Puberty and Regression

[Guest guest]

Hello.

I am new here. I belong to another yahoo group called PREACCH

(Parents Raising nd Educating Autistic Children in Christian Homes.)

Someone on that group suggested I join this group to have some of my

questions answered.

I have heard from others that many kids on the spectrum who are going

through puberty tend to regress. My daughter (age 10) is going

through puberty now. In the past few months, she has regressed quite

a bit in many different ways. For one thing, she is not staying dry

anymore and I have had to revert back to using the musical sensor to

help her remember to go to the bathroom. Her obsessions have also

gotten worse, and she cries at anything and everything. Even in her

schoolwork, I feel as if she has some sort of brain block or

something.

I'm totally at a loss of what to do. Is this something I just have to

wait out? Or, is there something I can do to help her?

How long will this last? I am normally a very patient person. But, I

am losing my patience with her more and more. I hate that. I guess

I'm just having a hard time trying to figure out if her behaviors are

something she can't really control, or if she is just being stubborn.

Does anyone have any idea as to why puberty makes things worse for

these kids?

Thanks,

Vicky in IL