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My 7 yr. old son who has been diagnosed with autism, ptsd, and overall general dd has been showing many signs of schizophrenia. Both sides of the family have many mental illness diagnoses but nobody has seen symptoms like this at such a young age. He say's "his brain" is telling to do certain things such as hurt, name call, runaway, etc. His vocal pitch changes when these episodes happen as well and the things he says are not typical in any circumstance with him. He has severely hurt the⦠read more
I don't have any first-hand experience, but I do remember reading about links between autism and schizophrenia a couple of months ago. You may want to google autism and schizophrenia relationship, but I included a link to one of the stories below.
http://www.npr.org/2013/03/01/173271247/-study-...
Autism used to be considered childhood schizophrenia. My dad has a cousin with schizophrenia so I would not be surprised if there is a genetic link between the two conditions.
My brother has both snd depression and is suicidsl it exists
Thank you all for taking the time, effort and care to respond. All three answers helped me in 3 different aspects of his life. @A MyAutismTeam Member - your post sounds very familiar to my sons, fathers uncle. Just helps connect the dots!!!
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