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Phantom pain and bed wetting in children

NAS72765

Hi, I’m new to this site and just looking for some advice.  
I have a 9 year old son who has been on the neuro developmental waiting list at CAHMS for three years.  They think he may be on the autism spectrum or may have ADHD. He has major barriers to learning and struggles to manage his emotions (especially anger). 
He has been a bed wetter for a long time and I heard that this can be attributed to autism, does anyone know if this is the case?Also, he often complains of pain in his legs and I had also heard that ‘phantom pains’ can also be found with autism.

 I’m sorry if these seem like silly questions but we are stuck in limbo as we don’t have a diagnosis.

Thank you.

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  • I'm female but I wet the bed until I was 10 or 11 years old. I also had growing pains in my legs and would cry a lot at night. I was generally a very sensitive child and although not angry, often I was crying and upset with frustration. 

    To be honest even into adulthood I've struggled with my bladder control. I cant even just attribute it to having now had children because it predates motherhood for me! Fortunately not wetting the bed now though. Eventually a doctor gave me some kind of medication that stopped me doing it but I don't think they like to do that because it isnt good for your kidneys. Have you tried an enuresis alarm? It might be pretty distressing for an autistic child because I used one with my daughter who is now 7 and it would make ME jump out of my skin in the next room, never mind her. She hated it so much though that she seemed to take her routines around drinks and bedtime a lot more seriously because she really didn't want me to keep using the alarm!

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  • I'm female but I wet the bed until I was 10 or 11 years old. I also had growing pains in my legs and would cry a lot at night. I was generally a very sensitive child and although not angry, often I was crying and upset with frustration. 

    To be honest even into adulthood I've struggled with my bladder control. I cant even just attribute it to having now had children because it predates motherhood for me! Fortunately not wetting the bed now though. Eventually a doctor gave me some kind of medication that stopped me doing it but I don't think they like to do that because it isnt good for your kidneys. Have you tried an enuresis alarm? It might be pretty distressing for an autistic child because I used one with my daughter who is now 7 and it would make ME jump out of my skin in the next room, never mind her. She hated it so much though that she seemed to take her routines around drinks and bedtime a lot more seriously because she really didn't want me to keep using the alarm!

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