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Advice on 25yr old with Autism and ADHD

NAS72712

Our son has been formally diagnosed with Autism, OCD & ADHD.   He is a bright boy and managed to complete a History degree, he started an MSC but dropped out.   He did not succeed in making many friends and has now returned home and has retreated to his room and we are getting quite worried about him.

He has come to the end of his education and does not seem to have any plan on how to move forward in life.  Try as we might to talk to him about it he does not want to engage with us.  He has become nocturnal (possibly to avoid us his parents) and sleeps all day.   He spends a lot of time on the internet and is a avid non fiction reader. 

In the past he has had third party support which he engaged with and valued.   

We are at a bit of a loss as to what do.   

If anyone else has been in this situation and could recommend strategies it would be very welcome.

Particularly any third parties that could help.

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  • Hi 

    I could have written this myself, this describes my son too. He's 25 next year, he was at university but it didn't work out for him, he's been back home since last July and sadly he's doing the same, sleeping during the day and spending time on games/internet into the early hours. He has just started medication for ADHD but that's in the early stages. He just won't go out, he's in the flat all day every day. I have no idea what to do to motivate him?

    Maybe we could discuss this further?

    He was diagnosed with autism, adhd and ocd. 

    Susannah

  • in reply to Susannah

    Thanks for replying Susannah .. I have sent a connection request so we can discuss off forum if that works.

    Cheers

    Richard

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  • in reply to Susannah

    Happy to discuss what we can here.   

    Basically he stumbled through a uni degree with a few set backs and issues.  he has returned after fluffing a masters and as I say has returned to his room.  He has in the last few weeks started to look at jobs so perhaps the boredom is getting to him

    As a say elsewhere in the thread our son has always engaged with 3rd parties - a mentor at uni, a counsellor during a levels etc.  I know its potentially $$$$ but this might be worth investigating.

    Another mum we have talked to is using an occupational therapist with her son who is giving him strategies on getting stuff done and coping with daily life.  This seems to have improved things.

    II hope some of this helps ...

  • in reply to NAS72712

    Hi, I can't seem to navigate the connection request? I would like to discuss further though...