Alli Report post Posted June 21, 2005 My son has been diagnosed as having A.S. I took him privately to a psychiatrist and he referred him for these tests. The local hospital had a fit when they saw the tests. First of all they said they couldn't read his writing, then they said they didn't know what some of them are. I now have them typed and am going to go back with them. I would love to know what these tests are before I talk to the hospital again. They are as follows: Full metabolic screen Fragile X test in which you use tubes EDTA and lithium heparin. Urine test for organic acids. I am wondering whether the psy is just calling tests by a different name than what a gp would. I was going to get back on to him and ask for a exp. but I have already tackled him for giving me referrals to services that don't exist. Alli Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Elouise Report post Posted June 21, 2005 Sam had this block of tests done by his consultant community peadiatrician and a couple of others by the consultant psychiatrist. Because fragile X is a genetic and because I had a block of very weird children from a very weird family that needed to be ruled out as a possibility so both boys where tested to be 100% sure when Sam was 2 Nathan was 9. They also decied to rule out a few other very rare odd disorders that present behaviour similar to ASD but might be progressive. It was the good old family ASD though they did find a very high level of IgE in Sams blood that is typical for children who are very atopic to certain protiens. If your unsure what a test is for or need to ask again later do so. If you cannot get a response by phoning try writing as a phone call may be ignored but a letter is less likely to be ignored. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alli Report post Posted June 21, 2005 Thank you so much. I am going to go and see them but it is really helpful to have some idea Alli Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites