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46. My sister's child is on the spectrum.

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Thu Feb 16, 2023, 09:30 AM

Feb 2023

Maybe this would help them too.

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] MissMillie Feb 2023 OP

Your forecast on the price of the drug was the first thing I thought of when I saw it was $3 ashredux Feb 2023 #1

it is available in generic form under many brand names worldwide Celerity Feb 2023 #2

Agreed but Lamotrigine, is already the generic of Lamictal. This would be such a huge breakthrough. ratchiweenie Feb 2023 #3

My sister's child is on the spectrum. ananda Feb 2023 #46

Wouldn't that be wonderful. It is such a difficult disorder and takes so many forms. My son is ratchiweenie Feb 2023 #57

Bingo! Takket Feb 2023 #12

How does one tell if a mouse is autistic? spinbaby Feb 2023 #4

It would appear that these scientists created the symptoms of autism in mice MissMillie Feb 2023 #9

Pls take a look at these links in relation to your grandson's autism SheltieLover Feb 2023 #10

My extensive research on google. The Jungle 1 Feb 2023 #18

One of the symptoms is repetitive behaviours meadowlander Feb 2023 #28

Yes and shunning contact with others is observable. The Jungle 1 Feb 2023 #48

Probably if you put it into a group of mice, intrepidity Feb 2023 #26

I agree The Jungle 1 Feb 2023 #49

I hope it doesn't go to $300 a pill! mwooldri Feb 2023 #5

It's already generic and the patent has expired fescuerescue Feb 2023 #53

Which symptoms? WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2023 #6

two mentioned in the article are MissMillie Feb 2023 #7

What's a social deficit and why does it need to be turned off? WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2023 #13

My comment was about the prediction of the price of the drug MissMillie Feb 2023 #17

Asking questions is research fescuerescue Feb 2023 #55

Not when you're asking me. lol MissMillie Feb 2023 #58

So it's social deficitism then? Disaffected Feb 2023 #25

Hyperactivity isn't a symptom of autism. meadowlander Feb 2023 #29

I didn't write the article, or publish the study MissMillie Feb 2023 #38

But it goes to the credibility of the article if they say hyperactivity is a symptom of autism meadowlander Feb 2023 #41

MY comment was on drug prices MissMillie Feb 2023 #42

You've posted a link to a tabloid article with misinformation about autism symptoms. meadowlander Feb 2023 #44

the topic I introduced, in case you missed it. MissMillie Feb 2023 #45

You don't get to cherry pick what your thread is "about" and shut down any other discussion. meadowlander Feb 2023 #47

I ABSOLUTELY get to "cherry pick" what *I* will discuss in any thread MissMillie Feb 2023 #50

You can choose what you reply to fescuerescue Feb 2023 #54

Yes, and I haven't suggested that they can't MissMillie Feb 2023 #56

What do you want to "discuss" about drug prices? meadowlander Feb 2023 #59

I did not try to confine anyone else's discussion. MissMillie Feb 2023 #60

This scares the crap out of me as a 75 year old Aspie man. LiberalArkie Feb 2023 #8

That does sound scary. MissMillie Feb 2023 #11

I think in many instances it's quite easy to tell. I know one little girl who is now 7 who barely ratchiweenie Feb 2023 #16

People on the spectrum have different support needs but they are all still autistic. meadowlander Feb 2023 #30

I don't argue that it is MissMillie Feb 2023 #39

No, they're talking about a scenario where people with Aspergers (i.e. autistic people) meadowlander Feb 2023 #40

John Elder Robison had reservations about his transcranial magnetic stim as well. SheltieLover Feb 2023 #14

I'm also an Aspie. I don't want to be "cured." Oneironaut Feb 2023 #20

Yea, being aspie is what makes us - us. A total cure would change who we are. LiberalArkie Feb 2023 #21

So if and when it becomes a treatment, don't partake? edisdead Feb 2023 #27

The same people who feel qualified to tell trans kids that they can't make their own medical meadowlander Feb 2023 #31

Meh, big difference there edisdead Feb 2023 #32

For children who do not legally have the right to make their own medical decisions, it is a must. meadowlander Feb 2023 #33

Ok but that has nothing to do with THIS drug. edisdead Feb 2023 #34

As an ethical adult, I can have an interest in a potential injustice which doesn't directly affect meadowlander Feb 2023 #35

I do think that we need change in edisdead Feb 2023 #36

Wow! Great news, Miss Millie! SheltieLover Feb 2023 #15

So true, Miss Millie, so true. $30 it will be. So wrong. MLAA Feb 2023 #19

It is very, very, very, very difficult to control the use of a drug for a new application. NNadir Feb 2023 #22

Don't get too excited...yet Fiendish Thingy Feb 2023 #23

Yeah, if I had a nickel for every promising mice treatment Sympthsical Feb 2023 #52

If it is successful in treating the disease in humans, then the price will go from Chainfire Feb 2023 #24

That would be exciting if it bears up in humans! summer_in_TX Feb 2023 #37

The increase in diagnoses relates to better understanding and recognition of the symptoms meadowlander Feb 2023 #43

Fortunately it's already generic so it should stay $3 fescuerescue Feb 2023 #51

I take Lamotrigine for depression iemanja Feb 2023 #61