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Is extreme tiredness normal?

misskittykat

I took my 13 yr old daughter out yesterday to meet friends that we haven't seen in ages.  It was a long day for her (train journey there and back) but we spent 5 hours with our friends, several having lunch, another 45 minutes stop for tea/cake as we were all aware that she couldn't cope with walking about for hours on end.

She really struggled to get through the last 2 hours.  I've never been one for staying in all the time so she is used to doing this sort of thing but she used to have so much more energy and get up and go.  It made me think over the last year and I can see that the extreme tiredness has been creaping up on us. 

It could be normal teenage hormones or her medication (she's been on Sertraline for 2 months) or is it because her sensory processing disoder is more extreme now?  Just wondered if others suffer or their children suffer and was there a time when things were better and if they are likely to get better?  I'm worried that she will become a recluse and lost contact with the outside world completely.  I'm still pretty new to this (diagnosis in Feb) and although I've been aware of her differences for a long time, am only just begining to 'get it'.

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  • Hi misskittykat,

    I am sorry you are having problems with your daughter's schooling.  I totally understand, I pulled my son from school at the end of yr 6 and we got lucky that the loal high school has a unit for him.  It is ideal really, as they are so understanding.  At the moment he can only manage 4 mornings a week, but hopefully when the sertraline kicks in, he will feel able to cope with more, when he is less anxious and suicidal.

    As far as Tony Attwood goes I like the book, Been there, Done That try this is good.  I also have a book by a different author called Parenting a child with Aspergers, 200 tips and strategies, by Brenda Boyd.  This is brilliant and you can just dip in and out

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  • Hi misskittykat,

    I am sorry you are having problems with your daughter's schooling.  I totally understand, I pulled my son from school at the end of yr 6 and we got lucky that the loal high school has a unit for him.  It is ideal really, as they are so understanding.  At the moment he can only manage 4 mornings a week, but hopefully when the sertraline kicks in, he will feel able to cope with more, when he is less anxious and suicidal.

    As far as Tony Attwood goes I like the book, Been there, Done That try this is good.  I also have a book by a different author called Parenting a child with Aspergers, 200 tips and strategies, by Brenda Boyd.  This is brilliant and you can just dip in and out

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