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 Forum: Parents' Discussion   Topic: Struggling as parent of adult with Asperger's and OCD

lannistua
Posted: 05 Jan 2014, 10:03 pm 

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Nope, not at all.

Thank you so much for clarifying this for me.

I had an uncle with severe germphibia who would shower multiple times a day until his skin bled. It was a terrible situation for him.

 Forum: Parents' Discussion   Topic: Struggling as parent of adult with Asperger's and OCD

lannistua
Posted: 05 Jan 2014, 3:58 pm 

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The doctor also said ADHD, but Executive Dysfunction looks way more accurate. They put him on Concerta a couple of years ago which honestly seemed to be when he started having most significant problems. If it was ED, that would not help him! Kid always did fine with deadlines, and had a lot of them,...

 Forum: Parents' Discussion   Topic: Struggling as parent of adult with Asperger's and OCD

lannistua
Posted: 05 Jan 2014, 3:48 pm 

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Interesting. I am going to have to research that.

The doctor is the one that first said OCD was a component. Is there a lot of overlap with these types of symptoms?

 Forum: Parents' Discussion   Topic: Struggling as parent of adult with Asperger's and OCD

lannistua
Posted: 05 Jan 2014, 3:19 pm 

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The OCD manifests not as a cleanliness issue, but in obsessive thoughts, mostly. His compulsivity in starting a new thing and obsessing about it- ie, got an indoor greenhouse with specialized indoor lights. Trying to grow veggies out of season, and the progress wasn't as good as he hoped. Instead of...

 Forum: Parents' Discussion   Topic: Struggling as parent of adult with Asperger's and OCD

lannistua
Posted: 04 Jan 2014, 8:08 pm 

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I do think he got a bad deal with his superiors in ROTC. I think he was starting to manifest awkward social behavior at the end of his training and didn't realize how close to the edge it was. They could have helped us, but didn't. It is a huge setback and impacts his view on the world. So how do we...

 Forum: Parents' Discussion   Topic: Struggling as parent of adult with Asperger's and OCD

lannistua
Posted: 04 Jan 2014, 7:48 pm 

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Aardvark, This is why I am here. I am new to this. For two years, we have been patient, trying to help him get on his feet. We hired a very expensive lawyer to negotiate the debt, and lost. the federal government has deeper pickets than we do. It is a six figure payback. This rule violation happened...

 Forum: Parents' Discussion   Topic: Struggling as parent of adult with Asperger's and OCD

lannistua
Posted: 04 Jan 2014, 3:38 pm 

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Arielhawsquill - We live near a busy airport and are pondering a move to someplace with less external sensory output. I will look into noise canceling headphones. Cberg- I am wondering what kind of relaxing teas you would recommend? I do notice that depressive effect. When it helps, he is focused an...

 Forum: Parents' Discussion   Topic: Struggling as parent of adult with Asperger's and OCD

lannistua
Posted: 04 Jan 2014, 2:58 pm 

Replies: 19
Views: 2,497
It is funny, because looking back on my son's life, he always had Aspie issues. But we never saw it. We thought he was just stubborn and fixated on OCD issues and channeled that into things that interested him. . About three years ago, the lightbulb went off that he manifests every single symptom of...
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