Asperger and medication: Seroquel

[Guest guest]

Hello, my name is Janeth Velasquez. I am happy to be here at ASPIRES to share

with you the experiences, learning and unlearning that I have gone through since

I found out my boyfriend has Asperger. Thanks to some emails I sent and got

from Maxine Aston, I came to realize that my BF is an Aspie, I am a NT. I have

bought, read and analyze several books and each time I am 100% of his condition.

My special interest is finding a voice out there that can help me with a

specific situation and it is that his therapist decided to medicate him with

Seroquel although I talked to her and request for a diagnosis in AS, she said

that he is not an Aspie, instead medicated him without any making any

assessment. I would also like to share my experience in dealing with this

particular relationship since I am an alcoholic, sober for 2 years and 7 months

now, in a 12 step program, and he is an Aspie that I think is a heavy drinker.

Well many things here. I hope to find the voices here :-)

[Guest guest]

janethcita38 wrote:

> Hello, my name is Janeth Velasquez. I am happy to be here at ASPIRES

> to share with you the experiences, learning and unlearning that I

> have gone through since I found out my boyfriend has Asperger.

> Thanks to some emails I sent and got from Maxine Aston, I came to

> realize that my BF is an Aspie, I am a NT. I have bought, read and

> analyze several books and each time I am 100% of his condition.

Wouldn't you think it a bit " iffy " , were *you* to be diagnosed

(-anything!-) on the basis of emails and books - merely?? NO

face-to-face professional assessment?

There's a lot of that " going around " . It's dangerous, frankly.

> My

> special interest is finding a voice out there that can help me with a

> specific situation and it is that his therapist decided to medicate

> him with Seroquel although I talked to her and request for a

> diagnosis in AS, she said that he is not an Aspie, instead medicated

> him without any making any assessment.

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*That's* bad form! Prescribe without a differential diagnosis??

Please do READ ABOUT THE DRUG (an alternate name):

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quetiapine>

....most especially and carefully the sub-section on " Side Effects " .

- Bill, dx AS; ...clinically-oriented professional (retired)

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WD " Bill " Loughman - Berkeley, California USA

http://home.earthlink.net/~wdloughman/wdl.htm