tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561748834204284315.post1654809166306729847..comments2024-03-23T08:25:22.526-04:00Comments on ED Bites: Of Mice and Men (and Anxiety)Carrie Arnoldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02569839838912988783noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561748834204284315.post-28235696267140726762010-03-18T10:45:34.531-04:002010-03-18T10:45:34.531-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561748834204284315.post-91251480510826265202010-01-30T16:38:51.604-05:002010-01-30T16:38:51.604-05:00Thanks for your very well written and well informe...Thanks for your very well written and well informed post! I had actually not heard about these interesting studies. Personally I wonder exactly what the treatment implications would be, were doctors to discover that a patient had the mutation described in the first article. I suspect that the real implications of this advance will not be seen until new classes of drugs are developed specifically for people with certain genetic vulnerabilities. Time will tell. Thanks again --Paul Greene, Ph.D.http://www.anxiety-ocd.infonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6561748834204284315.post-90384464903616288652010-01-20T03:17:32.642-05:002010-01-20T03:17:32.642-05:00Interesting articles; thanks for finding these gem...Interesting articles; thanks for finding these gems Carrie! In terms of my own experiences of longstanding anorexia nervosa (AN), OCD and autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) - I guess I have inherited a combination of unusual genes...<br /><br />I had OCD and repetitive behaviours (and also the classic autistic traits of retarded social learning and fear of change) right from being a toddler. When my AN started at age 12 it just seemed like an extension of all these childhood behaviours. The 'fear trigger' for my AN was confusion around the physical and social changes of adolescence. Bullying and abuse at school made me feel 'crap' about myself. And so I starved out my anxiety through food restriction and over-exercise - which became compulsive. <br /><br />The suggested link between AN and ASDs has confused some people who argue that AN is not autism. I totally agree. However, the expression of autistic traits within people with ASDs and AN can vary quite considerably. Some people have particular difficulties with empathy, while others are particularly strong systemisers (i.e. obsessive, compulsive, detail-orientated, perfectionistic and ordered). I am a strong systemiser - which helps to explain the difficulties I had with abandoning anorexic rituals. <br /><br />Personally, I feel that the links that have been made between AN and ASD are the most promising yet in our understanding of some cases of AN.Cathy (UK)http://www.youtube.com/user/misstiggykinsnoreply@blogger.com