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My Son is so angry sometimes

matty19

My son is 21 with ADHD and Aspergers. He wants to be a normal young man but struggles sometimes with friends etc.. He has a very violent temper, ( he has had from when he was a child-but then we could hold him to protect him against hurting himself and property). Now he's over 6ft and its like a switch being flipped, one minute he's fine, the next he's physically attacking my husband and his younger brother-he's never touched me I might add. He's so sad afterwards and its like he can't help it, but i'm not sure. Its worse when he's had a drink, and he knows this but he doesn't seem to know when to stop anything, drinking, talking, argueing,eating...so its hard work. Is there counselling out there that could help? I'm not sure if "normal" anger management classes would take into account his Aspergers.

He wants to get help, he needs help before he seriousily hurts someone.

any suggestions

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  • I may not have written it clearily. He was diagnosed with ADHD when he was 7 years old, before that I made sure he he was on diet free from all colours and additives. He was put on ritalin then and the change was fantastic for him. He was assessd every few months and it was during one of these sessions when he was about 13 that I thought it was more than ADHD and the doctor agreed from his symtoms it was likely to be Aspergers.

    However, once he got to 16 the assessments stopped and I've struggled to get any help after that, the local Autistic society only deals with children, not young adults, which I think is when they need the most help.

    We will go to the GP as soon as we can and get the ball rolling

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  • I may not have written it clearily. He was diagnosed with ADHD when he was 7 years old, before that I made sure he he was on diet free from all colours and additives. He was put on ritalin then and the change was fantastic for him. He was assessd every few months and it was during one of these sessions when he was about 13 that I thought it was more than ADHD and the doctor agreed from his symtoms it was likely to be Aspergers.

    However, once he got to 16 the assessments stopped and I've struggled to get any help after that, the local Autistic society only deals with children, not young adults, which I think is when they need the most help.

    We will go to the GP as soon as we can and get the ball rolling

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