What to do now?

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Hello,

I started chelation last night (10:00 PM) for my son and my alarm didn't

go off to give him another pill, DMSA. He only had one. Can I go ahead

and start over this morning or do I need to wait until next weekend to

do it? Would it have stirred up a lot of metals? So far it has been 7

hours since the one pill.

Thanks,

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[ ] What to do now?

Hello,

I started chelation last night (10:00 PM) for my son and my alarm didn't

go off to give him another pill, DMSA. He only had one. Can I go ahead

and start over this morning or do I need to wait until next weekend to

do it? Would it have stirred up a lot of metals? So far it has been 7

hours since the one pill.

Thanks,

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Dear Karin, When we told our son that he had Asperger's he was relieved. At the time, he was 11 or 12. We said that his brain worked differently. We identified other people who had differences and that not all people were the same. There is a book I can't remember the exact title but it's something like: All Cat Have Aspergers. It's cute and it identifies come of the characteristics of Aspies.I hope this helps. Jody "Be the change you want to see in the world" Gandhi ( ) What to do now?

My son was diagnosed just this week, and we are still kind of

overwhelmed with everything. One thing we really need advice on is how

to talk to our 8 yo about his diagnosis. Obviously he knows that he

has been seeing a doc, that they are doing tests at school, etc. We

have talked to him at least about all of that, and he seems to

understand that he is going through this to help him with his

learning/school work and to help him with his classmates. How do we

address the actual diagnosis though, if at all?

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Hi Jody and Karin, I'm sitting here reading this in shock. My youngest son has been in treatment facilities of 1 sort or another for the last 3 years, and fighting school system for the years prior to that. Every kind of diagnosis has come up. After much research, now I'm fighting the treatment facility he is at to get him tested for Aspergers! After much research or knowing my child the way I do he is text book Aspergers with the 4 psychotic conditions that can co-exist. I believe discussing and letting my child know is so important. I can not leave him in the dark about what is going on. There are many resources out there, it's just finding the right resources through others we speak to. I think I the book Jody suggested would be a good start. Just take everything a day at a time and everything will work out. A tough road to go down and I've held my head up despite the way things have turned

out. It's great for me to hear others talk about this, because it has been heavy on my heart for a long time. Shirley and Crew

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Welcome to our group!

I would tell him the truth in brief - that after all the testing, the doctor's determined he has what is called, "Asperger's Syndrome." This means that (list the areas you want to highlight that are important to him.)

There are books that go over AS. One is called, "Asperger Syndrome: An Owner's Manual--What You, Your Parents and Your Teachers Need to Know: An Interactive Guide and Workbook by Ellen S. Heller Korin (Author) " or "Asperger's: What Does It Mean to Me? by Faherty (Author)"

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( ) What to do now?

My son was diagnosed just this week, and we are still kind ofoverwhelmed with everything. One thing we really need advice on is howto talk to our 8 yo about his diagnosis. Obviously he knows that hehas been seeing a doc, that they are doing tests at school, etc. Wehave talked to him at least about all of that, and he seems tounderstand that he is going through this to help him with hislearning/school work and to help him with his classmates. How do weaddress the actual diagnosis though, if at all?

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Hi Lori,

When I first bought the book I thought my son would read it once and move on. Never did I expect him to take it with him to school everyday. He has been so desperate to be understood by kids at school. He wanted the kids to read it. He showed it to teachers. He read and went....."WOW! This is just like me!"

The other point I made when I told my son the diagnosis was that......he HAS Aspergers. It's not WHO he is. It's a part of him. But, there is so much more to who he is. He's kind, sweet, generous, loving, a good friend, a Christian....etc. I don't want him to have a narrow view of himself.

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I've been wanting to get that book. I actually do have a cat withautism/Asperger' s and ironcially, my son is her favorite person in thewhole world. She's a tortie and sometimes they have neurologicaldifferences that give them the same symptoms of autism. We adore her,but are aware that she gets overstimulated easily. She also doesn'tlike loud noises and will bite you if you yell. I definitely need toget a few copies of this book and maybe donate them to our libraries. Lori>> Hi Karin,> I bought my son a book called, "All Cats Have Aspergers Syndrome."It has pictures of kittens and under each picture an explaination ofwhat Aspergers is in child's terms. It speaks

to the Autistic child,not about them. He loves the book and took it with him to school everysingle day. He was very relieved when we told him what the diagnosis was. >http://specialchild ren.about. com/od/booksonas pergersyndrome/ gr/allcatshaveAS .htm> > > Wallbank - Wittmayer> DOK Grace Chapter> "Prayer without work is empty words,> service without prayer is labor lost."> >

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Asperger's What Does it Mean To Mean? by Faherty...don't know if this book has been recommended or not. Pam :)Get trade secrets for amazing burgers. Watch "Cooking with Tyler Florence" on AOL Food.