MancMark

Thank you smiley, will have a look at the links now. His voices have only been a new thing fo approx a week. and will he act on what they say, How he turns anything is possible. Only thing he does that looks like a release is pick at his hands and arms till they bleed oh and screams Think hard part was got diagnosis and that was the end of it. just told there was nothing they could do. Will keep you informed what happens and hopefully the voices will stop

Thank you both. Saw doctor last week regarging sleep. They have made a nother referal for CAHMS, where he got his diagnosis. they closed his file after 5weeks because they said there is nothing thy can do to help now, but our G.P said they will be able to prescribe some melatonin to help relax his mind before sleepin. while we are there we will discus these voices also then:). I think as we are only in the early stages of realsising what the problems are, this is where we have higher stress levels and seem not to be able to cope. Will look at SALT see what help/advice they can offer thanks. any is bestter than none

Thank you lynne for your quick response. We have been in contact with parent partnership, which is goin to refer us to the health visitor for children with asd to hopefully see what help is going to be available. The only problem we might have there is if like most insitutes we have been in contact with is that they will only help if we recieve DLA and we are still waiting to hear from them as they are waiting to see what school say about him(see an appeal comming) We have the arguing, no social skills, him being always right even when proven wrong, violence, trouble with eatting and no proper sleep pattern. But the new one with hearin voices, what is the best way to explain this without make him sound like a fruit cake.

Hi i'm Mark I have a nearly 9yr old son who has been diagnosed with pdd 8 weeks ago. Me and my wife always knew there was something not right with how he was growing up, especially in social circumtances, but at least we now know why. The only problem we have got is what help is actually out there. Before we got the diagnosis social services told us when we got it they could help, now they say "Because I dont beat him" they is nothing they can do. He is really improving at school, except for playtime,dinnertime and when having to do group work because the littlest thing can set him off. The main problem with school is they say there is no problem and even after taking the letter off the hospital his so called mentor still says there is nothing wrong and there is no need for them to get involved. We found that when he gets home, the moment he leaves the school gates he turns, arguing, screaming and even violent. you can ask what is wrong but you always get "I dont know" and this can go on for hours and has been known to go on for a few days. We also are having problems with his sleep, he never has more than 3hrs a night, and we have had to fit locks on the living room door because he decides to climb on the units, as me and my wife are 3 floors up we thought it best because if he falls we can not here him down there because he can be so quiet. We also have a 7yr old girl who doesnt have any problems, which we find hard when havin to discipline them both because we have to do it different to each of them, then the is will cause arguments because we dont treat them the same. Sorry to be ranting its just after 2yrs of really knowing there was something wrong and now knowing and still gettin all doors close for help we dont know what else to do. Oh. There is also 1 last thing which we are unsure if it is the asd or something else. He says he hears voices. he told us in one of his rages "God told him he had to kill me and my wife, if he couldnt do that then he had to kill himself, and he didnt want to die, so it was us" he also carved into his drawers "Dad is death, and mum is death 2" When u ask him he says he hasnt said this. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks for listening