Hi, my DD is 17 and struggles massively with anxiety. She’s part-way through an assessment for autism.
She has been diagnosed with chronic hyperventilation syndrome which means she feels like she can’t breathe properly a lot of the time and is constantly sighing/trying to make herself yawn in order to get a proper breath. She gets really frustrated and hits and has in the past cut herself out of anger with it.
She’s had an ECG, chest x-ray and peak flow test and all is normal. The paediatrician has put it down to anxiety and suggested she tries a calm app. She also does breathing exercises suggested by a physio. She sees a psychotherapist weekly (which we pay for).
she’s begging me to make her a GP appointment as she needs help.
Do GPs prescribe anxiety meds to teenagers? How bad does it have to get? We’re at the end of our tethers.