My stepson who is 15 now was diagnosed with Asperger about 4years ago. His depression has been off the radar these last couple years. He has been to different therapist (because of moving) been on a couple different medications and has been admitted into a mental hospital twice. What happens is we will do therapy and they'll put him on medication. therapy will go well and then the therapist will release him even if we don't think that's best. He won't use any of the skills the therapist recommend doing for stress or communicating. We don't know when he gets low because he's great at hiding his feelings. He lives a very black and white life. If he's not the best he is a failure. If we aren't giving him 100% of our attention he will act out, pace the room or even go to the extreme and talk about hurting himself. We also have two other teenagers that feel neglected because he needs so much attention and does whatever it takes to get it. Well lately all he's been doing is putting himself down Constantly. I'm afraid that he's going to try to hurt himself again and we're right back to admitting him. Right now he is seeing a new doctor because of insurance and he did an evaluation and said he only needed to see him once a month for meds only.
As as a parent we do self check ins with him, if we think he's upset we'll talk to him and go over relaxation techniques but he constantly says all he has is negative thoughts. We are lost and need some help. How can I find resources in my area to help him and us as parents? I feel like we're in a cycle that is never going to end.
