DD is 19. Aspergers diagnosed when she was 13. School was extremely hard but she’s doing really well at college, has a part time job, even drives. However her anxiety is getting worse and worse along with phobias relating to health and illness (mostly around being sick, feeling sick, avoiding everything in case someone is sick).
She feels nauseous all the time, gets headaches and muscle aches who then leads to her worrying and obsessing about being ill. All the time. She is low, feels ill and is impossible to live with.
I have no idea if this is ‘just’ her ASD or something else. Last GP she saw thought possibly CFS but had no suggestions what to do with it.
She’s at the point where she isn’t leaving the house unless it is for college or work. She spends her whole time in bed either doing her coursework or watching YouTube or Netflix.
Her diet has always been extremely limited and it’s always a sign she’s feeling bad when it gets moreso. She’s down to pizza and toast.
She’s had the initial assessment and is lined up for some CBT come January.
On top of all this is her total inability to take any sort of medication. At all. No liquids. No pills. Not hidden in Nutella. Nothing.
She has a GP appointment tomorrow and I think she needs some sort of medication. Whether antidepressants or something anti-anxiety I don’t know. But how the bloody hell is she to take something? Although a google tells me that some ADs come in drops.
Any ideas/suggestions?