had enough!

[buzzzybee]

Had enough of feeling like this but i just want to walk out :( my autistic son has today driven me crazy :( i'm trying to keep my dd's happy but it's all about my ds. when is this going to get easier is what i keep thinking over and over again..going anywhere is an absolute nightmare and yet again i had to argue with a stranger today who thought my sons constant crying whilst walking round a carboot was annoying :/ It's times like tday i'd love to talk with my mum who sadly isn't here anymore. I hope it's just me feeling sorry for myself and i'll be ok soon

Hugs to you buzzybee, I have no helpful advice. I'm so sorry. But I wanted to reply to let you know that you are not alone.

I'm a single mum to 3. 2 SN, 1 ASD. Our whole routine revolves around my DS and his ASD. I don't explain his behaviour anymore. I just ignore and get on with it. It's hard though. I hope you feel better soon and maybe someone with more experience than me can respond.

As we say up North, chin up chuck, x

Hi buzzzybee! I can really relate to how you are feeling. I have 3 dc, 2 of which have ASD. But it's usually ds1 (AS/DAMP) who seems to suck all the energy put of us. He gets very aggressive, has imcredibly loud and furious 'tantrums' over anything not going his way, does not sit still for a second and talks non- stop with the volume right up. It's exhausting.

We are on the last day of a 2-week holiday at my dad's house (my mum passed away a year ago so I understand what you mean) and the first 3 days and the last 3 days have been an absolute nightmare. I have had so much staring at us and whispering about us. It just reminded us that our family life will never be as we had envisaged it when we started out having children.

Every now and then it gets us very down as our life is just so different to jow we thought it would be. We always thought we'd be emigrating to oz or canada readonably soon but now feel 'trapped' as our dc and us are getting incredibly good support where we are.

But dh and I have become a very good team dealing with ds1, which helps a lot. Are you getting much support yourself?

Big hug!

Aww thankyou for ur kind words and big hugs to u guys too x
my little1s are all fast asleep now (after an hour n half of layin with my ds till he dropped off lol ) I'm finding the summer hols reallly tough i think ..it would be so nice just to go out for day without all the worry and stress but then when we're stuck in the house its just as stressful! hope tomoro will be a better day :) xx

everypicture, you have made me feel better!

we are in the process of investigating ds to see if he has asd. the whole family revolves around stopping ds hurt his sister when he is cross. i get comments about him being in wellies when we go out (funny the last few months helped as wellies were good for the weather!) him being on reins (well at least he is not squashed under a bus) him being in the pushchair (see previous comment) actually, come to think about it is is only about 3 mums in the playground

Hi red, I am glad I have helped a little. I get great relief from knowing I am not alone. at the comments about wellies, and in a pushchair. My favourite is people trying to engage my son in conversation. Poor things. They have no idea he is just going to scream at them to shut up and then start crying.

I hope the assessment goes ok. I got pretty down when I got the diagnosis but I've come to terms with it now.

buzzzybee. I am glad you are feeling a little better. I must admit we have barely left the house since the DCs broke up last Tuesday. I have promised to take them all somewhere next week. The question is WHERE!?