Meds to help transition obsession/special interest

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To cut a long story short, I'm struggling with a negative obsession (thinking about something hurtful that happened in the past) that is wearing me down.

Is there anything I can do, or any meds I can take, that will help me to drop this obesssion of more than two years and help me to transition to a new healthy/positive special interest/obsession?

Maybe counselling would be more helpful as it would help you address what happened in the past and move on. Medication will only mask the problem, not do anything to resolve it.

Special interests are things you enjoy obsessing over. Obsessing over something that causes you distress sounds more like an OCD obsession than an AS one. I would definitely talk to a therapist about it.

I'd love to get rid of my money and pop can obsession, with the possibility that I will still stay obsessed with The Kinks. Here's why. Beverage containers is a very unhealthy obsession for me to have. I could risk my life at all hours of the day collecting empties so that I will haqve more money.

The Kinks is a very healthy obsession for me. I'm inside on WP with my CDs playing out of harm's way. The larger and stronger Mick Avory (the drummer) is the role model that I've chosen in order to have a healthy body image while losing 50-70 lbs in order to get down to between 180 and 200 lbs which I feel is right for me. I'm teaching myself to play the drums. I also have sweet Mick as a role model in order to be a much gentler person.

I would never take anything that would make my obsessions go away or lesson and if someone forced it upon me I would still refuse to take it. They would have to litteraly hold me down and force it down my throat and even then I would force myself to vomit it up. Obsssions were and will always be my strongest autistic trait and were the only thing that made life berable for me as a kid even though people tried so hard to make me give them up. I'm not giving up my obsessions for anyone or anything. You'd have to kill me to make me give up my obsessions.

Are you sure it's not some kind of PTSD with traumatic flashbacks? I have those all the time. People with autism/AS are more susceptible to these without something considered extreme trauma, just normal bad experiences.