daughter ASD diagnosed, husband bi polar ? link?

[bonbons]

My daughter, now 16, was diagnosed ASD / aspergers, at 14, and is now doing much better now that she has moved to a more specialist school but tonight has made me think! My husband and I took her to 'spooky world' for her 16th birthday celebrations, and apart from a newly discovered sensitivity to strobe lighting, she had a great time!!! My husband however, did not! He had been dreading the prospect of having to meet parents, all day, and when we got there, was 'unhappy' to say the least, about various actors in costume, coming up to him, and ultimately, failed to enter into the spirit of things! He has , in fairness, always been like this, but I felt, rather like myself, that although I could think of better things to do, I would throw myself into it in order to please her, yet my husband seemed unable to do so! The level of noise from screaming, 'cut him to the bone', unquote! is there a link between Bi-polar and ASD? I have read that there is? came home,he went straight to bed! advice appreciated>

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[smiley1590]

there is a link between a paent having M.I such as Bi-polar disorder and the child having ASD

 

XKLX

[justine1]

Hi

 

I am unsure as to whether they have done enough research into this to give a definative answer. I have two older brothers one got a dx of ADHD around age 8 and was on retalin for 3-5 years and my other brother got a dx of bi-polar last year (age 29) after being mis-diagnosed for 2 years. The one with ADHD (well he has not had any signs of it for 15 years and believes he has "grown out of it") has two kids a boy and girl, they have no problems other than that they are quite spoilt. The one with Bi polar has a son aged 9 and he has recently been getting into trouble at school but I know he was bullied for some time and he to is spoilt as his mum cannot have kids so he was a "gift" so gets everything he wants.

 

I on the other hand have a gifted child, no dx for that but he can be a challenge, as well as two boys who have ASD dx's, yet I have no dx of anything and know I am NT.

So IMO I think its just one of those things.

Edited October 16, 2011 by justine1

[indiscreet]

The level of noise from screaming, 'cut him to the bone', unquote! is there a link between Bi-polar and ASD? I have read that there is? came home,he went straight to bed! advice appreciated>.

I can't cope with loud noise - especially screaming. Also, bright lighting of the kind you get in supermarkets can trigger migraine. I associate this problem with ASD.

[smiley1590]

loud noises and bright lighting common ASD sensory issue which can be annoying frustrating!

 

XKLX

[noogsy]

aw bless,i think you need to look at asd and aspergers with him.

and the so called umberella of symptoms which make up asd,adhd and aspergers.

when we all find out our child has somthing wrong it takes up a huge amount of resourses and energy.

with time we start to realise we as parents may also have traits.

this might be the case with your hubby.

we were told that these symptoms come through the male line mainly.

but for us it has been me (femail),but my dad is wonky.

try to kindly get him to look at his symptoms

if he understand s how bad he feels then maybe you can work together

[cmuir]

Hi

 

I know that there can be a genetic link in families whereby e.g. a father and son both have AS. I also know that it is not unusual for someone on the spectrum to have a comorbid condition e.g. bi-polar. However, I don't know about Bipolar and AS individually being genetically connected.

 

C.