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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Did anyone raise doubts about the Asperger's diagnosis? How could that be accurate? Aspies don't have language delays, and Lanza didn't speak until he was 3.[/quote]

It seems to me that he had Aspergers and another mental illness with a teenage onset. I have a child with Aspergers and a mental illness and it is so hard to separate the ASD behaviors from the mental illness from a misbehaving child from side effects from the psychiatric drug. Diagnosing and treating mental illness in children is so much guesswork. I don't blame the Lanzas for being freaked out after his first terrible reaction to the psych drug they tried. It is really hard to give your child a psychiatric med in the first place (they aren't tested on children and they all warn against use in children), especially in a situation with an unclear diagnosis. [/quote]

Someone up thread said it was lexapro which is not an antipsychotic.  Lexapro is used to treat anxiety and depression mostly and considered a "mild" psychiatric drug with few side effects although some people react badly to SSRIs in general.  Lanza apparently only took a few (three?) doses which isn't enough to do anything.  Most medicines in this class take about two weeks to see the full effect.  It's hard to tell if the "terrible reaction" was from the Lexapro or his illness since Lanza was taken to the emergency room by his mother due to some kind of breakdown/anxiety attack.

Still, wish his mother had put him under psychiatric care instead of only taking him out of school and homeschooling.[/quote]

Nancy had a very co-dependent relationship with Adam and was unable to see his needs clearly. I have wondered if Peter had joint custody or only visitation. If the latter, I better understand his lack of initiative (though I do wonder at his inability to see how much Nancy was enabling Adam.) If they shared custody, I think he should have stepped and insisted on shouldering more of the responsibility. [/quote]

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