To give a bit of background ds2 aged 8 is under camhs a mo and being assessed but no actually diagnosis. I have had concerns about him since a toddler but couldnt quite put my finger on what. At the moment he suffers from alot of tics, very dramatic mood swings a minute almost hyperactively happy and the next in the deepest darkest moods that he will say he wants to die and in the past he has even scratched and bite himself sad. He also regulary has poo accidents. There is lots of other things but I wont go on. Camhs has said he def seems to be displaying ocd tendercies although that not actually diagnosised that. They also said looks like he might be on the austistic scale and we waiting for further assessments for that.
He negativity seems to be getting worse he is constantly saying he is a stupid idiot and he hates himself. If he cant do something he is very hard on himself and says he is stupid as he cant do it. I am constantly being positive telling him he is not stupid he just shouts at me 'yes I am' I tell him everthing he good at - he a fantastic reader and good at physical activity. He does dance class and multisports afterschool to encourage the things he good at. He also recently joind the school book club. But he still inisting he an idiot and stupid.
Tonight he said to me crying he wished he was like everyone else. It broke my heart. I want to help him. But nothing I do seems to help, any ideas please