Hello.
Hope you dont mind me dipping in my toe...ds2 is only 10 but has been suffering from anxiety/panic attacks for some time.
Until he was 4 he was a happy go lucky little boy.
From summer 2013 lots of back history: multiple family bereavements, my ill health, his ill health...operations....
He was finally dx with abdominal migraine and gerd 2 years ago and put on meds but he still had panic attacks, albeit with no vomiting.
Took him back to paed last summer and he took him off all meds and said it was anxiety (we agree).
He is also now under a nutritionist after a bad summer with one off vomiting episodes which the gp thought was coeliac but it turned out were caused by ice cream!
The paed discharged him.
He is now still under the nutritionist as he had bad candida.
This is being treated.
A couple of weeks ago, he had what I can only descirbe as a full on panic attack :( it was awful.
Over a minor issue at school. Really minor. Teachers very concerned. They suggested cahms.
Saw gp who said cahms could/would be a years wait.
He starts secondary in 18 months, we cant wait so we are seeing a cbt therapist from next week.
I wondered if any of you have used cbt with your kids?
Ds2 had 4 sessions of bereavement counselling and 6 sessions of 1 to 1 play therapy which seemed to help at the time, but obv I was wrong.
Nothing I've done has helped him.
Any thoughts or advice?
Thank you x