I've just been seriously physically attacked by my ASD dd again.

[thornrose]

My dd has just completely lost it out on the street. She has scratched, kicked and spat at me for almost 20 minutes before I was able to get her home in one piece. She also did this last Thursday but today was much worse.
We have a CAMHS appointment in October with Psychologist and Psychiatrist but we cannot wait that long.
Has anyone taken their child to hospital under these circumstances to see a psych and get some more "instant" help.

thanks thorn

My DD's anxieties really started to go haywire when she started secondary school, we even had to homeschool for a little while. Best of luck with the move, and yes - it would be great to keep each other updated

My dd has a lot of health anxiety, it used to be diabetes, swine flu etc, now it's STD's Me to her "you haven't had sex, you are 11, you don't have an STD, it's that simple", but of course it's not!
She has also now got a preoccupation with drugs, she fears she may take drugs when she's older! Her anxieties are so irrational I find it really hard to be patient sometimes.
queen - what are your dd's anxieties if you don't mind me asking?
Oh and she's suddenly terrified of dogs to the point where if we are in the car and one walks past she is even afraid.
Sorry to offload all this but I just have to get it off my chest.

Offload away thorn

DD's anxiety can be about anything. At the moment, it seems to be about any event she thinks will be stressful - such as learning a new move at trampolining, going back to school etc etc etc. Her CAMHS nurse tried to explain it to me, saying that where we would get a rush of adrenalin and the fight or flight stimulus, DD remains frozen in a panic, and cant prosess her emotions properly. Her fear/adrenalin then turns into frustration and anger. I think that's how it works.
So, she is anxious about being in the school yard at break times. SHe is allowed now to go into the library -she is anxious about where she is going to sit at lunch time (since the school changed all the seating) - she now eats her lunch alone in a member of staff's office. She is anxious over any form of speaking (slow speach and lots of repitition), so - other than to me, she barely speaks to anyone. I guess I am just realising, from reading your post, that DD's anxieties seems to stem from severe lack of self confidence, rather than specific fears like your DD.

We went through hell in the Uk with CAMHS etc and management strategies social stories you name it and medication was never offered as an option - DS was violent to me from age 3 and to other kids, excluded from school etc - class teacher wisdom at one point was to tell me just not to let him do it - very informed about ASD meltdowns. When we got to the US we were offered medication immediately for the violence and aggression and with the exception of today when he did punch me once he has not touched me in 6 months. I just wish I had known it was an option, had asked for it and pushed for it in the UK. The difference now is that I know I caused the meltdown today (not been well and was totally unclear in instructions resulting in complete misunderstanding and we are both scratchy and horrible in 104F heat) but he was mortified he had done it for the rest of the day. Before meds it would not have bothered him that he hurt me.
I know many have strong views against meds but for us with meds we lead a very very normal life and without them we just do not go out.

queen, my dd has these school issues too, around lunchtimes and break times. I had to "demand" (that doesn't come easily to me!) that her school allow her to sit with friends from another class as she felt so uncomfortable she wasn't eating.
She has managed to make a couple of friends but on a daily basis she is rejected and/or ignored. She offloads on me after school every day and it is heartbreaking and often ends up in her raging at me, but I know she can't help it.
planomum - I agree that in the UK meds are considered a last resort. I chat on US based support thread for mums of girls with Asperger's and medication is much more common place and offered at a younger age. My dd was offered Prozac last year but the side effects were terrifying and it scared me! I've decided to push for medication now as my dd deserves a better quality of life.