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<blockquote data-quote="Andy" data-source="post: 374738" data-attributes="member: 5096"><p>Each story is different. Within 2 years of showing the signs, my difficult child has pretty much become a easy child (he still has difficult child moments - behaviors caused through his anxiety but for the most part he is doing amazingly well).</p><p> </p><p>It all started the summer he was entering 5th grade. He was 11 years old. He seemed to fall apart that Summer - depressed, physical problems of chest pains, inability to breath, headaches, ect., ect, ect. Even those outside our family could see that something was not right. With no experience of meeting any child with mental health issues, I had no clue that was where we should look. I could only see his physical complaints and wondered what illness/disease was stealing my son.</p><p> </p><p>School started and he could not make himself go. He couldn't even go to the store with the sole purpose of getting him a lego set. I called my supervisor and told him that I did not know what was going on with my son and would be back at work at an unforeseen time. I was willing to quit my job if this continued. I went to school with my son.</p><p> </p><p>In the meantime, we went to our local pediatrician. He did not know for sure and with a, "I don't know what this is, I think it is anxiety, here, have him take Zoloft" sent us out the door. Well, I am not giving my child Zoloft based on a I-don't-know-I-think statement so I went for a 2nd opinion.</p><p> </p><p>The 2nd opinion doctor referred us to a therapist. difficult child had an appointment the day before Thanksgiving. As time went on, difficult child developed self harm thoughts and toward the end of October his body told him to jump from the 3rd floor balcony of the Mall of America. I got him into see the therapist that week and then to a children's hospital where he stayed for 2 weeks. He was diagnosed with deep anxiety.</p><p> </p><p>As this was going on, he basically missed the first quarter of school and the rebonding that the classmates go through. It was a very tiny school and he was feeling left out - that turned to anger and some horrid behaviors at school toward students and teachers. He did not like his own behaviors of anger and revengful thinking and worked VERY hard to change them.</p><p> </p><p>By the time he entered 6th grade, his behaviors had improved and the classmates felt safe again.</p><p> </p><p>I give all the credit to him. The children's psychiatric hospital and his therapist gave him many tools to use and he choose to use them. We also had the best school environment for him. There was no need for IEP or 504 because the teachers went out of their way to work with me on every situation from homework to behaviors toward teachers and students.</p><p> </p><p>He has not had any PRN anxiety/panic medication since last September and I don't think he will need it to get in the school doors this fall. He does still take anxiety medication and has one out-of-the-blue self harm thought this summer which he used his tools to overcome quickly.</p><p> </p><p>This is a very short in a nutshell recap. I was so scared that first year. By the end of the 5th grade year, I was sure my son would become a criminal with his disrespect of teachers and other authority figures. It really is amazing how far he has come. I am no longer afraid for his future.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy, post: 374738, member: 5096"] Each story is different. Within 2 years of showing the signs, my difficult child has pretty much become a easy child (he still has difficult child moments - behaviors caused through his anxiety but for the most part he is doing amazingly well). It all started the summer he was entering 5th grade. He was 11 years old. He seemed to fall apart that Summer - depressed, physical problems of chest pains, inability to breath, headaches, ect., ect, ect. Even those outside our family could see that something was not right. With no experience of meeting any child with mental health issues, I had no clue that was where we should look. I could only see his physical complaints and wondered what illness/disease was stealing my son. School started and he could not make himself go. He couldn't even go to the store with the sole purpose of getting him a lego set. I called my supervisor and told him that I did not know what was going on with my son and would be back at work at an unforeseen time. I was willing to quit my job if this continued. I went to school with my son. In the meantime, we went to our local pediatrician. He did not know for sure and with a, "I don't know what this is, I think it is anxiety, here, have him take Zoloft" sent us out the door. Well, I am not giving my child Zoloft based on a I-don't-know-I-think statement so I went for a 2nd opinion. The 2nd opinion doctor referred us to a therapist. difficult child had an appointment the day before Thanksgiving. As time went on, difficult child developed self harm thoughts and toward the end of October his body told him to jump from the 3rd floor balcony of the Mall of America. I got him into see the therapist that week and then to a children's hospital where he stayed for 2 weeks. He was diagnosed with deep anxiety. As this was going on, he basically missed the first quarter of school and the rebonding that the classmates go through. It was a very tiny school and he was feeling left out - that turned to anger and some horrid behaviors at school toward students and teachers. He did not like his own behaviors of anger and revengful thinking and worked VERY hard to change them. By the time he entered 6th grade, his behaviors had improved and the classmates felt safe again. I give all the credit to him. The children's psychiatric hospital and his therapist gave him many tools to use and he choose to use them. We also had the best school environment for him. There was no need for IEP or 504 because the teachers went out of their way to work with me on every situation from homework to behaviors toward teachers and students. He has not had any PRN anxiety/panic medication since last September and I don't think he will need it to get in the school doors this fall. He does still take anxiety medication and has one out-of-the-blue self harm thought this summer which he used his tools to overcome quickly. This is a very short in a nutshell recap. I was so scared that first year. By the end of the 5th grade year, I was sure my son would become a criminal with his disrespect of teachers and other authority figures. It really is amazing how far he has come. I am no longer afraid for his future. [/QUOTE]
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