Hi, my 13 year old son has autism and learning difficulties. He is at a fantastic school, which specialises in autism.
For the past year his anxiety levels have increased and his moods swing from one extreme to the other, he can go from being very silly and laughing uncontrollably (which goes on and on and if we don't say anything.. it could go on for half-an-hour or more) if he is told to stop, it changes to crying and hitting himself, very hard on his head and neck which is probably causing some kind of damage but he doesn't seem to feel pain.
This happens a lot of the time and is not just happening at home, it is happening at school and they are worried about it and have told us that they think he needs to go on anti-anxiety medication. I do trust them and I think that they are probably right but I'm not sure if I want to put him on medication, he is on medication for epilepsy (which is entirely different I know) I know they will probably put him on a low dose .. but it just feels wrong (probably me being daft about it).
Is anyone's child on anti-anxiety medication, and if they are..does it affect them in any negative way?