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My son is 9. He is a VERY anxious child. Everybody that knows him would never guess. He comes across as super loud and confident. We have constant problems with him, ranging from biting all the skin off his fingers whilst at school, he has a digit cube to try and stop this, stomach aches and diarrhoea, panic attacks and feeling like he can't breathe. He worries me sick all of the time.
Since he has been off school he has developed a new issue. He says he feels like there is something stuck in his throat all the time. When he eats he says he feels like he can't swallow properly and the food is getting stuck in his throat. He then starts to cough and panic and needs to drink a drink with each mouthful of food he takes. Its been going on for weeks and getting worse to the point where he's hardly anything.
I know where it has come from. Years ago he did have a slight choking incident on an oven chip, it frightened him and he's never eaten chips again. He he did this back then for a while but eventually returned to normal for a couple of years but it's now started again. He is very skinny as it is and I'm very worried that it is going to develop I to some kind of eating disorder.
In normal circumstances I would be straight down to the doctors with him to get his throat checked to reassure him, and to check that there isn't actually a problem in there, and also id like him to have some CBT counselling to try and help him with it. He has had this before for his other issues.
But of course coronovirus means we can't access any of these services at the moment and don't know when we will be able to. I'm worried sick about him to be honest. I worry about him on a day to day basis but I also worry about his future. His anxiety rules his life now, I just don't know how he will be able to function as an independent adult.
Have any of you had experience of your child having this problem with their throat being linked to anxiety, and how did you manage it? Thanks in advance
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Worriedmum4 · 01/07/2020 09:14
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