Cyndi

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Hi, Everyone....Cyndi.....the light isn't for the autism, it is for

Gareth's depression. The docs are starting to connect the dots from the past

several yrs and feel that depression may be the cause of a lot of his

behavioral issues these days. When he was first dx'd with the Scleroderma, he

went

into an autoimmune induced depression and was treated as such. The same

autoimmune attack on the body can mess up the chemicals in the brain and

cause depression. The psych doc picked up on it right away and he was put on

meds. Last winter, we were dealing with the pneumonias, seizures, and

airlift to Hershey. Last summer, it was the Lyrica/Dilantin reaction. Then, we

find out it's the seizures meds messing him up because he wasn't having

epileptic seizures, but pseudoseizures. This past winter from J-M, we have

been dealing with possible AD because of his behaviors, and this new psych doc

*thinks* it's all been related to depression. To be honest, I really

don't know because that is one territory that I know nothing about except that

his Grandma (on Dad's side) has had 2-3 bouts of serious depression over

the yrs and has been on meds for the past 15 yrs to prevent any more of them.

So, it is in the family......something more for me to learn about!!! I

would rather have the dx of seasonal depression than AD!!!

Take care, Everyone.

Margaret