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Catatonia in Autism

swoo11

Hi - Im desperate!!!

I cannot find any info or support groups that can help me. My son is 17 and steadily increasing his Catatonic behaviours. He is on an medication that I dont think is helping but the alternatives are frightening. ECT or benzo???? meds - I believe these are very addictive and the ECT is something I really dont want!! Has anyone any experience they can share?? It may get to the point where he has to live away as we are struggling.

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  • Your help is so valuable to me - as my son is also non-verbal but cant make his thoughts and feelings known to me - hearing yours is like Im listening to my boy. Thank you so much for this!! I am seeing the pyschiatrist tomorrow and am going to mention what you  have said. I am going to look at the vests and blanket. He has been diagnosed with depression before and we tried a anti-depressant but it had no effect. He is very stressed at the moment due to summer school holidays - hes at a care centre but no evening clubs - he has also started visiting a carers house for overnights and we are stressed due to my father-in-law having a serious operation for cancer. This all is having a massive impact on him but unfortunately there is nothing I can do about any of it. Heres hoping with some help - we will get through this period and he will improve. We are then in another bad period leading up to Xmas and New year as every year he finds it hard - oh well-  may get a few decent weeks in between for him.

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  • Your help is so valuable to me - as my son is also non-verbal but cant make his thoughts and feelings known to me - hearing yours is like Im listening to my boy. Thank you so much for this!! I am seeing the pyschiatrist tomorrow and am going to mention what you  have said. I am going to look at the vests and blanket. He has been diagnosed with depression before and we tried a anti-depressant but it had no effect. He is very stressed at the moment due to summer school holidays - hes at a care centre but no evening clubs - he has also started visiting a carers house for overnights and we are stressed due to my father-in-law having a serious operation for cancer. This all is having a massive impact on him but unfortunately there is nothing I can do about any of it. Heres hoping with some help - we will get through this period and he will improve. We are then in another bad period leading up to Xmas and New year as every year he finds it hard - oh well-  may get a few decent weeks in between for him.

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