Autism treatment

Will he eat chewy sweets, op? Aldi do vitamin gummies which my dd loves. I'd recommend giving them a try as a short term solution.

My 7yo dd has quite a restrictive diet and strong food preferences, and ways of eating, but thankfully we're able to get enough different food types into her as she does eat some veg and a fair amount of fruit. As a longer term fix we're trying to encourage her to broaden things a bit by bribing her! For every thing new that she tries she gets a pound. Is your ds particularly motivated by a love of something - a tv programme, stickers, chocolate buttons or whatever? Could you see if he'll eat a spoonful of something in exchange for something else? The reward has to be pretty immediate, but worth a try.

You need to see a dietician or speak to the team that managed your sons autism diagnosis for a referral to a dietician. In the information given to you with his diagnosis there should be places you can contact for help with any changes in behaviour.

With the food, keep giving him what you know he will eat and introduce one thing he used to eat or hasn't eaten, but don't insist he eat it. Just keep offering one new thing alongside, it may take a long time for him to be interested in it.

Give him a multivitamin alongside food. Mine likes the chewy ones as they're just like a gummy sweet.

No need for any kind of "detox" or unrelated medicines.

Has he possibly got hypermobility as well? He might not be telling you he has abdominal pain but is choosing plain foods because they help, the sugar craving for fatigue and possibly headache relief? He might not be able to express what he's feeling other than tired.

Of course it might not be and the food change could be a sensitivity issue/aversion as well.

This!

Autistic kids can survive on very very restricted diets. If you really worry go and see a paediatrician or dietician (properly qualified).
But I would reduce stimulation and demands. Still offer foods but accept if he only goes for bland for a bit.

Autistic person here. You can't treat autism. I am going to ignore that bit at the bottom and try to help in the real way.

You can find strategies to manage the areas he struggle in. Anything thats not harmful though to himself or others and its no bother, let him be.

This sounds like skills regression. Common - I go through periods like this and it can happen in different areas. Very common in communication for skills regression, organisation etc

I understand the frustration nutritionally. I used to eat just chips and ketchup and my mum would happily allow me to have chocolate just to eat, and milk. My grandma was quite savvy slowly turning the chips to mash as I would not eat mash.

It can be actually painful for me to eat things of certain textures or have certain things touching. Things cant be cooked and cut in different ways e.g carrots - roast, fry, boil. Different shapes. Find out and chat to him about what specifically he doesn't like about each part.

One day suddenly I will stop liking stuff. I like mentally preparing for what I am going to eat too in my head for texture and to imagine it cause I look at some meals and I feel physically sick even if it was alright previously.

You want to try mebendazole? What for? Autism is not caused by a worm. What good is an anthelmintic going to do?

Give him a multi vitamin.

If he’s gone back to school, he will be overstimulated. It will calm down, is just give him his comfort foods if he’s anxious at the moment. He maybe in a mini burnout which would account for the tiredness.

My Dd is 18 now. She was ASD and the. Diagnosed ADHD. Medication got rid of her constant exhaustion.

Hi OP,
ask mn to move your thread to www.mumsnet.com/talk/special_needs

Wtf?! Autism can't be treated with medication or anti metal detox's. Wtf did I just read.
I have autism myself and this whole post is so offensive.!