Hey renaeden. I am not on any anti-epileptic meds. I had no idea they could help with migraines. I am always curious about anything that can help with the noise! Are you epileptic? I am feeling much better now. Thanks

The molecules of course depend on sulfate, and the molecules can “turn over” in the body VERY quickly. Susan reports very rapid positive personality changes in her own father, herself, and her daughter - all of whom are NT - from the use of Epsom Salts.

You can tell from this that I am not a card-carrying member of the ‘neurodiversity philosophy’ - at least not as I see it today. I believe that I am somewhere on the ASD spectrum, though I’m not sure where.. As for ‘not wanting to be cured’, while I believe that ‘biomedical treatment’ can potentially ‘fix’ a lot of biochemical problems that are present in autism, I do not believe that it can ever ‘take away’ the positive traits of autism. This is especially true I believe with Asperger’s, which I believe is a mixture of a slightly different way of thinking (this is the kind of neurodiversity I would support), combined with various environmental insults - including vaccines (an assault on the immune system) - but also including toxic chemicals in the environment, mutations in the body’s metal detoxification system, and increasing environmental metal exposure (from flame retardants and other sources). Biomedical treatment can possibly ‘cure’ some of the *biological* glitches which result environmental insult, but we can never ‘correct’ (nor should we) an underlying brain structure which may be a little bit different from “normal” NTs.

There was a segment on an episode of 60 Minutes last year about a drug that was being tested for use in people with post-traumatic-stress-disorder such as rape victims. It appears to be able to reduce or eliminate the extreme panic and anxiety related to traumatic memories. There are some (specifically President Bush’s Bioethics Commission) who say that this is immoral because it ‘takes away part of a person’s fundamental being’.

At the end of the segment, a rape victim who had suffered for decades from anxiety related to childhood abuse, who had undergone this treatment successfully, was asked if she felt she had ‘lost’ anything because she could no longer recall the terror of the rape memory. Her answer: no, she felt she had gained back a part of herself.

The same I believe is true of Asperger’s, and probably other kinds of autism as well. Many Aspies are very very functional, even more so than NTs. ‘Fixing’ biochemical issues related to *parts* of the disorder such as sensory issues as you described does not take away from this high functioning. It would only add to what a person could do. Carly, the 13-year-old autistic girl who recently “hit the news” because he had “learned” how to communicate, would not lose anything of her intelligence if her sensory issues were cured (which she described similarly, as it ‘being too loud’). It would only add to her ability to communicate and interact with the world.

~ Jim Witte

Thanks to sweetie and spins too. Things have been much better the past couple of days. I appreciate your thoughts (and head rubs) very much. I think they help somehow. Remind me that I am not alone and that things will get better.

d, I think our brains probably have quite a few similar words going through them. Lucky us. I am sending the surplus of happy hippy energy that I have gotten over your way. I know how you like happy hippy energy

oh brother, did you get those words from *my* brain? =|

Much sympathies over here; feel free to correspond.