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21 days a month, my daughter is a "normal" Aspie girl, but there are about 3-5 days when she's just a MESS of emotion. I don't know if I should take her to be evaluated for some sort of clinical pms or if this is to be expected???

November 21, 2011
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A MyAutismTeam Member

my mother SWEARS i have th worst PMS she has EVER seen.... and i have always been an emotional mess... through college people kept telling me that pregnancy would even things out.. now after 2 pregnancies, i have found that i still have intense symptoms when i ovulate and when i menstruate... by all means, a doc can help with hormones/ pills to make it more even keeled, but i bet it won;t go away...

February 16, 2012
A MyAutismTeam Member

See your peditrician...some drs. will still see children until 22 years of age if they are in school...do not use drugs....try methods prescribed by a homeopathic M.D. first. Have an allergy test and a blood microscopy test completed first before giving any drugs. ASD girls have increased anxiety and have more symptoms duing periods. See a dr. that knows autism well.Do not chelate,there are new methods,not painful.

November 24, 2011
A MyAutismTeam Member

She's already on prozac & abilify...should I take her to the provider who manages her psych meds? Would a pediatrician be versed enough, or would you go for the ob/gyn?

November 22, 2011
A MyAutismTeam Member

Prozac and Abilify are very common psych meds, and most doctors regardless of what their specialty is, should be familiar with them. Just shop for your providers carefully. I'd discuss this with your GP/pediatrician, ask for a recommendation to an OB/GYN who knows their stuff when it comes to patients who are outside the norm, and make sure all providers have signed releases so that they can talk to each other, especially with the person supporting her psych medication regime.

With everything that is going on, when a new provider (such as the living support services for our son's college) need releases, we're signing about seven or ten to make sure everyone can talk freely with each other... and it is worth it.

November 23, 2011
A MyAutismTeam Member

Sounds less like Aspergers issues and does sound more like she's got something PMS going on there... absolutely take her in to an OB/GYN to see if she needs medication to help with the moodiness.

November 22, 2011

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