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Stimming/absence seizures?

Shogan

My 8 yr old step daughter has Aspergers,on a regular basis she walks up and down the room with one fist clenched and in a state of trance unaware of her surroundings. When asked why she does this she said it helps her de stress. I've searched the internet and have come across Stimming/absence seizures, the paediatrician has never heard of this and is basically not interested. Other people have said its a coping mechanism although I'm not convinced. Has anyone else experienced this or anything similar? I'm very worried as it's getting worse and nobody seems interested 

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  • My son is 6 years old, he was diagnosed with ASD almost 2 years ago. I noticed that lately the frequency and intensity  of his stimming has increased. I understand that stimming is a coping mecanism to deal with anxiety, over stimulation and other challenges that people with autism have to face but it concerns me that he is spending all this time stimming because when he does it, he seems to desconect from what is going on around him.  I have been trying to figure it out what is the reason for this increasing in stimming since it  is kind of drastic. It does not seem to be seizures episodes during his stimming but I wonder if at some point it is happening and we are not able to identify them.

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  • My son is 6 years old, he was diagnosed with ASD almost 2 years ago. I noticed that lately the frequency and intensity  of his stimming has increased. I understand that stimming is a coping mecanism to deal with anxiety, over stimulation and other challenges that people with autism have to face but it concerns me that he is spending all this time stimming because when he does it, he seems to desconect from what is going on around him.  I have been trying to figure it out what is the reason for this increasing in stimming since it  is kind of drastic. It does not seem to be seizures episodes during his stimming but I wonder if at some point it is happening and we are not able to identify them.

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