some people here do..

I just found out there is a genetic test for Aspergers. I think the info just came out last month. From John Hopkins University they found 2 genes linked to Aspergers.

Anyone that places their trust in the FDA endorcement is foolish. Look at what drugs they okayed that have killed or harmed people recently. Then if you do a lot of reading there are drugs in Europe that are like small miracles that have been used for years and they won't let them into the US. Its all about Big Pharma and money under the table. I have tried a lot of supplements and feel they do help the Aspergers behaviors and my attitude in general. A lot of moms of autie kids swear by them. When my co-workers, friends and drs all mentioned a change in me I know they are working. None of them knew I was researching or taking supplements for autism.

A LOT of autistics have allergy issues which come up clearly on any number of tests whether you try IgA, IgG, IgE tests, scratch tests, muscle testing, elimination diet. They often show up positive to wheat, gluten, milk, soy, casein and corn allergies. So YES those people do well on elimination diets and sometimes supplements. Yes you can feel better and feel and act different by what you consume. Again its proven many auties show up low in several nutrients and seem to have a higher need for those nutrients than other individuals. This is proven in lab tests. People who deny this have never gotten off their lazy butt and gone to the lab for extensive testing.

I think you do need an objective opinion because you can't be objective of yourself. I also see people who do one thing quirky like someone else mentioned and they think they have Aspergers. At an open meeting we had these parents think their 2 yr old had Aspergers because he likes to watch the same cartoon movie over and over and talks about those characters all the time. Uh...that's a normal kid. My friends with normal kids go through periods of Nemo obsession, then it was Spiderman, then Bud Lightyear. A lot of it has to do with toys and commercials on tv all hyper focusing on one Disney or Pixar movie after the other. But they were wanting to slap an autism label on this little boy for no dang reason! The kid didn't stim or anything else. Actually the woman's husband acted autistic if you ask me, but no they think their son is the one with problem. How sad.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6055176.stm would this be one of the gene you are talking about?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6037836.stm also this from america stuff too...

No offence but anything that say's US research to me I ignore until another lab has tested it too...

Also like the miss use of the (The DSM-IV (American Psychiatric Association) When its Dsm-IV-TR they use...

Read a few days ago in France that researcher found some potential genes related to
autism. None of these things are available for general public use and they are not even known to have diagnostic value. For several years its been known that dopamine receptor D4 (DRD4) polymorphisms(differnet types) can be related to various conditions like drug abuse, smoking, gambling addiction , adhd , etc. But its just an increase association with no diagnostic value. You saying there are physical
test available for autism spectrum condition is false. You have experimental things with no scientificly proven diagnostic value that likely allmost no one has access to
but in carefull controlled studies of a small number of people.



FDA was founded to prevent dangerous and useless products (snake oil) from being sold to Americans. No ones perfect at weeding out the dangerous. But they do have
methods that do a reasonable job. If you want to believe in conspiracy thats fine.
But your answering the request for science with conspiracy theory and thats not something a logical person can accept.



Yeah you could prove alleries with lab test. Can alleries play any role in social cognitive problems? Placebo controlled studies are science not anecdotal reports.




DX is of no value. Why not just goto an allergy doctor or your health food store
since its your recommend treatment options?

You will have to explain that better.



Whats the miss use of the DSM-IV-TR?

Trust ,machine don't look on they site look on a private ran one that have people that take the drug in the community and get they feed back off what it is like for all them who are on it...

They don't do a good job, it's kind of sub-standard in my opinion, if you want to trust FDA first go down to where they keep the legal records for the fda in your country and start reading the book's....

FDA stamp is about as good as someone like me stamping it....

Might be of Founded for that reason , but if you think Customs is a conspiracy theory too then I would not really think it's logical - as logic would make someone not go to the horses mouth...

Machine if you can't be bothered to read links I give you, you will not understand............

Okay lets forget the FDA. What physical diagnostic test are approved in the UK?
What are the NHS guide lines on supplements and diet for treatment of autism spectrum?

I see your back to editing post after I reply to them. What links are you talking about
I read the two links you gave on testing. The pupose of the forum is not for you to educate me with links but for you to educate all the members of the forum and provide links as refrences to back up data.

Can't help if the site is running slow and stop moaning about editing geez... would be done faster if it worked all the time.........

It is for everyone but your not bothering to read it.....

What do I need to read that I have not? The only points being made in this thread are people are saying there are physical diagnositic test for ASD and physcial treatments
for ASD. I say there are not.

DSM-IV versus DSM-IV TR is really a pointless arguement though. The "TR" stands for "text revision" which means that the text between the diagnostic criteria was updated. Diagnostic criteria and the disorders listed were not changed, which means they're exactly the same book for purposes of diagnosing.