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Teen Daughter with Aspergers

Jojo19

Hi I'm new to this site so am not entirely sure how it works.  My daughter is 15 and was diagnosed with Aspergers last year.  She manages fairly well on a day to day basis and is in mainstream school.  She is very intelligent but suffers from severe anxiety.  She releases this anxiety in the form of meltdowns. She only ever has these meltdowns in the home.  As she's got older they have got more intense and extreme with screaming, shouting, anger, throwing things, hitting things, etc.  It is very hard to describe without it sounding like just a teen tantrum but believe me it is totally different.  It can last for hours until the anger is out and then she will sob and can actually talk about how she feels.  We are trying different techniques and it is definitely a work in progress.  I would love to hear from other parents who are going through the same experience.

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  • My daughter is 16 and was only diagnosed with Asperger a few months ago.

    Before that she was diagnosed with severe anxiety and depression (which she still suffers from now).

    She has not been to school since January 2015. She has had the anger outbursts also, at one time so severe that we had to call the ambulance as she was smashing everything up and could not be stopped. She has also been diagnosed with emotional dysregularity as she finds it difficult to handle her emotions and can change from ok to completely low mood withinh minutes.

    What techniques are you trying?

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  • My daughter is 16 and was only diagnosed with Asperger a few months ago.

    Before that she was diagnosed with severe anxiety and depression (which she still suffers from now).

    She has not been to school since January 2015. She has had the anger outbursts also, at one time so severe that we had to call the ambulance as she was smashing everything up and could not be stopped. She has also been diagnosed with emotional dysregularity as she finds it difficult to handle her emotions and can change from ok to completely low mood withinh minutes.

    What techniques are you trying?

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