Yeah, if they try to give you meds "for autism", find a different shrink because the one you've got doesn't know squat. Lots of autistics do take medicine (I take Concerta for ADHD-type traits); but there's no reason to automatically medicate an autistic person, nor any medication that's standard. There's only one that's been labeled for autism, and that's Risperdal--an antipsychotic that they use if you have extreme meltdowns (not just the kind where you're kicking and screaming, but the kind where you're trying to give yourself a concussion or breaking bones.) Other than that, it's just stuff for related problems, like sleep disorders, executive dysfunction (that's the ADHD-type thing I mentioned earlier), or anxiety.
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