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Can you please point me in the right direction

mumof4boys772

I know a few of you will know of past problems and i am trying to get myself sorted,stopped gambling and am trying hard to put on weight as i have lost loads of it and under 8 stone now.

All this is through stress im sure, i am turning into a nervous wreck, when is my child going to punch me again,or kick me or push me or gauge my skin.

Now after a meltdown he is saying he wants to kill himself or repeadedly calls himself the same name over and over and over.

We are on pins all the time,have to supervise him all the time and yet to talk to him beifly youd think he was normal.

Teacher has picked up on a few things in school and had said he struggls with communcation and that hes on the spectrum.

However i go speak to the peadatrcian and am not quite sure he takes us seriously.

We have a private ot comming into school after they saw him in meltdown mode in the playground and i told them i was tired, but hes as good as gold in school,this i dont get?

we have now been re reffered to cahms through our wonderful gp, now the peadatrician says autistic traits and sensory issues,however i feel really strongly that it is more,we have been in the system since he was 2 and hes nearly 8.

I am sick of fighting to try and get anywhere and feel like think sod it,but then its my sons that suffers if he does not get the help he needs.

So we have cahms in july, do i be completely honest with them? warts and all?

I had a lady come see me from the family fund,and she said he must be ok because he copes ok at school and we got refused, i think that has made me feel 100 times worst.

Thanks for reading guys and im sorry it always seems like im moaning, but its been a long hard battle that i feel like im losing.

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  • He definetly seems to have some sort of problem, although things like violent behaviour, extreme depression, communication difficulties etc may also be  result of other conditions, it is always to make sure the diagnosis you get is the right one(im not saying its not autism either, i am just pointing out the common traits with other conditions, due to which need to be very careful. for this reason many autistic people also get initially misdiagnosed with multiple other things). Can you tell us more about what hes like? IE you mentioned sensory issues, can you bring examples? and how is he with getting along with other people, the communication issues, are they with everybody? also does he have any strong interests etc?

    As for the chams and the lady coming to see you it is always important to be completely honest, holding back stuff will never do anyoe any good in this situation:)

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  • He definetly seems to have some sort of problem, although things like violent behaviour, extreme depression, communication difficulties etc may also be  result of other conditions, it is always to make sure the diagnosis you get is the right one(im not saying its not autism either, i am just pointing out the common traits with other conditions, due to which need to be very careful. for this reason many autistic people also get initially misdiagnosed with multiple other things). Can you tell us more about what hes like? IE you mentioned sensory issues, can you bring examples? and how is he with getting along with other people, the communication issues, are they with everybody? also does he have any strong interests etc?

    As for the chams and the lady coming to see you it is always important to be completely honest, holding back stuff will never do anyoe any good in this situation:)

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