Hi all. I'm new on here. I have a 24yr old son with Aspergers. He has a full time job working at a hotel, he has been furloughed on and off since March last year. He's now into his fifth month of continuous furlough and is really struggling. He stays in bed all day most days, 2 or 3 times a week he will get up mid afternoon and sometimes come with me and my husband to walk the dog, on those days he seems ok.
Most days he gets up early evening, but can take up to 3 hours to actually come downstairs, he just stands around in his bedroom or bathroom not doing anything. He will take 2-3 hours to eat his dinner and then just sits at the kitchen table until the early hours of the morning when he goes back to bed . He won't do anything, he used to like visiting theme parks ,watching films or wrestling, or reading film reviews , but he won't do any of those now, he just sits, occasionally he will play a song on Alexa. He doesn't use social media and has no friends, he gets on well with his workmates, but doesn't keep in touch outside of work.
He's also started not drinking, I take him a vitamin drink around 8am, often it is untouched 12 hours later. He used to be very good at drinking a healthy amount of fluids , even to the point of asking if he was drinking too much.
He says he has no idea why he is behaving like this. I'm certain it's lack of routine , isolation/ loneliness and having nothing to get up for. I'm hoping things will improve when he goes back to work in May but meanwhile I hate seeing him like this. Now restrictions are lifting I've suggested we make a list of things we can look forward to and day trips we can go on, but he has little enthusiasm.
Can anyone identify with this ? Or suggest a way forward ?
