Deb's response to Helen...

April 15, 2007

>

> I really believe in trusting your instinct. Deb, does your son

have

> BEHAVIORS to back up the AS voice? Boys 14 years old are

developing quite a

> bit to just quickly respond to a Thought they are having with

strong

> medication. I don't think that medication alone helps deal the

underlying

> causes of thoughts and feelings. Perhaps he is very tuned into the

thoughts

> in his head and trying hard to control impulses. I would at least

check

> this out with a Psychologist. I hope that helps.

Ry absolutely does NOT have the AS behaviors. He is the sweetest

guy and a total people pleaser. This totally comes out of the

blue. Unfortunately, we've had 5 deaths in our extended family

since last October. believes that AH helped our loved ones

die. My uncle was particularly close to us and he had bone cancer.

Ry says that AH helped the cancer. Ry really hates it when his

sister cries. He says that AH makes her cry just to torment him.

He also says that AH tells him to break his (Ry's) favorite things.

Apparently, " AH " wants to take away any joy that Ry has. That's how

he explained it. Ry has been very strong against AH and he says he

always tells him " no! " Throughout the course of a day, one of us

will disappear with Ry to discuss how his day is going and basically

just to tell him how proud we are that he is so strong against AH

and how much we love him. Ry loves this time! He says he feels so

much better that we know now. He even goes as far as saying the AH

is 87% defeated. My parents live about 20 min. and they now know

and are VERY supportive. We call it our 5 member team against AH.

We have not told our other boys because it's just too scary for a

kid to hear and we don't want them to worry. Just as important, we

didn't want Ry to feel like a " freak. "

Deb

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