Hello,
My almoast 16y old has episodes where he dousn’t react to annything. Touch or sounds dous not work, “force” feeding Candy works but he dislikes it. Now i will try his sence of smell. Anyone here who has experience with bags of herbs/flowers/… and what smell stays the longest?
Ty verry much to help me 
Um, Nurse Practitioner here….He needs to see a neurologist. You may need to be referred by your primary care doctor. Do NOT let them refer you to a psychiatrist!!
They need to rule out other medical causes BEFORE seeing a psychiatrist. If they try to, the doctor is being lazy.
He has ASD, with a reflex to shut down with stress…so yeah he can’t do anything about it at this moment (takes years) but we can help him to not get in these episodes. Or help getting out of them.
It is eazyer to get someone out of a rage or run atack then out of a freeze atack. Rage is getting to calm them, running is getting them to safety spaces but freezing you don’t have a connection to start.
By the way, he wanted to kill himself at age 13, went 2y with fear and a take in for it, turns out ASD, now finally 2 persons who can help him a psychologist and a psychiatrist. He gets anti psychotica cos the normal things don’t work with him.
I just need him to get to respond to something right now.
Are you part of a AUD support group? I bet you’ll find lots of tips that other parents of AUD have tried.
Yes and every time my son has an episode we need to red every thing cos sometimes the things work but moastly they dont. He is one of the few who are going “to fast” and “to deep” into “himself” where nothing can reach them. That is why smell and taste could be the only thing that can help “fast enough”.
We do everything we can but we are sometimes bound by our hands
Try singing to him…a gal I know has a daughter like this, and when the daughter gets “too deep” , mom starts singing one of her favorite songs. Worth a try. It has been proven that music speaks to that part of the brain that keeps folks in comas and helps bring them out of comas.. when an AUD sinks in to themselves for “preservation” it’s like a waking coma.. it’s worth a shot.. oh and to answer your previous question.. lavender seed lasts the longest.. you can actually make sachets out of fabrics, put half regular rice and lavender seeds in them..heat up just a small bit in the microwave to release the scent.. essential oils are okay too or even dryer sheets
Ty for the tip with lavender seeds.
Singing wont work cos he Blocks out every sound