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After diagnosis, confused by my reaction.

proud mummy

My 13 year old son has just had his diagnosis of ASD. I have been trying to get someone to recognise this for years without success. Now we have it, I have hit rock bottom, I have been told this is a normal reaction , but why as i have known all along, just needed someone to see what I see.

I cant face work,where I am a teaching assistant-where I work with children with difficuties every day. I am sleeping all time, wandering about aimlessly. I do have up moments but its not long before I feel down again.

Has anyone else felt like this? 

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  • Thank you for your replies, they have been really useful.

    I dont know whether to force myself to go to work, keep busy and 'give it a go', or stay at home and stew over my thoughts.

    I am normally in total control of everything, making this an extemely foriegn feeling.

    My husband is in total denial saying they have just taken what I have said, which is true to a certain extent as we havent had any assessments as such, just loads of questionnaires and one meeting with the physchologist doctor. Hubbie says our boy is just extremely shy that he will be, and is, ok.

    Your comment, mum of 3, is spot on where I believed that he would 'grow out of it' . As we have not had loads of rounds of assessments I am doubting the diagnosis, myself and my family as all of us have different theories.

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  • Thank you for your replies, they have been really useful.

    I dont know whether to force myself to go to work, keep busy and 'give it a go', or stay at home and stew over my thoughts.

    I am normally in total control of everything, making this an extemely foriegn feeling.

    My husband is in total denial saying they have just taken what I have said, which is true to a certain extent as we havent had any assessments as such, just loads of questionnaires and one meeting with the physchologist doctor. Hubbie says our boy is just extremely shy that he will be, and is, ok.

    Your comment, mum of 3, is spot on where I believed that he would 'grow out of it' . As we have not had loads of rounds of assessments I am doubting the diagnosis, myself and my family as all of us have different theories.

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