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While this article does not address children with severe disabilities, I really

like the approach this psychiatrist takes toward using a psychiatric diagnosis.

I should point out too that even when using a categorical approach to diagnosis

(which he does not really support) you are supposed to rule out other conditions

that might lead to the same behavior. My favorite example, because it happened

to me, is depression. I went through a period of this about 3-4 years ago, and

I have reasons to be depressed, but this was something I could not get myself

out of. I went to the doctor, and it turned out it was my thyroid. Now by

taking synthroid, I no longer have this depression. I did not have depression,

I had hypothyroidism. The big question, that none of us can really answer yet,

is whether some of our kids have autism, or do they have autistic-like behavior

due to CHARGE? It still needs to be treated, of course. But I hope some day we

can figure out what the cause is for the behavior we see in CHARGE.

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Tim Hartshorne

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Tim,

In your description of what happened regarding a possible depression

diagnosis compared to a definite problem with the thyroid, it would

appear that you had depression as a symptom of a problem with the

thyroid.

In my opinion, autism can be a symptom resulting from some other

condition. Perhaps it can be a symptom of problems with the thyroid,

perhaps problems with digestion, perhaps problems with language

learning, or problems with metabolic deficiencies or imbalances of one

kind or another.

Even when the source of the problem can be found, such as with the

thyroid, sometimes there can be valid reasons to search for the cause of

the thyroid problem.

To me, this is the issue. What is or are the underlying cause or causes

of the autism or autistic-like conditions. What biochemical or

neurochemical factors may be affecting our children and friends with

CHARGE. There is a wealth of information available on these topics.

But to access some of it, one must search under the categroy of autism.

Mom to Kendra, and Camille

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