Published on 12, July, 2020
I have only been recently diagnosed at 40 and I’m currently really struggling to make my life work. I have 3 children, 2 not at school yet, and a job I have gone part time in, dropping to 2 days a week. The job has no flexibility and cannot make reasonable adjustments. I seem to be on a constant rollercoaster of anxiety, meltdowns, burnout and depression and it’s really impacting my relationship with my kids. I snap at them constantly and we never have any fun. I suspect my older daughter is also autistic and I worry about the impact this is having on her. I can see the mother I want to be but I am too stressed out to be her. Any advice at all would be welcomed.
Hi Artisticautistic,
Thank you for sharing this with our community. I'm sorry you have to go through this.
You may like to contact our Autism Helpline team who can provide you with information and advice. They'll be taking calls until May 19th.
https://www.autism.org.uk/what-we-do/help-and-support/helpline
You can call them on 0808 800 4104 (Monday to Friday 10 am to 3 pm. Please note that the Helpline is experiencing a high volume of calls and it may take a couple of attempts before you get through to speak to an adviser).
Hope it helps.
Kindest regards,
Eunice Mod