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Beginning to really worry about my DS #2 (not difficult child)
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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 40388" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Speaking as the parent of an extremely anxious child, something like Monster Spray wouldn't work. The anxiety goes WAY beyond something like that, unfortunately. I was just talking to difficult child 3's Friend's mother - they've just come home from a short holiday and she said her son was constantly anxious about being away from home. His fears were that they would run out of petrol and not have the money to buy more, or not be able to find a petrol station; that they would get lost and not be able to find their way home; that they might wander off the main road onto a small track and never find their way out of the forest again. He kept moaning about being six hours' drive from home. NOTHING she could do or say helped him. Friend is high-functioning autistic, like difficult child 3.</p><p></p><p>A diagnosis doesn't automatically mean medication. Some disorders can't be medicated, anyway. Sometimes they just treat the symptoms with medication (such as the anxiety) but not always. There are non-medication treatments such as relaxation therapy; aromatherapy (it does help, especially if you use it to reinforce other methods) and for other problems different ways to deal with them. And often as a parent, you can find ways of managing a problem that can be unusual, but work for your child.</p><p></p><p>Simply knowing what the problem is can make it easier for you to find a way to handle it.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 40388, member: 1991"] Speaking as the parent of an extremely anxious child, something like Monster Spray wouldn't work. The anxiety goes WAY beyond something like that, unfortunately. I was just talking to difficult child 3's Friend's mother - they've just come home from a short holiday and she said her son was constantly anxious about being away from home. His fears were that they would run out of petrol and not have the money to buy more, or not be able to find a petrol station; that they would get lost and not be able to find their way home; that they might wander off the main road onto a small track and never find their way out of the forest again. He kept moaning about being six hours' drive from home. NOTHING she could do or say helped him. Friend is high-functioning autistic, like difficult child 3. A diagnosis doesn't automatically mean medication. Some disorders can't be medicated, anyway. Sometimes they just treat the symptoms with medication (such as the anxiety) but not always. There are non-medication treatments such as relaxation therapy; aromatherapy (it does help, especially if you use it to reinforce other methods) and for other problems different ways to deal with them. And often as a parent, you can find ways of managing a problem that can be unusual, but work for your child. Simply knowing what the problem is can make it easier for you to find a way to handle it. Marg [/QUOTE]
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