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Anxiety

NAS88137

Hi 

I have 17 year old Daughter who is Autistic. She has felt extremely anxious the past 6 months due to some trauma , she was violently attacked . 
she sees a psychologist about this but she is struggling with severe anxiety. We are considering antidepressants to help her. Before the attack she could cope with feeling anxious occasionally , but it’s unbearable at the moment . It’s difficult to find any information about this. Any advice would be appreciated.

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  • Hi there, 

    I am so sorry to hear about what happened to your daughter, that must be really hard for you all to cope with. 

    It is really good that you have already sought help from a professional, as that would be my first recommendation. Make sure that the therapist is 'trauma informed' or has experience with people handling trauma as if they are not, this might not be the best fit. 

    It might be worth raising with her therapist the possibility of her having PTSD following this violent attack, as this might be what is now limiting her life in the aftermath. 

    I have something called Complex PTSD (sounds similar but is different in some ways) and I have found that anti depressants and anti anxiety meds really help me manage my day to day symptoms, so I think this is definitely worth looking at together with your daughters doctor. 

    If your daughter was to be diagnosed wit PTSD then something called EMDR could be very helpful. This treatment is especially beneficial for someone like her who has experienced 1 incident of trauma like she has. 

    Let us know how she gets on!

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  • Hi there, 

    I am so sorry to hear about what happened to your daughter, that must be really hard for you all to cope with. 

    It is really good that you have already sought help from a professional, as that would be my first recommendation. Make sure that the therapist is 'trauma informed' or has experience with people handling trauma as if they are not, this might not be the best fit. 

    It might be worth raising with her therapist the possibility of her having PTSD following this violent attack, as this might be what is now limiting her life in the aftermath. 

    I have something called Complex PTSD (sounds similar but is different in some ways) and I have found that anti depressants and anti anxiety meds really help me manage my day to day symptoms, so I think this is definitely worth looking at together with your daughters doctor. 

    If your daughter was to be diagnosed wit PTSD then something called EMDR could be very helpful. This treatment is especially beneficial for someone like her who has experienced 1 incident of trauma like she has. 

    Let us know how she gets on!

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