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Aspergers son who was suicidal

Pauli

Hi

Does anyone have experience or advice about how to recover after their child has suffered depression and suicidal tendancies?

My teenage son who has aspergers has had severe depression on and off for four years now .He has been treated by psychiatrists and is still on medication. Although he is much improved with fewer relapses as his mum I'm finding it hard to come to terms with and in coping it all after all this time. Any advice would be really welcome. Thanks 

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  • Hello

    My son is 8 and has not yet been diagnosed, although he has had many neourodisability assessments, speech and language therapy etc from the age of 2.5 due to problems with social skills, fine motor skills and comprehension etc. 

    From the age of 4 he has been very negative about himself..'I don't like the colour of my skin' 'I wish I could be someone else' 'I'm never going to be happy' 'why do bad things always happen to me?' 'Why is life so hard' He received therapy in school last year due to anxiety. This school year his negative self image escalated to lots of darker thoughts about killing himself. 'when I am older I am going to kill myself, I'm going to shoot myself in the head, I will be going to hell' 'I killed myself during beavers and now I am a bad person, the old me has gone' etc

    I spoke to his therapist at the school from the previous year for advice on how to deal with this. She helped a little, but said she had no space for him to rejoin the group at school. 

    I then heard about CAMHS and managed to get a referral from the doctor. The guy we spoke to said it seems likely that he has ASD and this will be linked to his low self esteem. My son has now been offered therapy, which we are currently waiting to start.

    Im guessing that you may already be involved with CAMHS, as you have said your son has seen psychiatrists. If not, they may be  worth looking into. They may be able to offer you some advice / therapy along with your child.

    It is very upsetting and hard to know how to react when your child has such a low image of themselves. I want him to be able to tell me how he is feeling, but I also don't want to encourage his behaviour/ thoughts. It is very hard to know where to turn for advice.

    I wish you and your son all the best.

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  • Hello

    My son is 8 and has not yet been diagnosed, although he has had many neourodisability assessments, speech and language therapy etc from the age of 2.5 due to problems with social skills, fine motor skills and comprehension etc. 

    From the age of 4 he has been very negative about himself..'I don't like the colour of my skin' 'I wish I could be someone else' 'I'm never going to be happy' 'why do bad things always happen to me?' 'Why is life so hard' He received therapy in school last year due to anxiety. This school year his negative self image escalated to lots of darker thoughts about killing himself. 'when I am older I am going to kill myself, I'm going to shoot myself in the head, I will be going to hell' 'I killed myself during beavers and now I am a bad person, the old me has gone' etc

    I spoke to his therapist at the school from the previous year for advice on how to deal with this. She helped a little, but said she had no space for him to rejoin the group at school. 

    I then heard about CAMHS and managed to get a referral from the doctor. The guy we spoke to said it seems likely that he has ASD and this will be linked to his low self esteem. My son has now been offered therapy, which we are currently waiting to start.

    Im guessing that you may already be involved with CAMHS, as you have said your son has seen psychiatrists. If not, they may be  worth looking into. They may be able to offer you some advice / therapy along with your child.

    It is very upsetting and hard to know how to react when your child has such a low image of themselves. I want him to be able to tell me how he is feeling, but I also don't want to encourage his behaviour/ thoughts. It is very hard to know where to turn for advice.

    I wish you and your son all the best.

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