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Lately my daughter Quinlan (6 years old, ASD) has been talking to this imaginary friend. She has had imaginary friends since she was 2 years old or so. But things are starting to get out of hand. I will find her crying and ask what the matter is and she will say that DW (the imaginary friend) is bothering her. She will start yelling and screaming at DW. She doesn't have the language skills to really tell me what is going on. If you were to see her interacting with DW, you would swear that there was someone there tormenting her. Do you think that this could be a hallucination? Is that possible? Her Dr is out of town until next week. So I am kind of wondering what I should do with this. It just seems to be getting worse.


Right now, she is on 0.5 milligrams of Risperidal.

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Didn't you say in another post somewhere that she doesn't play with other kids much? Including her sisters really...

I know that many ASD kids tend to get "wrapped up" into whatever it is they are doing...maybe she has gotten to this point with the game she has been playing and is having trouble distinguishing between make believe and reality...I know I am 35 and still can't read a fantasy novel without difficulty transistioning from fantasy to reality...there could be this element going on...or it could be something all together different. I am not sure what to suggest here. But talking with a professional...(I would suggest therapist) who specializes in ASD's. There may be something that happened that she is trying to express and can't. It is just too hard to say.

My prayers are with you Lexi...and keep writing and asking...as I understand more...I can help more...

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Sounds like one very anxious little kid.

Does she go to school or any places where she meets groups of children?

Only asking because what 'DW' is doing may be far easier to say than what is happening from other kids.

Aspies espcially do not like to 'bother' parents with problems they have with other kids because so often they get fed the 'have to pretend to be normal' message and pretending to be normal means putting up with bullying and teasing to the extent it will finally erupt at home one way or another.

Most ASD kids only feel safe enough in one place to epxress distress and this reads like distress in an ASD kid.

Try sitting beside her and tell her empatically you will shut up and try to just listen to her and if now is not a good time for her to let you know when it is and you will stop and simply sit down beside her and listen.

There is nothing like feeling you have no control to stop an ASD kid from trying to communicate. Reduce the stress and 'need' you have for her to talk with you and she is more likely to feel able to communicate.

And keep an eye out for ALL forms of communication from drawing to 'acting out'.
 
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You put that so well...this has been me to a T. I totally agree that is sounds like and indicator of her trying to communicate in a form other than verbal.

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