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Thanks for replying shadow cat, its good to know i am not alone, the thing is Nick has aspergers and is very verbal but he still cant tell me why he does it. We have an appointment with CAMBS tommorow this will be a challenge for them!!!Still dettol are making a fortune out of me!!!!

My son has just started urinating in the corner of his bedroom floor!!! When i asked him why he just said he had funny feelings and had to do it.{ Nick has lots of funny feelings!!}. Even when he was made to clear it up i still caught him doing it again this morning.I am at my wits end already with Nick, but this is just awfull behaviour, my husband is going mad over this but Nick says he cant help it[by the way he is 13!!!]. Has anyone out there had this problem?

Thanks so much, it is so good to know that you are not alone, my son Nick is 13 with AS, he is very difficult, aggressive and anxious, also he is refusing school at the moment so it is 24/7 which is driving us both mad!!!!! I can relate to so many of you especially hev, her son steve sounds so much like Nick.

Is this a mainstream school or a special school? If it is mainstream at least you have a witness who heard the teacher say he shouldnt be there, which is all ammunition to fight the LEA with should you want to change to a decent school!! You poor things how awfull to hear such a hurtfull comment.

We are going to docs next week, will see what she says. Its such a minefield this medication, so many different ones, i just wish Nick didnt have to take anything but he is so anxious and obsessive at the moment we will try anything to keep sane!!!!

Hi Kathryn, Thanks for the info, we will keep going with the sertraline for a while and if there is no change i will see the doc about a different medication

I was just looking at some old topics and came across the one when steven phoned the police. He sounds so much like my son Nick, he is always ringing child line and the police, saying what an unfit mother l am, the thing is he comes from a very normal loving home, but the way he describes us, is dreadfull, you would think we were the family from hell!!! l have just discovered this forum, it is so good to hear from others that are going through the same thing. We have had such a bad week, l rang social services to say l could not cope any more, but as yet no one has rung me back!!!! l wouldnt put him into care, but sometimes you get so tired of giving and giving to Nick and not get anything back. Maybe it is the hormones making him so aggressive and abusive, he can be such a bully one moment and a charming young man the next!!!!. Any way must go he is out on his bike and is late home so l will have to go and search in the car. He broke is fourth mobile phone in a temper tantrum!!!

My son Nick has been prescribed sertraline, he has been on it for three weeks but have not seen much improvement with his anxiety, he is on 100mg per day. Has anyone else used this and had good results?

So is mine especially today, we have been cooking, the kitchen looks like a bomb has exploded

Nick does go to a special school, only it is an hour away on the minibus. The school is great and Nick is fine when he is there, only he gets very anxious about the journey. We are considering residential schooling, which one does your son go to, it sounds like you made the best move as you son is now happy.

It is good to know you are not alone with a teenage boy with AS. Nick is very difficult at the moment as he will not go to school, he is bored and fed up. Still we are going to be getting help from the sussex autistic society to get him back to school, so i am counting the days!!

Thanks for the advice, i agree boundries are very important, but at the moment nick is fighting them all the way!!

My son Nick is 13 and is a nightmare at the moment, he is refusing to go to school, and is very anxious and aggresive.People have said that this is all down to puberty, as asperger kids cant cope with the hormone imbalance. Has this happened to anyone else? we have had a good couple of years with Nick being settled at school, and we are feeling very fed up.