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Name: MrsFitz
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Hi, I'm new on here. Looking to get some help from parents going through the same thing with their autistic ones. My son just turned 3 in June, got diagnosed with Autism in July. We were very relieved (for lack of a better word) when we found out what was going on with him. He was progressing normally up until about 18 months, when he started having "episodes" where he would refuse to eat anything but the bare minimum to keep him going (usually only a sandwich and then milk all day), he stopped talking, retreated into himself, started having odd behaviours show more (i.e. instead of playing with his cars he would line them up, and they had to stay like that or it was complete melt down until they were fixed), he also started having problems with BMs. My doctor just kept telling me he was refusing to eat for power over us, and that there was nothing we can do about his inability to poop with being in pain. (he fights to go all day now, and only has a solid poop maybe once a week), I told her that sometimes he is trying so hard he practically passes out from exhaustion after trying to push, she still sees no problem in this. And tantrums are so bad, before he would scream and throw things and would come over to me (never his father or anyone else around) and he would hit, kick, hit his head off me (nearly gave me a black eye a couple of times), I've tried everything with him to try and work out the tantrums, I can't just ignore them like I keep reading online because it just doesn't work when he's trying to hurt himself and me, and most recently he's pushed his brother a couple times (he 19 months). He understands it's wrong because afterwards I have him say sorry to everyone around and give hugs and kisses and explain things to him, but it's not stopping them. As soon as someone else comes into the house/room he stops the tanrtum and goes on as normal ... our pediatrician saw one of these tantrums and said they start and stop just like a light switch being turned on and off because of how quickly the changes both ways happen. Would love ANY advice on how to get him to eat properly, anything that's worked for you for pooping problems, and tantrums. I don't know where to go from here since it will be at least 6 more months for his appointment with a specialist and starting therapy.
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