Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi was wondering if anyone has experience with having issues the week before becoming sick
My 6yo probably autistic kid tends to have a horrendously off week out of nowhere where he gets extremely emotional suddenly and any small thing sets him off into a huge tantrum/meltdown, and then he lashes out at school too. Almost always this out of nowhere behaviour ends in a fever, chest infection, ear infection etc, and then a completely different boy at the end of it.
Wondered if anyone else noticed this in themselves or their kids and have any advice on managing it?
The problems here start with the off week - his anxiety levels will be high causing cortizol to be released in large quantities, and after a week of this followed by the big meltdown, his body will be vulnerable to other conditions.
There is a good article explaining the relationship here:
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/cortisol-and-stress#effects-of-stress