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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 406058" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>We've got the same problems re diagnosis with easy child 2/difficult child 2. She & I are convinced she has Asperger's. Her pediatrician, on the other hand, says she doesn't have Asperger's because she makes good eye contact with him. As she says - "But I KNOW him, plus I really work at making eye contact with people." Both boys make good eye contact with the pediatrician too.</p><p></p><p>As for the sex - she was often inappropriate physically, always seeking physical contact. That's why we call her a cuddlebunny. But the darker side of it, she is a very sensual creature and we knew would find sex very attractive. She has not been promiscuous, but instead serially monogamous. However, she was very quick to move into a sexual relationship with her first boyfriend. Thankfully, she was 17 by then. But she picked the wrong boy, it was a disaster for him especially. She is such a sensual creature that the poor boyfriend was going around with a look of stunned delight on his face... and there was no way we could prevent them sleeping together. So I got her onto contraception and regular pap smears as soon as I knew it was necessary. A good thing, too - she's had positive pap smears and had to have a colposcopy a couple of months ago.</p><p></p><p>Girls do present differently with Asperger's and it can be very difficult. easy child 2/difficult child 2 is pretty much untreated, other than medications for diagnosed ADD. We've got no other diagnosis but I know she has extreme anxiety, she has Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) issues (has been obsessed with the feel of fur, and silk, to the extent of making a fur fabric folder for school and then carrying it in her arms, cuddling it, to and from every class). She was obsessed with teddy bears, used to say she wanted one of every kind of teddy in the world. She was serious about it. She still sleeps with her oldest teddy bear and always the same pillow case. Both travel with her wherever she goes. Even now she's married, she still sleeps with her bear. It's cute - she often gets up before her husband, so HE then cuddles the bear!</p><p></p><p>She's a bundle of emotional hurts, catastrophises everything and is in floods of tears and can't see her way out, when things aren't perfect for her.</p><p></p><p>Treatment - she is learning, with counselling, to find her own way. I still am involved in her treatment but she is cooperative (to a certain extent). She gets resistant when she feels we are pushing her in a direction she doesn't want to go. But she is willing to admit she needs help. Having an Aspie diagnosis formalised would help her accept this better.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 406058, member: 1991"] We've got the same problems re diagnosis with easy child 2/difficult child 2. She & I are convinced she has Asperger's. Her pediatrician, on the other hand, says she doesn't have Asperger's because she makes good eye contact with him. As she says - "But I KNOW him, plus I really work at making eye contact with people." Both boys make good eye contact with the pediatrician too. As for the sex - she was often inappropriate physically, always seeking physical contact. That's why we call her a cuddlebunny. But the darker side of it, she is a very sensual creature and we knew would find sex very attractive. She has not been promiscuous, but instead serially monogamous. However, she was very quick to move into a sexual relationship with her first boyfriend. Thankfully, she was 17 by then. But she picked the wrong boy, it was a disaster for him especially. She is such a sensual creature that the poor boyfriend was going around with a look of stunned delight on his face... and there was no way we could prevent them sleeping together. So I got her onto contraception and regular pap smears as soon as I knew it was necessary. A good thing, too - she's had positive pap smears and had to have a colposcopy a couple of months ago. Girls do present differently with Asperger's and it can be very difficult. easy child 2/difficult child 2 is pretty much untreated, other than medications for diagnosed ADD. We've got no other diagnosis but I know she has extreme anxiety, she has Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) issues (has been obsessed with the feel of fur, and silk, to the extent of making a fur fabric folder for school and then carrying it in her arms, cuddling it, to and from every class). She was obsessed with teddy bears, used to say she wanted one of every kind of teddy in the world. She was serious about it. She still sleeps with her oldest teddy bear and always the same pillow case. Both travel with her wherever she goes. Even now she's married, she still sleeps with her bear. It's cute - she often gets up before her husband, so HE then cuddles the bear! She's a bundle of emotional hurts, catastrophises everything and is in floods of tears and can't see her way out, when things aren't perfect for her. Treatment - she is learning, with counselling, to find her own way. I still am involved in her treatment but she is cooperative (to a certain extent). She gets resistant when she feels we are pushing her in a direction she doesn't want to go. But she is willing to admit she needs help. Having an Aspie diagnosis formalised would help her accept this better. Marg [/QUOTE]
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