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[quote=Anonymous]SPECIAL HELP NEEDED.  This is for a 21 year old Asperger's (ASD)/Anxiety/ADHD DS who had an IEP throughout high school and is working well with the Office of Special Disabilities at his university but cannot get out of bed.  He cannot conduct many life skills like making appointments with counselors, checking thoroughly for homework assignments, he cannot dress correctly, he cannot remember to wash hair, he cannot function well on their own, he cannot make smart choices about studying.  At college. DS sleeps all the time and even the noisiest alarms in the world will not wake him.  At home the pattern stays the same (and has always been the same) except we have to yell to forcibly get DS out of bed.  DS can sleep up to 20 hours straight on his own.  DS is medicated with Cymbalta 90 mg 1x daily for mood, etc. (previously was on sertraline which is the generic name for Prozac); Vyvanse 70 mg for ADD and Amphetamine salts for booster to help him get up and out of bed (which he rarely remembers to do).  His shrink says there will be no change until HE wants to change.  We are investigating a sleep evaluation but money is tight.  Has anyone tried the College Living Experiences, CLE. http://experiencecle.com/ in Rockville.  It is supposedly a transition program for Spectrum children between high school and college.  I didn't think we would need it but DC is finding college just too difficult.  No snark please.  Our marriage is at the breaking point over this "adult" who functions at the level of a 12 year-old level and we have other children we need to focus on.  Having DC drop out now is not a good choice because we would take a total loss on the semester plus DC is unemployable until he gets his sleep issues and desire to live and function under control.  DC cannot drive, too.  So having DC return home would mean DC sleeps all the time and does nothing.  Yes, we've taken iphone away and computer screens.  Please remember when making remarks that we are not talking about a normal 21 year-old.  Think Temple Grandin but without the motivation.  Perhaps DC has gone as far in college as he can.  It would be a shame to give it up because DS can do the work when motivated (gets As and Bs) and has a 142 I.Q. but we, the parents, are beyond exhaustion with how much time we have to put into making DS do what DS needs to do at college  in order to get up, get dressed and get to class.  Yes, he is probably depressed but he is medicated to the max. for this.  Please no snark.  My wife and I are having nervous breakdowns over this and the other children are suffering while we scream at the eldest to get out of bed.[/quote]

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