I need help and advice.
Bit of background. DS diagnosed with ASD and ODD at age 7 after years of fighting we got him into a specialist priory school where he has been since age 8. DS is now 11 and is on strattera (25mg) once a day.
In the last few months we have seen his behaviour change. DS has less meltdowns but the ones he does have are horrendous and very aggressive.
School are struggling to cope with him (specialist school, 25 pupils in while school) and are very concerned as DS is now threatening to kill himself and self harming on a daily basis. at home DS is not perfect but we dont have the huge behaviours we have more the trashing of his room and screaming obsenities.
The school are talking about the possibility of sending DS away to a residential mental CAHMS hospital to get his aggression and mood stabilised. The said he is a danger to himself and others. They have called social services in and have told the LEA that they cannot school him safely without 2:1 staffing and even then he is a huge risk.
I dont know what to do. Have emergency CAHMS appointment on wednesday morning but am terrified they are gonna take my baby away from me.
I suppose what im asking is that does testosterone and the onset of puberty affect aggression and ASD to this extent. Will anti depressents help/. BI POLAR has also been mentioned. I dont know what to do. He is only 11, he is my baby and YES sometimes he scare the hell out of me and i cannot cope with him especially when he pulls knives on me (only happened once thankfully) but he is my baby.