[cjp]

Hi all

New on here so thanks for listening. My daughter who is currently being possibly diagnosed as being on the autistic spectrum has been using drugs for nearly 10 years since she was 13. Throughout her childhood I tried to get the help she needed as I could see and knew something wasn’t right but her possible autism was missed. It’s a long long story but we are here now with her pregnant but still using K when she sinks really low. She is now finally under the care of a mental and pre natal team who are trying to work with her. It looks possibly like I’ll be taking my grandchild on as her psychosis is spiraling. I also have 3 other children to protect. Just feel really helpless today xxx

[bt1978]

Hi CJ

Thanks for sharing, I couldnt pass on replying as that is an awful lot going on there.

First thing I guess is do you know much about Autism? Reason I ask is I don’t want to tell you things you already know – My son got a diagnosis at 3 which is very unusual, and my wife and I have doubts it’s correct – however that hasn’t stopped me learning all I can about it since (and he has some traits for sure)

Autism in girls is usually quite hard to detect alot of the time for a number of reasons, so it being missed or overlooked isn’t totally unusual. Autism also affects the person’s relationship with the world and people. I have my own theory on autism and why drugs and alcohol are appealing but it isn’t backed up with anything so i will refrain from sharing or posts get removed. Logically though if you suffer anxiety, have issues in your relationship with the world and people then you could see why escape is appealing.

With regards to ketamine, that cannot be doing the baby any good so all you can do is try to reason with her and get her to see how that woukd impact the baby negatively.

Does she have any idea about the autism? Reason I ask is people who don’t are tortured wondering what is going on for them, and it helps massively to understand what is is and how It works, it’s not good or bad it’s simply a different wiring of the brain (which comes with a whole lot more)

As for you, you need support and help too as this is a huge weight, can you get some counselling or local support?

For now, try to keep all this in the day, one day at a time and not project about what will happen. I know its easier said than done!

Keep us posted and good luck

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