Guest guest Posted May 9, 2001 Report Share Posted May 9, 2001 In a message dated 5/7/01 1:58:01 AM Eastern Daylight Time, poggim@... writes: << Plus his water obsession makes it really difficult to take him to places with water fountains, pools, ponds, streams, you get the idea. Marisa >> LOL Marisa! This is Seth too. :-) In 5 days of traveling, he only cried once and that was when mean old Mommy wouldn't let him crawl into the fish tank to swim at the Natural Science Museum. LOL He had a full blown tantrum, complete with kicking, biting, arching, pinching etc...! LOL What is it with water? He goes for the sink first thing at every doctors office and always tries to climb on/sit in every drinking fountain we pass. LOL Ya gotta love it! LOL Gail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 9, 2001 Report Share Posted May 9, 2001 Gail, Oh yes, it took me years to get Brook to sit down and not spray the doctor's office with water. He was trying to get to that faucet all the time. The worst times were when my daughter was born and I had her and Brook in the exam room and Brook could get to the water before I could stop him because I was holding the baby etc. I've mentioned before how we have to keep both bathrooms locked plus the master bedroom upstairs because the door to the bath is just a pocket door that we can't lock. We have Velcro on the kitchen faucet and have put caps on all of the outside faucets too. Yesterday Brook found that he could get the water on outside and sure enough had a mudbath. And yes, Brook wants to turn on every drinking fountain, get in every decorative fountain or pond etc. He also dumps out all drinks left out and squeezes out sponges. He actually learned how to make himself pee years ago because then he could put his hand in front and catch the water. Anyway basically I just want to give you a big warning!!!! Try not to let this behavior escalate as it has with Brook, when he was younger we didn't realize it was becoming an obsession and thought he just liked to play with water. We let him water outside with the hose, spray water in the tub and the more water play he got whether is was supposedly appropriate like washing dishes (which he couldn't really do anyway) or not his obsession just became more intense. He does not satiate, the more he gets the more he wants! I did talk to a woman about 2 weeks ago who I found out about through the autism society who coincidentally knows my parents and sister and has a son with autism who is around 4 years old. She said her son also loves water! Anyway it can really be dangerous too, Brook threw himself into a swimming pool about 3 1/2 yrs ago even though we were standing right near by watching him. My DH had to jump in and pull him out. He did dog paddle. We also used to give him adaptive swim lessons and he used to wear his swim ring. Anyway keep it in mind when you are tempted to let him play with water. Let me know how it goes we have been dealing with this for years. Marisa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2001 Report Share Posted May 10, 2001 In a message dated 5/9/01 6:44:50 PM Eastern Daylight Time, poggim@... writes: << Anyway it can really be dangerous too, Brook threw himself into a swimming pool about 3 1/2 yrs ago even though we were standing right near by watching him. My DH had to jump in and pull him out. He did dog paddle. We also used to give him adaptive swim lessons and he used to wear his swim ring. Anyway keep it in mind when you are tempted to let him play with water. Let me know how it goes we have been dealing with this for years. Marisa >> Thanks for the warning Marisa. I think the obsession is already planted and we will just have to control when and where he is allowed to use water. I don't let him play in it at the docs or in fountains, but he sure tries awfully hard to get to the water. Going to be tough when he gets bigger and is able to turn the fountains and sinks on by himself. Ugh!!!!!! LOL Seth dumps all the drinks and catches his pee too! LOL Gail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 30, 2010 Report Share Posted July 30, 2010 We have been there - inositol worked wonders here with ocd behaviors. Also antivirals helped eliminate some ocd behaviors for our son for good. As far as the rage goes - does he have adrenal signs in his hair test? Adrenal Cortex Extract did away with rages and meltdowns at our house. Irene 5 year old, 93 rounds > > Hello, > > My six year old boy with Asperger's is on Round 22. He has these > intense, intermittent, disruptive obsessions with water (toilets > flushing, sinks running, hoses, sprinklers, the idea of flooding, etc.) > These obsessions are so intense that they lead to household floods, the > inability to participate in life for periods of time and rages if he is > interrupted before he is done with his rituals. Sometimes, rather than > flying into a rage if he is interrupted, he just goes " deaf " and doesn't > respond in any way to verbal requests. Any ideas on what this is and > what to do about it? > > Best regards, > e > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 30, 2010 Report Share Posted July 30, 2010 We started low and worked our way up: 3 grams per day was our maximum dose- 1 gram with each meal. We used a powder by Good 'n Natural - I think, bought it from luckyvitamin.com. There are several powder forms available- it is sweet tasting - so compliance was not an issue. It was immensely helpful and then one day he just didn't need it anymore- it was making him seem zoned out- so we halved the dose and kept reducing until we saw it was not necessary anymore. You have to experiment with the dose until you get it right. Irene 5 year old, 93 rounds > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > My six year old boy with Asperger's is on Round 22. He has these > > > intense, intermittent, disruptive obsessions with water (toilets > > > flushing, sinks running, hoses, sprinklers, the idea of flooding, etc.) > > > These obsessions are so intense that they lead to household floods, the > > > inability to participate in life for periods of time and rages if he is > > > interrupted before he is done with his rituals. Sometimes, rather than > > > flying into a rage if he is interrupted, he just goes " deaf " and doesn't > > > respond in any way to verbal requests. Any ideas on what this is and > > > what to do about it? > > > > > > Best regards, > > > e > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 31, 2010 Report Share Posted July 31, 2010 Before my son started coming out of his autistic behaviors, he used to flush the toilet (after using mostly) and he would swirl his head really fast in the direction of the water. Unfortunately we caught him one time sticking his head in the toilet!!! Since we removed casein, he does not exhibit those behaviors anymore. (I still watch, just in case, though. I was not sure if he stuck in in what. Urea would not be so bad, but all that bacteria in a toilet. I freaked.) > > Hello, > > My six year old boy with Asperger's is on Round 22. He has these > intense, intermittent, disruptive obsessions with water (toilets > flushing, sinks running, hoses, sprinklers, the idea of flooding, etc.) > These obsessions are so intense that they lead to household floods, the > inability to participate in life for periods of time and rages if he is > interrupted before he is done with his rituals. Sometimes, rather than > flying into a rage if he is interrupted, he just goes " deaf " and doesn't > respond in any way to verbal requests. Any ideas on what this is and > what to do about it? > > Best regards, > e > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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