Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Alright, I caved.

Ah, ha!  I figured out how to add titles!  Blogging will one day make sense to me! :) 

I scheduled an appointment for Friday morning with a psychiatrist to discuss medication for the depression and anxiety.  Met a girl unexpectedly today at the nutrition club who was just diagnosed with Aspergers last week, and we have mirror-image cases.  She's been taking medication for her depression for some time now, and she said it has really helped with the anxiety as well.  As much as I dislike meds, this may be one of those times when it's really necessary.  I'm not going to be of much help to Ricky if I can't even manage myself.

With that said, we have our support group tonight.  I found one on Facebook that's for adult Aspies (I guess that's what people with Aspergers call themselves), so I joined it.  I think it'll be helpful.  I don't understand why there aren't any support groups for adults anywhere; they're all for parents of kids with autism, but you can't find ones for the adults.  Uhh, these kiddos grow up to be adults with autism; I know they don't just fall off the planet! 

I'm waiting to schedule an appointment with the Burkhart Center to discuss Ricky's case some more.  His communication skills are coming along, but now he's having issues with non-compliance, both at home and at school.  We'll see how that goes.

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