Introducing myself....

[MUM23ASD]

I have been on mumsnet for almost 5 years....but due to school issues have had to rename myself as i had posted my kids names on here and somone in 'real life' connected to the school worked out who i am.

i'm sure you'll soon work out who i am...but hope you appreciate why i have decided to 'start afresh' ( i have tried simply not posting on her- but i feel lost withou mumsnet...especially the SN bunch as you are my lifeline!)

I have 3 boys- 14,11 & 8. The eldest was dx with ADHD at 7 then AS at 9. The middle one dx AS at 8. The youngest is now finally being assessed- paed looking at either AS/SPLD/ADHD. None are statemeneted- all are at SA+.

DS1 takes concerta for ADHD and all 3 are prescribed melatonin for sleep.

I have OCD and anxiety/depression- undiagnosed AS....but gradually the professionals are beginning to see that i may be AS...

my husband is undiagnosed AS....he has a son from previous marriage who is ADHD/AS...so believe there is a genetic link !

[MUM23ASD]

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on the SN board i guess i have about 10 'friends'....but i've only met 1 of them in real life...that's Coppertop!!!!

(warning...watch out for when she and i have our 'bizarre' conversations...mid thread...totally off topic...just ignore us!!!!

[Peachy]

I haven't got the fogiest who you are but no matter, just attribute it to Advanced Preggy Brain.

[MUM23ASD]

anyway...to reply to your slow melatonin post...no...ds3 would not swallow it !!!!

[MUM23ASD]

Good god no coppertop!!!!!

i only went and typed ds3's name in my post by mistake!!!! so much for changing ID!!!!

[coppertop]

Eek! I hope it was nothing I said.

[MUM23ASD]

thanks TC...have done so now!!!

[TotalChaos]

just report the post and get MN to delete the offending word(s)

[coppertop]

LOL!

Do you have any of the slow-release melatonin? It's what the Paed suggested for ds2 because he's often awake 5 or 6 times a night. It didn't work out for ds2 in the end though as it has to be swallowed in the capsule to be slow-release and he can't or won't do that. We're back to tipping out the capsule contents and using it as 'ordinary' melatonin. It's worth a try (if you haven't already obviously).

[MUM23ASD]

you must have a spy camera rigged up...that is exactly how it is!!!

thing is...when i did that aspie quiz i laughed so much at the question "do you set traps...as literally that is exactly what i am doing!!!!

[coppertop]

I now have visions of your ds3 in a black all-in-one outfit creeping through laser trip-wires, abseiling down, and dropping down on to a chair to watch the television - only to find that you've set an intricate trap involving craft glue and storage boxes for him...........

Not much help for your problem though.

[MUM23ASD]

yes CT...he already sussed shutting the doors that split the dining room from the lounge...which we never shut ....

have considered leaving the alarm downstairs so when it shrieks out at some million decibles....it will not be right by our bedrooms...i am a light sleeper...so as long as i can just hear it it will be fine.

we started with a light sensor on the landing which switches on as soon as he leaves his room...which worked till i moved our bed to the other side of our room...so now as i am not in view of the door...i miss the light coming on...it used to shine in my face!!!!

Oh Joy....and they said the sleepless nights stop at 3 months old!!!!!!

[coppertop]

I've missed your tips about the offers that they have in Lidl etc. I've still got bits of the card-making/craft sets that you told me about one Christmas. I wonder if there's a way of rigging up a small alarm so that it will only transmit the noise into your room rather than waking up the whole house? It's the kind of mini-project that my dh could probably sort out for you if it would help? (Our house always has mini-alarms going off!)

You just know though that your ds3 is going to start watching the television with the sound off or something.

[MUM23ASD]

mind you may still do that thread....as ds3 is sleepwalking frequently- then waking up and watching tv - till 2,3 or 4am...he then goes back to bed- having had a few snacks....we're none the wiser till he tells us.
so baby monitor back in use...this time though transmitting from the lounge to our bedroom- so as soon as i hear the tv go on...i have to go downstairs and retrieve him!

i bought a door alarm in lidl last week which if this goes on for much longer i will fit to his door- but am reluctant as it is a bit loud...and i could end up with all my boys awake!!!!

[MUM23ASD]

Helllooooo!!!! if you hadn't twigged my new iID i was going to start a thread with a title that YOU would know was lil 'ol me!!!!
(involving Curious Incidents of The Sound Of Music in the Nightime etc!!!!)

[coppertop]

I thought I recognised you on a different thread but didn't want to say anything in case you were in hiding.

You've been missed.

[MUM23ASD]

[onlyjoking9329]

welcome back, you were missed.

[MUM23ASD]

yes...a bit chaotic in our house!!!

nice to 'meet' you welovetelegraphpoles!