Autism, Anxiety and Exposure Therapy/CBT

Hello all, 

So I have been in and out of therapy for a few years for low mood/anxiety particularly focusing on social anxiety. Normally we use CBT and do a lot of exposures and dropping of safety behaviours. I find the exposures hard and I am tired after doing them but I do tend to feel a bit better and accomplished. I tend to get in a cycle of doing more and more but then becoming burnt out and my skills regressing again. I now have a official autism diagnosis (and am on the wait list for ADHD assessment). 

Really what I want to ask is does anyone find that CBT and exposure is good and helpful for them or is there any methods that work better/more effectively?

Thank you all for your help in advance!

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  • I found that CBT led to symptom substitution, it may have helped me get driving again, but then I developed social phobia, I don't think it got to the bottom of why I had massive panic attacks when I was driving and nightmares afterwards. Honestly I don't think the brain can be reprogramed like that.

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  • I found that CBT led to symptom substitution, it may have helped me get driving again, but then I developed social phobia, I don't think it got to the bottom of why I had massive panic attacks when I was driving and nightmares afterwards. Honestly I don't think the brain can be reprogramed like that.

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