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help needed to help my 24yr old son.

Linda2090

hi,

i am new to this so please any advice is welcomed. my 24yr old son was diagnosed with Autism a few years ago, he has had no help from our GP and has very low days when he thinks everyone hates him and doesn't understand why he is on this planet, last night he had a breakdown which he has had before, he won't go to the doctors as he says they won't help which to be fair they never have up to now. he also won't consider taking medication to try to help as he was given antidepressants years ago before his diagnosis he stopped taking them as they didn't help back then.. I really don't know how to help him or who to turn to and am on the verge f a breakdown myself due to not being able to help him.

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  • Please don't take this as the end all and be all (I don't know fully how to deal with such a situation), but I've found that a lot of the time, if I just break it down logically (if he has friends, for example, then cleaarly, not everyone hates him, or the fact that he has a caring parent logically means that he isn't hated by everyone) has always helped. 

    I do want to preface by saying that the last time I had something that intense, I was a teenager, and I had the tremendous luck of having really good friends, and even then, it took years. But make sure he has social support network, or just taalk to him more - maybe he has an obsession or something like that - it doesn't matter if you're not actually interested, we just like talking about those obsessions.

    Best of luck, since it sounds pretty bad, to be entirely honest - hope this helps.

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  • Please don't take this as the end all and be all (I don't know fully how to deal with such a situation), but I've found that a lot of the time, if I just break it down logically (if he has friends, for example, then cleaarly, not everyone hates him, or the fact that he has a caring parent logically means that he isn't hated by everyone) has always helped. 

    I do want to preface by saying that the last time I had something that intense, I was a teenager, and I had the tremendous luck of having really good friends, and even then, it took years. But make sure he has social support network, or just taalk to him more - maybe he has an obsession or something like that - it doesn't matter if you're not actually interested, we just like talking about those obsessions.

    Best of luck, since it sounds pretty bad, to be entirely honest - hope this helps.

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