Thread: Autism Spectrum Disorder - top resource

Originally Posted by INDIE2002UK

Hi
Has anyone had trouble with melatonin?

Regards jon

Hello Jon,

My apologies for the incredibly late response to your email. If you type in melatonin and side effects into an internet search engine there are quiet a number of links coming up. This is a search done without any mention of the word "autism". The "trouble with melatonin" could be a side a side effect outside of the realm of autism.

Another thing to look at is to see what ingredients the melatonin is based off - it might have gluten or casein in it and there could be an autism related food sensitivity issue going on there as well. Some research sources do link dietary things such as gluten or casein to exacerbating Autistic behaviours. It is really the luck of the draw as to whether there are dietary issues or not.

Again I apologise for the tardy response to your question.

Kind Regards
Lionel

Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's is a New York Times bestseller by John Elder Robison, chronicling the author's life with Asperger syndrome and tough times growing up.

The author found a career as a specialist Land Rover mechanic and now has a large business in the U.S. after (according to his book) falling in love with the rugged simplicity of the Defender.

The book came to my attention when my lady read it, slammed it down in front of me and simply said, "That's you". The title really hit me because my father was always banging my head and telling me to look at people when I talk to them. My son (who has a very high IQ - Mensa grade) had some socialising problems and was diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome when he was 12, that was the first time I had heard of it. My then wife just said to the psychiatrist, "He's just like is father".

My conclusion: LAND ROVER DEFENDER - THE ASPERGERS CHOICE

Originally Posted by ugu80

Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's is a New York Times bestseller by John Elder Robison, chronicling the author's life with Asperger syndrome and tough times growing up.

The author found a career as a specialist Land Rover mechanic and now has a large business in the U.S. after (according to his book) falling in love with the rugged simplicity of the Defender.

The book came to my attention when my lady read it, slammed it down in front of me and simply said, "That's you". The title really hit me because my father was always banging my head and telling me to look at people when I talk to them. My son (who has a very high IQ - Mensa grade) had some social problems and was diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome when he was 12, that was the first time I had heard of it. My then wife just said to the psychiatrist, "He's just like is father".

My conclusion: LAND ROVER DEFENDER - THE ASPERGERS CHOICE

Hello ugu80,

Thank you for the link to the book and the suggestion about Asperger's and Land Rovers.

Perhaps there is a sliding scale in Aspie-ness; one level likes Defenders, a different level could be people who like Series 3 or earlier ones because they are even more basic in design than Defenders.

I like Series 3, others like Series 2A, Series 2 or Series 1.

Despite this I am certain I could shift myself on the scale if someone came up and threw me the keys to a brand new Defender and said "it's yours Lionel". I am sure I could be flexible enough to accommodate the change of my position on the Asperger's and Land Rover scale

Our women folk can be so subtle can't they. Or are they that way simply because subtle doesn't always work on us

Kind Regards
Lionel

If you are interested in the book then you might also like to chase a movie that came out about two or three years ago called 'Adam'. The star is Australian actor Rose Byrne.

Originally Posted by ugu80

If you are interested in the book then you might also like to chase a movie that came out about two or three years ago called 'Adam'. The star is Australian actor Rose Byrne.

And The Black Balloon : [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxKE-tB1ya8]The Black Balloon - Trailer - YouTube[/ame]

What are telling me for? I'm normal, It's everyone else that's strange.

QUOTE=Lionelgee;1998289]Hello Jon,

My apologies for the incredibly late response to your email. If you type in melatonin and side effects into an internet search engine there are quiet a number of links coming up. This is a search done without any mention of the word "autism". The "trouble with melatonin" could be a side a side effect outside of the realm of autism.

Another thing to look at is to see what ingredients the melatonin is based off - it might have gluten or casein in it and there could be an autism related food sensitivity issue going on there as well. Some research sources do link dietary things such as gluten or casein to exacerbating Autistic behaviours. It is really the luck of the draw as to whether there are dietary issues or not.

Again I apologise for the tardy response to your question.

Kind Regards
Lionel[/QUOTE]


Thanks for the reply, we have taken him off melatonin and so far he is sleeping most nights normally, not as bad as before. Since I last posted we have has an official diagnose of asd. We have had an ECG done which was normal and we just had blood test done which showed he missing a Xp22.11 deletion which I been informed is linked to asd. We are currently awaiting an brain scan to see if that shows anything.

Regards Jonathan

Hello All,

Well no surprises what my PhD - (A.K.A. the Never Ending Story) is about.

At about 12:20 am Eastern Standard Time I printed out my last spreadsheet. Despite my study being based off the words that people used and extracts of their transcripts (Qualitative - based); I have had to use spreadsheets using statistics based methods (Quantitative) to be able to track and map all my data of whom said what when and in what context.

From this spreadsheet basis a process of evolution has been followed where I can follow a process that leads to the formation of graphic-based prototypes.
So essentially no spreadsheets ... no prototypes and no PhD.

Due to the process of evolution I have developed new methods and it has taken me since the December 2013 to have the spreadsheets mostly bashed into shape. Working on getting it so that every one of the collection of spreadsheets for each of the eight constructs appears with the same order of appearance and the same format. Also that all the totals at the bottom of each page within each construct's spreadsheet adds up correctly! As a result of this work I now have a 8 centimetre stack of single sided A4 paper sitting on my desk.

How many prototypes will this translate to? The 8 cm stack of paper translates to providing 8 single prototypes; or in other words 8 single pages. These eight pages will be the only things appearing in the main section of the tome. All the rest will appear as an appendix.

To get to this stage I have spent 7 days a week from 9:00 am to 2:00 am to get to this stage. On occasion I have worked through until 4:00 am.

Tomorrow - well after I have a sleep I will spend the day tidying up any lose ends and making sure that each of the 8 constructs that are represented by the prototypes are uniform in sheet sequence.

I am hoping to reduce my hours to more reasonable times from this point on.

Well back to the solitary pursuits of PhD Land.

Kind Regards
Lionel