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I am worried about my son's MH

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I am worried about my son's mental wellbeing. He is 18 and therefore classed as an adult. He says he's fine and will not seek help. I've seen the GP and he says there's nothing he can do without my son going to see him first. My son sleeps all day, rarely eats and never leaves the house. He was diagnosed ASD in May but refusing to engage with the diagnosis. All the doors I've tried just say he has to be in a place where he can accept help and he's clearly not there yet. So I just sit back and do nothing???

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  • Your son probably is fine. Just because his behaviour is unusual for you it doesn’t mean that he has mental health problems unless you have other reasons to worry which you haven’t posted. He may be refusing to engage with the diagnosis but realistically speaking there isn’t a great deal of help and support available apart from this community anyway. I would also be more concerned if he was older - his behaviour seems like normal teenage behaviour at least for an autistic teenager.

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  • Your son probably is fine. Just because his behaviour is unusual for you it doesn’t mean that he has mental health problems unless you have other reasons to worry which you haven’t posted. He may be refusing to engage with the diagnosis but realistically speaking there isn’t a great deal of help and support available apart from this community anyway. I would also be more concerned if he was older - his behaviour seems like normal teenage behaviour at least for an autistic teenager.

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