Our 7 yr old daughter was a very happy & sociable girl, very outgoing. But for about 2 years now she has developed a terrible inability to sleep, she can literally go down at 7.30 and be awake at 11pm. This has caused difficulties getting up in the morning (as it would). Also recently she has been saying that she has no friends at school, in a matter of fact sort of way but you can tell it hurts her. She has also been prone to the odd tantrum.
When she does sleep it all gets better, but we can't seem to fix it permanently and it reverts back to the bad old ways. We took her to the doctor recently to see what the issue could be, and she shocked us completely by saying she wanted her to go for Aspergers tests. This is heartbreaking to us- we've done so much research and yes, sleep seems to be a big thing, also the lack of social interaction. But sleep seems to make it a lot better, and she does not exhibit any of the physical signs- disorganisation, below average results at school, and she does have a couple of friends, and she does care a lot about friendship.
This is breaking us up to be honest, we see her at playtime wondering around on her own, and we don't really know what to do. The tests might not be confirmed for months so we are in limbo.
Does anybody have any experience of going through anything similar?