Hi I wondered if anyone had any experience of anxiety in children.
My 9yr old has been suffering for 6months and it is getting progressively worse, we struggle to get her to school and as a family our entire world has changed.
She feels sick all the time which the doctors have put down to anxiety but she says she’s worried about feeling sick and then that makes her feel sick. She has been diagnosed with Emetaphobia the fear of sickness.
We are getting to the point now after seeing two therapists and trying lots of at home excersises where she may need medication because this is now happening all day every day and I am now thinking I need to stop work.
Has anyone ever had medication for this perscribed to their child? It is a last resort is there anything else anyone’s tried.
We are trying to find a clinical paediatric child psychologist who specialises in CBT but this is a slow process.
We can’t eat out, go out or get through a weekend without her having an episode it’s putting a massive strain on all of us x
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Child mental health
My 9yr old and her acute anxiety
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NatalieM18 · 20/11/2018 19:13
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