aspergers and psychotic behavior

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Can anyone refer me to books, websites, etc. relating to psychotic behaviors comorbid with Aspergers syndrome. Namely thoughts of self injury or suicide. My 8 year old son feels his body and mind are two separate entities with his body being the stronger of the two. His body is not in agreement with his mind and threatens to harm him by walking in front of a car or jumping off a high place if his mind tries to defy the will of his body. He is on .5 mg of Rispadol for this which has helped calm his fear of his own body, yet he often talks of his body's control and how it is inevitable that he will do bad things in his life. His neurologist reports that in his practice he sees approximately 20% of hi Asperger patient develop some form of psychosis ranging from mild to completely disabilitating.

Thank you!

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Hi....

My daughter (now 16) has has thoughts of suicide in the past, and has done a little self injurious behavior (cutting) but I can't empathize with the situation you described below ("two separate entities with the body being stronger"). Beth is on seroquel (an antipsychotic) but that's for the bipolar and mood issues she has. Sorry I can't be of more help.

Maralee

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-----Original Message-----From: zooker66 [mailto:zooker66@...] Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2004 6:19 PMAutism and Aspergers Treatment Subject: aspergers and psychotic behavior

Can anyone refer me to books, websites, etc. relating to psychotic behaviors comorbid with Aspergers syndrome. Namely thoughts of self injury or suicide. My 8 year old son feels his body and mind are two separate entities with his body being the stronger of the two. His body is not in agreement with his mind and threatens to harm him by walking in front of a car or jumping off a high place if his mind tries to defy the will of his body. He is on .5 mg of Rispadol for this which has helped calm his fear of his own body, yet he often talks of his body's control and how it is inevitable that he will do bad things in his life. His neurologist reports that in his practice he sees approximately 20% of hi Asperger patient develop some form of psychosis ranging from mild to completely disabilitating.

Thank you!

[Guest guest]

Can anyone refer me to books, websites, etc. relating to

psychotic behaviors comorbid with Aspergers syndrome? Namely thoughts of

self injury or suicide. My 8 year old son feels his body and mind are two

separate entities with his body being the stronger of the two. His body

is not in agreement with his mind and threatens to harm him by walking in front

of a car or jumping off a high place if his mind tries to defy the will of his

body. He is on .5 mg of Rispadol for this which has helped calm his fear

of his own body, yet he often talks of his body's control and how it is

inevitable that he will do bad things in his life. His neurologist

reports that in his practice he sees approximately 20% of hi Asperger patient

develop some form of psychosis ranging from mild to completely disabilitating.

Thank you!

Hi, I

haven’t found a lot written on co morbid conditions relating to Asperger’s.

However there are many that do coexist. At 9, my son now 12 was diagnosed with

clinical depression, anxiety and OCD. He did not talk of suicide or self

injury. He did say things like “nothing seems fun anymore”, “I

feel like a Lumpy Toad”, it was very sad. I would say he also has

Tourette’s syndrome (tics), although he hasn’t been officially diagnosed

with this. He has been on Celexa for 2 years which helped but was not enough

for the OCD and tics. He has been much better since Seroquel an anti-psychotic

was added. Risperdal is an anti-psychotic, so possibly the dose needs to be

increased. Also, something else may need to be added. I would contact his Dr.,

preferably by e-mail, so you can pass on exactly what you said here. I have

noticed through inter net discussions that many of our kids do have co morbid

conditions. Some kids are also bi-polar; you might want to read “the

Bi-Polar Child”. My son now 12 is much better than when life came crashing

down at 9 and 10. He is not depressed and his anxiety is much better. His

mental health issues now are mainly the OCD (poison) and a tic of picking at

his chin. A great book that is not specifically related to Autism is ‘Straight

Talk about Psychiatric Medications for Kids’ by Wilens MD….very

informative and I have referred to it many times. Good luck, Gail