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Hi Everyone,

I just joined this group and have been reading over previous posts,

and have already learned a lot! My name is Roxanna (yes, it seems I

share the same unusual first name with the moderator - must be a

good sign!). I'm mom to 3 kids, ages 8, 6, and 2. Yesterday my 8

year old son's psychologist told us that he meets all the criteria

for Aspergers. I wasn't exactly surprised, because I've known there

was " something " about since he was about 3. We've already

been through speech therapy, diagnoses of OCD and Anxiety, and toyed

with suggestions of ADHD, and the AS makes the most sense of

anything. It's still hard on me, though, because I've been holding

out hope that he's just going through a " phase " that he will

outgrow. But, I think it's time to face the music head on and work

on helping him live with AS.

We're still gathering info and making decisions. has only a

week left in 2nd grade, so we'll have the summer to decide what we

want to do with the school system next year. is highly

intelligent, and does well academically in school. He has not had

any major behavioral problems at school, either, partly because he

is so literal and serious about written rules. But more days than

not, he melts down as soon as he gets home, so his psychologist

believes it will only be a matter of time before he won't be able to

hold his behavior together so well at school.

We're also considering a trial of medication for anxiety and

depressive symptoms, which is why he began this round of therapy to

begin with. I'd love to hear from parents of similar aged kids who

have taken meds for anxiety about how that worked.

Thanks a bunch, and I look forward to reading more posts!

Roxanna M