loobylou2

Thanks everyone methinks its time to kick some ass! Will get on to the school later and see what they come up with as she really struggles with the whole friendship thing. Gets on fine with adults though, particularly men which could be worrying as she thinks she is wordly wise and really is very naive! Lets just hope she's had a better day today!

Hi not sure if this is any help but here goes! My daughter is 13 and has aspergers and bipolar. she seems to feel pain an awful lot more than anybody else and if she gets a cold she honestly believes that she is so ill that she is going to die! Also in ref to going shopping, she has to know exactly which shops we are going to so that she can wear the 'right' clothes. she panics if we tell her we are going to one shop and end up going to another as she feels everybody will see that she has the 'wrong' clothes on. don't know if this was one of the problems your daughter was having, but it might be worth exploring with her Good luck! Loobylou2

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donkey

Hi we get nothing at all! have tried pushing CAMHS and they just fob us off all the time, won't even refer us to a psychologist, just see the psychaiatrist. the school says they haven't noticed any problems there so not sure if she just thinks that nobody likes her. Can't tell really without being there with her. don't know about support groups, nobody seems to tell us anything and don't know where to ask for help!

Hi reading through the topics made me realise you all have a lot of professionals involved. Can I ask how you got this help? my daughter was diagnosed by the CAMHS team last year with aspergers. then earlier this year they decided that she has bipolar disorder as well. the only contact with an 'expert' is monthly meetings with a psychologist who adjusts her bipolar medication and sends us off on our merry way again! Her school have put her on the special needs list, but as she is high functioning, don't seem to do much with her. She finds going on the school bus a couple of times a week triggers off manic episodes and coping with pupils at school really hard. she says school is great its just the other pupils that make life hard! mufti days are a nightmare as she can't decide which clothes are right she also has colthes for going to different supermarkets and panics if we change our minds and go to a different one as she thinks everyone will notice she has the wrong clothes on! so who do we ask for extra support or are we not entitled to any? Loobylou

My daughter was diagnosed with aspergers just before she turned 13 and bipolar at 13 and a half. but looking back there were signs of aspergers for a long time that nobody picked up on. Loobylou2

Tickle

Hi my daughter has aspergers and is bipolar, but when I informed her school nobody could believe it! yet when she comes home shes always on about how hard it is for her and all her 'friends' are winding her up. she seems to let it all out as soon as she gets out of school like a valve being opened. Scool are just starting to take me seriously thanks to letters from her psychiatrist i think! Loobylou

Thanks everyone! It can be really hard cos my daughter looks like all the other kids so its hard for people to understand why she behaves funny sometimes. She finds it really hard to have friends over and in her personal space yet went to germany with the school last year and loved it. why is it that the things we expect them to cope with turn out to be really hard and the things that should be hard they find easy? I think we should all write books on childrearing would teach the 'experts' a thing or two! Loobylou

Just thought I would say hello and introduce myelf! I am 32 and married with 2 girls aged 11 and nearly 14. my eldest has recently been diagnosed with aspergers and bipolar. She is in mainstream school and also in the top sets of her year. she started to do gcse work this year as the normal work was too easy! She lobes school but can't cope with the other pupils, finds it hard to understand when they are just messing about seems to think they are all out to get her. this is all very new to us, but when we look back over the years there were so many pointers to aspergers that noone picked up on. anyway will stop rambling now!