I have a great dd aged 6, nearly 7. We also have a ds, aged nearly 5. They have always been really happy, but recently dd has started to get quite stressed about life and now I am getting quite worried.
Initially she started breathing funny, breathing in quite hard through her mouth, holding her breath for a couple of seconds and pushing it out through her nose. This got worse and we began to think she might have asthma or something similar. We took her to the docs, who immediately gave her an inhaler. We tried it once, it gave her a rash, we tried it again, it gave her a rash, so we gave up. Back to the docs for a different inhaler, same thing, so we stopped using it. So now she is breathing funny quite a lot and I just try to control it by showing her how to breath easily.
On top of this she complains LOADS about tummy aches, she is rarely sick but just complains and is clearly very uncomfortable (tonight for example, she left half a Krispy Kreme doughnut, that is VERY VERY sick in my eyes).
She has got really stressed about dying and has asked us not to listen to the radio in the car or watch the news. We have had quite a few conversations about dying when she has started them, but never really scary or anything. She has cried a couple of times about dying "I don't want to die" and then she has calmed quite quickly.
So tonight, she went to bed and just burst into tears "I don't know why I am crying, but I just feel sad", I just cuddled her and talked to her, calmed her down and waited for her to go to sleep.
She is such a little shrimp and clearly has a lot going on in her head. What can I do? I am unsure about going back to the GP, don't want to end up in complicated kids counselling, I just want her to be happy.....
Please help me!!