Have you talked to a psychiatrist? My 14yo son has always talked a lot and has a very loud voice. This summer he started talking very fast and excitedly. I told our psychiatrist it was like he had verbal ADHD. The doctor put him on a very small dosage (5 mg) of Adderall and it stopped.

I have experienced this with my son with ADHD but not with my son with Autism (which has limited language). I think you need to establish boundaries around the talking. Start small with these 3 strategies and build it over time.

1. Let's practice being quiet for 2 minutes. (set the timer). If he's successful being quiet then reinforce with something he really likes. If not, maybe next time try 1 minute. As he starts being more successful, increase the time. Continue to reinforce when he's successful ONLY. Do this several times a day when you both are calm.

2. Set up a time each day where you give him undivided attention to him for x minutes.

3. Establish a talk zone. So explain that sometimes you need quiet and during those times, you will need him to go to the talk zone (probably his room). Tell him if he stays in the talk zone until you call him out, he will get x (something he likes). If he comes out early, then he gets nothing. At the beginning, keep the time in the talk zone fairly short. Build up the time he's in the talk zone. Gradually, build other talk zones in other locations where he's free to talk but not in a place where he's bothering others.

The goal of these 3 strategies is just to get compliance about the talking. You should also learn more about your son during this time... like is this a compulsion he can't control, what are his limits, etc. ? Eventually you will want to start teaching him more the social aspects of taking turns to talk etc. That can be done with role play.

I would request an IEP to get some goals and strategies established at school. If the school approaches this only as with punitive approaches, then request a behavioral specialist.

I agree with @A MyAutismTeam Member if it truly is a compulsion, and it sounds like it is, try think of it like any other OCD behavior. Medication may help him break through that. Compulsions can really affect a persons quality if life and self esteem so it could really benefit him as well as keep sanity in the household to help him get that under control. The longer it goes on, the more entrenched the compulsions will become.

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My son is now 15 and has been doing this for as long as I can remember. He says the same thing your son said..that he cant stop until he gets it all out and will repeat himself multiple times. He gets very upset when we try and stop him from repeating what he just said. Its lkie a compulsion that he has to say it so many times. If we are out in public and I'm talking to somebody and he starts to tell me something I just look at him and explain that I was talking and he is being rude. That I will listen to what he has to say when I am done or in just a few minutes. He seems to understand that...not that it always works but he does try. At home if I am on the phone I just step away and if he follows and starts talking I tell him mommy is in a timeout. When im out of it than he can tell me. Usually that leads to why im in a timeout but I just repeat what I told him previous and he goes back to his transformers until I am done. Like I said it doesn't always work but we try and use these situations to help with social skills.

this was useful in some ways. He has a very good IEP and his own personal aid. This is a compulsion he can not control. He tells me his head will not shut off. He does not understand social skills, interaction rules, facial expressions, or taking turns talking. There is no conversation of the back and forth kind. He says what he has to say,whatever that is on his mind at the time or if you asked him a question the yes or no answer. Sometimes the answer is a long, long story getting way off the answer/subject and then getting stuck repeating all or part of it. When he gets over whelmed he get upset sometimes a meltdown, sometimes just yells very loudly. He has been known to throw what ever is in his hand or near him too. That has been pretty good for a few months now after we got him to understand that he scares people when he acts like that. He does not want people to be afraid of him, now does he. We do not have a lot of resources around us close we travel a couple of hours to get to any thing or any body that really has experience to work with kid on the spectrum.