How do parents of aspies take care of themselves?

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I have no problem whatsoever standing up and give a speech for hundreds of people. I have absolutely no stage fear. But when it comes to talking to somebody in a closed environment between four eyes so to say, like talking to a therapeut, I rather prefer to go outside and take the discussion in public, the more crowded the better, because nobody listens anyway on our conversation. I can get a complete meltdown when talking to my therapeut in a confined quiet cozy space. And I've made totaly clear to her that I have no problem with our system to take a coffee break in our therapeutical talk, in public.

just a 0.1€ of worth maybe others recognise theirselves in.

SweXtal, you are so right about "one answer per individual." I think that's why I started this topic, because I'm trying and I'm curious about how other people are trying. And what it seems to come down to is we all do everything we can for our kids, it's so worth it to do that. But at the end of the day, if there's anything left we take care of ourselves. I'm curious to hear more from people like three2camp, who seem to have figured out how to set personal boundaries that give them more space to take better care of themselves. But for the time being most of us seem to be trying to fit mini-vacations into our lives, going for a walk, a cup of coffee, taking a bath, drinking a glass of wine. We're coming up with unique solutions to working with our kids, schools, teachers to lessen our personal burden. Or making spreadsheets in an attempt to make sure we track of things

SweXtal, I give my son calcium, b12, antioxidants and opc3 for his adhd instead of medication. I actually think the calcium works the best. Their's also a form of accupressure that can elliminate allergies. I stumbled accross it looking for myself (I love dairy but now it makes me ill). They just completed a study with autistic children and are in the process of a second, larger one. Here's a link to the main organizations website - check it out for your kids with allergies:

http://www.naet.com/

I'm going to try it for my son in a few months. We'll see...