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<blockquote data-quote="Andy" data-source="post: 186702" data-attributes="member: 5096"><p>Has your difficult child ever been on medications for anxiety? Does he see a therapist?</p><p> </p><p>Last Summer/Fall, my difficult child with no history of anything started loosing all his energy and along with a long line of physical symptoms, did start getting headaches. He had chest pains, felt he could not breathe, and other aches and pains. He lost his energy to move. Couldn't go anywhere.</p><p> </p><p>I took him to his pediatrician who said, "I don't know what this is so I am going to treat the symptom. I think this is anxiety. Here is Zoloft." I choose to get a 2nd opinion rather than give my child Zoloft based on "I don't know, I think." </p><p> </p><p>The 2nd doctor said, "I am sure it is anxiety, however, we will do all the tests to rule out anything else." So we had more tests done. I don't remember everything but do know that thyroids was one thing. </p><p> </p><p>Because there was no history of a diagnosis, the 2nd doctor stated he thought we could deal with this without medications (I was SOOOO happy). It took us 3 months to get into a therapist. In the meantime, difficult child completely fell apart. He was not moving - hardly making it to school (I had to stay with him) - couldn't even get to the store to get a Lego set. Shut down with his various body pains which did get better after each test showed him he was fine.</p><p> </p><p>He completly fell apart last October and ended up in psychiatric hospital based on self harm thoughts and him begging for more help. We got him going on medications and he has made a complete come back with therapy and medications.</p><p> </p><p>Until February, he did get lots of headaches but does not get many now. His head does feel weird often but I still want to give him a chance to get control of his anxiety with coping skills before increasing his medications.</p><p> </p><p>The doctor called his aches and pains "Somatic" (I think that is how it is spelt) pains. The anxiety does cause lots of preceived physical problems that are not "true". Of course the pain is true, the anxiety is a bully trying to convience you that something is physically wrong.</p><p> </p><p>I am grateful for a doctor that did not write this off as anxiety (even though it was) and was willing to look further to rule things out because there really can be something more going on.</p><p> </p><p>I would continue doings tests to figure this out, but also wanted to let you know that the anxiety can be running rampant and causing this. Anxiety does not need a known reason to act up. That is another reason it is difficult to handle - there doesn't have to be a known reason, you can get anxious even during your most favorite enjoyable activity.</p><p> </p><p>I hope you figure this out soon. Just another thing to look at - but do continue looking at all the reasons for the physical.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy, post: 186702, member: 5096"] Has your difficult child ever been on medications for anxiety? Does he see a therapist? Last Summer/Fall, my difficult child with no history of anything started loosing all his energy and along with a long line of physical symptoms, did start getting headaches. He had chest pains, felt he could not breathe, and other aches and pains. He lost his energy to move. Couldn't go anywhere. I took him to his pediatrician who said, "I don't know what this is so I am going to treat the symptom. I think this is anxiety. Here is Zoloft." I choose to get a 2nd opinion rather than give my child Zoloft based on "I don't know, I think." The 2nd doctor said, "I am sure it is anxiety, however, we will do all the tests to rule out anything else." So we had more tests done. I don't remember everything but do know that thyroids was one thing. Because there was no history of a diagnosis, the 2nd doctor stated he thought we could deal with this without medications (I was SOOOO happy). It took us 3 months to get into a therapist. In the meantime, difficult child completely fell apart. He was not moving - hardly making it to school (I had to stay with him) - couldn't even get to the store to get a Lego set. Shut down with his various body pains which did get better after each test showed him he was fine. He completly fell apart last October and ended up in psychiatric hospital based on self harm thoughts and him begging for more help. We got him going on medications and he has made a complete come back with therapy and medications. Until February, he did get lots of headaches but does not get many now. His head does feel weird often but I still want to give him a chance to get control of his anxiety with coping skills before increasing his medications. The doctor called his aches and pains "Somatic" (I think that is how it is spelt) pains. The anxiety does cause lots of preceived physical problems that are not "true". Of course the pain is true, the anxiety is a bully trying to convience you that something is physically wrong. I am grateful for a doctor that did not write this off as anxiety (even though it was) and was willing to look further to rule things out because there really can be something more going on. I would continue doings tests to figure this out, but also wanted to let you know that the anxiety can be running rampant and causing this. Anxiety does not need a known reason to act up. That is another reason it is difficult to handle - there doesn't have to be a known reason, you can get anxious even during your most favorite enjoyable activity. I hope you figure this out soon. Just another thing to look at - but do continue looking at all the reasons for the physical. [/QUOTE]
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