Anyone with a child like Adam Lanza should

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28. Holy crap. That is terrifying.

I have firsthand experience with antidepressants, though not anti-psychotics. The first time I was ever prescribed an antidepressant, it was Xanax. By the second day on it I was having auditory hallucinations and feeling extremely paranoid. I called the doctor's office and was told to stop taking the med immediately and call back if I didn't feel normal in a couple of days. Fortunately the side-effects disappeared within 24 hours.

Sometimes meds are necessary. I have battled clinical depression on and off for 15 years, and am stable and perfectly functional as long as I take my Cymbalta twice a day. Prescribing anything in this line is something of a crapshoot for the physician or psychiatrist. An acquatinance of mine though Xanax was the greatest thing in the world for his issues and he suffered no side-effects. My prescribing psychiatrist told me several years ago that because of variations in brain chemistry what works well for one person can practically be poison to another.

The problem with schizoid disorders is that there in no known way to cure them, so what else is there besides medication?

I can't see how Asperger's is anything but a red herring in this case. I am dx'd Asperger's and have never had a violent impulse in my life. Nor have most Aspies. This Lanza guy had serious organic brain problems that were not correctly diagnosed or treated.