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Concerns regarding mental heath

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We are parents to our 27 year old son. Recently life has become very hard for him. Due to his autism and OCD his toilet habits are taking over his life. He is now spending up to 7 days in the toilet with no food and water. GP has visited home and can see that he is putting himself at risk.

mental health are trying to help but as he has mental capacity they listen to him. When he is in the toilet for 7 days, we do not feel he has mental capacity.

So worried.

just wondered if there is anyone out there going through something similar 

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  • For me not eating was a way of taking control,i had periods where i would starve for a week at a time ,i would sip a little water.I look back now and realize i was not understanding my emotions. One time i was actually reliving a ptsd event  which coincided with a time of  change. just couldn't see what was happening.In my mid twenties i went down to 71/2 stone , should be about 12 .I would suggest trying to push for further help ,just keep pushing and try to think of the whole picture ,there will be a reason behind the behaviour .  

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  • For me not eating was a way of taking control,i had periods where i would starve for a week at a time ,i would sip a little water.I look back now and realize i was not understanding my emotions. One time i was actually reliving a ptsd event  which coincided with a time of  change. just couldn't see what was happening.In my mid twenties i went down to 71/2 stone , should be about 12 .I would suggest trying to push for further help ,just keep pushing and try to think of the whole picture ,there will be a reason behind the behaviour .  

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