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Anxiety

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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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  • Here are a few books that may help her understand and cope with the anxiety that often is a part of autism / aspergers syndrome:

    Asperger Syndrome and Anxiety - A Guide to Successful Stress Management - Nick Dubin (2009)
    ISBN 9781843108955

    An Aspie's Guide to Overcoming Anxiety - Attwood, Tony, Evans, Craig R., Lesko, Anita (2015)
    eISBN 9781784501198

    If the therapist is not well versed in working with autistic people then I would recommend changing to one who is. We suffer a lot af trauma of different degrees and the ways to treating it are different to those of neurotypical people, so the therapist needs to know what will work and what won't.

    Antidepressants may be a good short term treatment but therapy is the most effective way to get the trauma processed and understood / accepted in a way that allows her a more normal life (for an autist that is).

    The therapist is going to be key to this and I think they may need to work with either a GP or psychiatrist before they can have antidepressants prescribed (in the UK this is the case I believe).

  • in reply to Iain

    Thanks for the recommendations. Her therapist is a specialist in autism which is good and before my daughter was attacked she had helped her with her diagnosis. We shall be continuing with her therapy and like you said hope antidepressants are a short term solution.

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