Published on 12, July, 2020
Hello my autistic 16 year old son has recently been diagnosed with GAD and PTSD. It’s been a difficult journey to get support - he’s been too anxious to engage with therapy and been off school for some time and missed the whole of year 11. The hope is that the meds might help him enough to start to engage in life again and eventually access the therapy he needs. However, having read about the side effects he is just terrified of how he might feel if he takes the meds. He has lots of sensory issues around feeling nauseous had some general issues with his body and feeling uncomfortable. Although rationally he can understand that he might feel better he’d rather just stick with how he is than risk being the person who gets all the side effects. He is happy to take other medication such as painkillers and antibiotics but feels very different about this. I’ve told him he doesn’t have to take them and to think about it/wait until he’s ready. But I can’t help feeling frustrated.
Has anyone else experienced this or got any advice on how he might be encouraged to try the meds?
Thank you
yeah... i dont take antidepressives or anything due to that too... if i was offered anti-psycotics id also refuse them due to their side effects...your son is very smart, trust him, he has seen quite clearly what you have not.alot of these pills turn you into a monstrosity, they make you gain lots of weight then you will be a person who you hate just for that... imagine being fit atheltic decent shape... like a propper human.... like a main character in a film or game... then you take some god forsaken pill and it turns you into a whale without you the ability to prevent it or turn it back. permanent damage that destroys who you are and your own sense of worth... theres no reason to take pills that do that, the symptoms and personality people call a disorder is more worth embracing, than it is turning into the blob...