Thank you Linda your account of SR is excellent this will help so much - anyone else who can help please e-mail your accounts to Simon.

Thank you too Simon, wonderful as always x

Sarah

I wish you well Sarah. Let us know what happens at the next meeting. We are all thinking of you and supporting you (and Sue - let us know how it is going with your son). I am lucky I have not had to face any such meetings yet - most likely due to my son not having weeks off but rather days at a time and still being at Primary school. He is has been off again for four days now - only managing 2-3 days a week for the past month. I feel like my life is on hold - and can imagine you must feel even more so.
Good luck and happy to help others in any way I can.
Linda

Sarah, just wondering how your meeting went? (It was this week?). Let us know if they were willing to listen more or not.
Take care,
Linda

Hi Linda, apologies for not updating. School were very good but it is still a no go. My son will not leave the house at the moment so hoping he will go to his CAMHS meeting today. He has been refered to another specialist, and by the look of the forms i have had to fill in they are looking at Aspergers Syndrome ( something I have bleeted on about for some time ) School isn't the only problem in my sons life it is anything that involves socialising. He has even stopped talking to his best friend. It is so sad to see him suffering I am struggling at the moment.

Thank you for your concern

Love Sar xx

Sarah, my heart goes out to you. Just not knowing must be very hard. However, it looks like some answers might start coming up soon that are of more benefit to you both. Being a spectrum, Aspergers could well be something a lot more people have to deal with than realised and it has obviously crossed your mind. On the other hand - anxiety can cause all kinds of social withdrawal as well and if your son is feeling depressed about this then talking even to his best friend could be hard for him. Perhaps some of the symptoms overlap at some points. It is a road with many questions left unanswered but I do hope in your case you find something soon that helps you both work with others and find help. All the best and stay in touch with us.
Linda

Sarah,

I'm so sorry I didn't do my email for you and I guess it is too late. I too have been in turmoil for the last two weeks as my son after doing sooo well have started refusing again. I have just found out it is all to do with his 'best friend' bullying him. Just one of many things he did was send a text to 20 people asking them to text my son and tell him is a '****'. This was after my son had confided in him about his anxiety/depression problems. The worst part is this has been going on for weeks and my son didn't tell me. I found out by reading his texts. So we are back to square one and it is just horrible.

So, I'm afraid as with SR, everything seems to be on hold including your email which I feel very bad about. You would think by now, it would be easier to deal but each time SR raises its head, its as bad as the first time.

So I'm very sorry.....

Sophy

Sorry to hear about your son Sophy. It is so hard when it hits again - and I can fully sympathise because my son has been unable to get to school all this week. There is only next week left before school ends for the long Christmas break (we have 6 weeks here). I am not sure whether to keep pushing or just ease off. I feel so stressed and frustrated as his teacher said he was going well. I think perhaps the change of routine at school - reports already written - and activities taking the place of usual classroom activity has thrown him. If I didn't feel so guilty about the days lost already I'd just not worry - he's not missing much. But it's all that socialisation - and fun things - that I keep thinking he should be a part of. We can't win, can we! My life has been on hold all week - I've had headaches every day - all the stuff that comes every time it happens again. I guess this is just what we have to keep facing. I am very thankful to have you guys to talk to!!
Good luck to everyone else.
Linda