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Young adult aspie

Mrsnoggin

Hi all, I'm the mother of a just adult aspie who is going through phases of acute depression and withdrawal, including self harm and increased anxiety. We've had this before but post diagnosis it seems to have become less manageable. Has anyone else had this sort of regression with an aspie? She has managed to bamboozle the psychiatric team and has got herself discharged, showing all the wonderful chameleon traits of a female aspie, and with her dad's own problems ( long story, brain injury post rat and a long recovery) life's become a little bit frantic between them....any ideas folks? Coping mechanisms from other aspie.asd parents would be appreciated! 

Thanks all 

  • For me things get bad when something is not right. I get depressed and anxious because of certain situations or circumstance.

    Any ideas what might be causing the current difficulties? Her environment, people or other aspects of her life. Find that out and address them.

    When I recieved my diagnosis I could finally make some sense of my own anxiety and depression. To some degree I could stop beating myself up and trying to live up to my own unrealistic expectations.

    Other peoples expectations of me (or what I think they are) is something that is still a problem.

  • As an Aspie, she has likely felt that talking therapies didn't do anything for her so has done what she could to get away from it.

    She is probably depressed because she feels that nothing can help her, because the psychiatric intervention didn't.

    Are there any Aspie socialising groups in your area?

    I can tell you that people on the spectrum do regress and females have it particularly hard because we are often misdiagnosed or failed to be diagnosed for years and she may be having a reaction to that.  Knowing her diagnosis may be taking some time to come to terms with, she may be feeling she can never recover because she has Asperger's for life.

    If she hasn't had CBT before you could find an ASC experienced therapist who could undertake that with her.  Some Aspies find it beneficial.  There is also ABA therapy, usually used in children but it's worth a try.