On Friday, my daughter, 17, came home and had a meltdown over her shorts she couldn't find, I found them later under her duvet. Obviously more than the shorts triggered this, the shorts was the last thing she could tolerate.
Her meltdowns scare me and the family so much. They don't happen often but when they do its just so scary. They last no more than 10 minutes in the house because she will usually leave.
On Friday, she was screaming, shouting, swearing, punching her wardrobe. But it is just complete rage, you can't reason or help her and I always keep everyone away from her, usually into the garden, including myself. They are that bad the dog shakes. She left and drove herself to see her friend for a few hours.
Saturday, she woke up, had a shower and went to her dad's house and has come home today, Sunday. She is going to her Grandma's for the night apparently and will go to school tomorrow. She does not want to be around us and is not talking to us, me and my husband.
Her meltdowns scare us and she says it scares her to because she has no clue what she is going to do. She feels really guilty afterwards. We have struggled for nearly 8 years now but everytime we seek professional help, we get turned away because they all say "she is anxious because she is autistic" and that's that. GP, Camhs, police, no one helps us. We've requested medication but that's a no too.
No clue what to do now. She is 18 in a week and things will be different if she gets in trouble.
