Advice on 25yr old with Autism and ADHD

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

  • Hi Susannah I don't know if this is any use but I'm a 25 yr old autistic guy and I gave up video games entirely a year ago and started watching TV learning stuff meeting people and walking. I just grew out of all that stuff. I have autism and anxiety I used to drink but I now take herbs 

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