Dd and anxiety

[TheThreeMiracles]

My dd is really struggling with anxiety and I'm doing my best but what can I do to help her more ?
She sobs in the mornings begging me to keep her home then cry's until she's settled in school the past few days she's been tearful after school, she's barely touching her lunch ( at school ) she said one of the days she felt sick and throat felt funny later she said I think I had a panic attack ( she's had one before so defo knows what it is )
Obviously we are trying everything to help her feel better but it's heartbreaking seeing her so anxious she's looking pale and exhausted from the past week.
She's a very busy little girl always dancing swimming skating etc so plenty of things to do to take her mind off it x

How old is she?

My 8 yr suspected ND needs a lot of down time. I’m not sure trying to keep her busy and ignore is the way to go. If your friend was that upset before woek every day you won’t tell her to ignore it.

I would start by making an appointment to talk to the class teacher and SENCO. They should be able to sign post to appropriate services. Talk to your daughter and find out what she thinks she is going on. Introduce breathing exercises.

She's 7, defo not ignoring it if anything trying all sorts to help her, I've had anxiety and I find being busy helps but she may need abit more down time that's a good idea! , she's very clever with the breathing that was my first thought so taught her when it first started and she knows to do that when it's starting to get bad xx

That’s good. Remember she needs to practice it when she isn’t anxious.

Ask her what she thinks is happening. What is it about going into school which is upseting her, being away from you, a teacher of other child, a certain lesson, break or lunch time. Cathy Cresswell has a good book about dealing with worries.

Has she spoken to a GP?
Maybe she's doing too much? Is there any crafting she enjoys? Cross stitch always helped me.

Sounds like something at school is making her anxious. It's quite common for neurodivergent children to find school very anxiety inducing.

I also wondered if she's doing too much, I'm going to try a much earlier bedtime this week and pull back on activities that aren't pre booked ie swimming and dancing and she's if that helps she's been absolutely fine today I'm hoping she'll be okay at school tomorrow xx