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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]Ye

Good point, but the counterargument will be that many parents give their children psychiatric medications, and that is of course true. If someone came to DCUM posting about symptoms like Adam's, the vast majority of replies would urge the parents to medicate him.[/quote]

Yes, I would have urged a poster describing the situation to medicate as well. I guess I (1) can see her POV and understand how she felt in her situation--having hobbled many miles in those shoes so to speak- and therefore (2) her vilification by the general public does hit close to home for me personally.[/quote]

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