Re: Newbie with HFA aspie young adult son Help

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Call your local crisis center. Look for a Family Therapy Service in your area and tell them you need some in-home therapy.. immediatly. If your son is working with a case worker.. call that person. If you have a Human Services Dept. for your county..... call them. It is unfortunate that most services are trained to respond after-the-fact... when so much pain and suffering could be avoided by handling things before they reach a crisis state. Good Luck !

From: intublu <intublu@...>Subject: ( ) Newbie with HFA aspie young adult son Help Date: Monday, December 21, 2009, 3:13 PM

Hi everyone,I will try to keep this short...so here it goes...My son is 22 and was dx'd with Asperger's his freshmen year at Cornell. He was hospitalized because of his social cues, etc. He decided to go back last year and did ok. This year he had an appendectomy which was initially misdx'd and after his op. he snapped and was committed against his will after we talked with the school. He spent a week in the mental ward and was released in less than a week. We visited him everyday and eve. He is home now and Wow. He is very angry, verbally abusive and paranoid. We are doing the eggshell shuffle. He use to be so quiet and now....he's just a very frustrated, angry young man. I am concerned about his well being and the rest of my family. He is walking a thin line and my husband and I just don't know what to do. He stopped taking his meds. (Lithium and Risperdal) ( He is taking Omega-3) which is all he will comply with at

least I think he is taking it. Anyway, we are in Crisis mode thus if anyone has any suggestions as to what we can do besides calling the police. I would be so very grateful as we are very concerned and don't know where to turn. I tried to talk to his doc today but I just had my son sign a release form and they have not received it and since he's 22 they won't talk to me about him.BTW: He does have an appt. with a therapist at the AS center after Christmas but I don't know if he will make it until then as any little thing sets him off. Please, if you have any suggestions..Please Thank you for your time and understanding in advance.Sincerely,Shell------------------------------------