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20 yr old V academic daughter sectioned and it's looking hopeless

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As a child my daughter was diagnosed with AS but after changing school at 6 she seemed to 'get better' . Achieved highly at secondary school, but couldn't cope with transition to college at 16. V driven and successful  and achieved her dream university place. Fast decline into anorexia, stealing, delusions over Christmas period and consequently sectioned. Her behaviour now controlled with antipsychotic drugs and sedatives. We have 4other children to care for and no support. Confused and anxious for her future. She is still in hospital under section . No definite diagnosis nor prognosis yet. Can anyone advise?

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  • Thank you for your thoughts and sorry I haven't replied sooner. It sounds like you've been through a lot. While my daughter shares some of the issues you describe, she doesn't display the self-perception you seem to possess. She has always denied having Aspergers and even when her weight dropped to 5'5'' sh insisted she was managing her diet. For the last 5 years she has been very dissatisfied with aspects of her life and had a volatile temper. Behind her drive and ambition has been a perfectionism which has led her to be inflexible, single-minded and careless of other people's feelings. My husband;her siblings and I have been on the receiving end of her anger frequently as have others outside the family. Her grandparents have consistently taken her side, thus undermining my and my husband's authority and reinforcing her sense of being right.

    Without a diagnosis it is impossible to plan for the future. Her consultant still hasn't been able to produce one.

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  • Thank you for your thoughts and sorry I haven't replied sooner. It sounds like you've been through a lot. While my daughter shares some of the issues you describe, she doesn't display the self-perception you seem to possess. She has always denied having Aspergers and even when her weight dropped to 5'5'' sh insisted she was managing her diet. For the last 5 years she has been very dissatisfied with aspects of her life and had a volatile temper. Behind her drive and ambition has been a perfectionism which has led her to be inflexible, single-minded and careless of other people's feelings. My husband;her siblings and I have been on the receiving end of her anger frequently as have others outside the family. Her grandparents have consistently taken her side, thus undermining my and my husband's authority and reinforcing her sense of being right.

    Without a diagnosis it is impossible to plan for the future. Her consultant still hasn't been able to produce one.

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