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Janet12802

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I have a (nearly) 15 year old son with Aspergers.  He was only diagnosed recently at the same time as he was treated for depression. He began missing more and more school in Year 7 and Year 8 as he became more and more stressed and struggled with OCD and became house bound for a time.

He tried on line learning, but was not motivated.  He was determined to get back into school this year. (He is now in Year 10).  He managed a few weeks, but is falling back into the old pattern of managing a few days and then crashing out. He has gaps in his timetable where he can go and get away in a quieter area, but he is still finding it hard. I am worried that he will make himself ill again and don't know what to do for the best.

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  • Hi,

    I know what its like dealing with depression followed by a diagnosis. I became depressed after my parents divorced, and things just got worse courtesy of my father and step-mother to the point where I developed crippling OCD traits. Only in contrast to your son, school was the only place I had left to 'escape', so my OCD grew around that (carried -all- subject books and equipment with me each day, everyday, finished all homework the day it was set, even if it resulted in me staying up until 4am on a wednesday).

    CAHMs finally saw me after I realised I was suicidal and it came to light my OCD traits stemmed from Aspergers Syndrome, I got the diagnosis a few months before I turned 18 (almost a year ago).

    What sort of issues does your son have that 'sets him off'? Noise? People? Light? Usually by targeting what stresses him helps relieve some tension. I used to be exhausted all the time at high school and grew addicted to diet coke simply because I needed the caffinee to get through the day, mostly because of the stress from being surrounded by people all the time with no place to go.

    My high school used to let some kids sit in through part of the lesson (where they explain the things the kids needed to learn) then if its bookwork let them go and sit in the library so they could work in peace, would this benefit your son?

    Hope things get better.

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  • Hi,

    I know what its like dealing with depression followed by a diagnosis. I became depressed after my parents divorced, and things just got worse courtesy of my father and step-mother to the point where I developed crippling OCD traits. Only in contrast to your son, school was the only place I had left to 'escape', so my OCD grew around that (carried -all- subject books and equipment with me each day, everyday, finished all homework the day it was set, even if it resulted in me staying up until 4am on a wednesday).

    CAHMs finally saw me after I realised I was suicidal and it came to light my OCD traits stemmed from Aspergers Syndrome, I got the diagnosis a few months before I turned 18 (almost a year ago).

    What sort of issues does your son have that 'sets him off'? Noise? People? Light? Usually by targeting what stresses him helps relieve some tension. I used to be exhausted all the time at high school and grew addicted to diet coke simply because I needed the caffinee to get through the day, mostly because of the stress from being surrounded by people all the time with no place to go.

    My high school used to let some kids sit in through part of the lesson (where they explain the things the kids needed to learn) then if its bookwork let them go and sit in the library so they could work in peace, would this benefit your son?

    Hope things get better.

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