Asperger's Syndrome

[carrielynn80]

Hi ....Im new here. not sure where to go from here. I just got home from bringing my 7 year old daughter to the doctor. For the past 2 years ive been bringing her to the same doctor once a month for her ADD meds. Shes on Vyvance, clonadine, and trazadone. He thinks she has aspergers syndrome. The more i read about it the more i think so to.......

She never smiled as a baby. I seriously cant find even one picture of her smiling! She wont look you in the eye when she talks to you. she makes these wierd cat sounds. she urinates on herself on purpose. she flips out if one of her sisters touches her collection of littlest pet shop toys. shes seriously got over 100 of them and knows every single one. even named them. she dont have any friends in school. she shows no signs of affection. we fight about the same thing every single day.......on the other hand, shes incredibly talented in some aspects. she can draw so beautifully i dont even believe she drew it at times. she does good in school work wise.

Shes the 2nd youngest of 5 children. I try so hard to get some emotion out of her. I try to do things special for her just to try to get a normal reaction from her. She wanted me to rent a shetland pony for her birthday party. I went out and BOUGHT her one along with a brand new (and rather expensive saddle) and got no real reaction! she actually ran away and hid......im hoping some one with experience on this syndrome will give me some tips. i would do anything for her to have a normal life



regards,Carrie

[madismom]

hello after reading your story about your daughter i started crying all over again. my daughter is 4 yrs old and i really thought she was adhd, i spoke to her pediatrician and was like something has to be done or i will go out of my mind with her. she is extremely smart, almost too smart i think, she has these episodes that can go on and on like she has a split personality and i just sit and video tape it ( for the neaurologist to witness) i call them rages, the only affection she will give to us is on her terms only, she has always since she was baby hated to be restrained omg car seats forget it. and hated to be held. if you try and hug her she is stiff like a board, but when she wants love and affection she is so loving and i just melt. the pediatric told me today at her apt. that she may have a mild case of aspergers or autism, after that those were the only 2 words i remember hearing besides my sobs. she was the best baby until the age of 2, after that i have no idea what happened. she just started pre-school and i knew there would be problems, she is great with other children but rather be by herself or next to the teacher, and her my little pets thing, she does the same thing as your daughter and also with my little pony, she can play with them for hrs, and she also loves the internet, she knows more about computers at the age of 4 then i do at 39. she gets frustrated very fast, she has this new thing where she arranges all the things on end tables to her likings, will move pillows on couches, her room has to be picked up spotless for her to go to bed, i need to hug her and kiss her countless times and her plush animals before bed (every night) i am lucky if i can relax and sit down for 10 minutes after the 5th time bringing her back into bed and go through the same thing all over again. i wanted to write you back because when i saw the MY LITTLE GIRL IS NOT PERFECT " i already had tears. i read all the signs and she has a great deal of them. i know at this point its just a waiting game until her next apt on nov 10th. and your right my little girl is not perfect as well. but in my eyes she is its just so hard reading all of this and i just wish she didnt have to go through this at such a young age and not understand any of it yet. i thank you for your story and i hope to talk with you. take care and all my best.. christina