http://www.autismnotes.com An Asperger's Syndrome and Autism Online Support Community Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:26:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 http://www.autismnotes.com/autism-blogs-of-note/#comment-41 Misty Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:52:36 +0000 http://www.autismnotes.com/autism-blogs-of-note/#comment-41 Hi Everyone, I'm new here and was looking for some advice. My 9 year old has recently been dealing with anxiety mainly due to social situations. Anxiety has always run in my family, so I took him to the doctor and they put him on Zoloft and it has helped. What concerns me, is that as I was searching the internet for information about his anxiety, I happened across some info on Aspergers. The description fit him almost perfectly. He has always struggled with peers, he is definitely focused in on a few all consuming topics, he goes off into monologues daily, etc.etc.. I hav read many articles about Aspergers and most describe him to a tee. However a few do not. I guess my question is how do I find out. Are there scans that can be done? I don't want to take him to someone and have them not take me seriously about this. From what I read, many in the medical community do not know much about it. I do not want to "give" him something he does not have, but I don't want to ignore the signs either. I live in Northern Colorado. Can anyone suggest adoctor around here? Thanks for listening. Look forward to some responses. Hi Everyone,
I’m new here and was looking for some advice. My 9 year old has recently been dealing with anxiety mainly due to social situations. Anxiety has always run in my family, so I took him to the doctor and they put him on Zoloft and it has helped. What concerns me, is that as I was searching the internet for information about his anxiety, I happened across some info on Aspergers. The description fit him almost perfectly. He has always struggled with peers, he is definitely focused in on a few all consuming topics, he goes off into monologues daily, etc.etc.. I hav read many articles about Aspergers and most describe him to a tee. However a few do not. I guess my question is how do I find out. Are there scans that can be done? I don’t want to take him to someone and have them not take me seriously about this. From what I read, many in the medical community do not know much about it. I do not want to “give” him something he does not have, but I don’t want to ignore the signs either. I live in Northern Colorado. Can anyone suggest adoctor around here? Thanks for listening. Look forward to some responses.

]]>