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Post by beaglemom on Apr 3, 2024 5:35:35 GMT
how did you know that it was time to seek help?
DD is 13 and has been expressing a lot of fears/anxiety recently. Much of what she talks about are things that the typical 13 year old would start thinking about...social issues, how others see her, embarrassing herself etc. Thing is, she seems to be very intense about this stuff. Also, DD has a history of PANDAS and is a bit of a perfectionist by nature.
Thanks for any insight, or thoughts you can share. I have to go right now but will be back later.
Update: We have been to DD's primary and to 2 visits at the counseling center - one for intake and one with the counselor that she will be seeing. With all of the questions at the intake, it came out that DD has been having mild panic attacks at school and she also scored high for generalized anxiety. At this point, she will be seeing the counselor every other week and we will take it from there. The counselor she is seeing specializes in anxiety so I think we are in good hands.
I wanted to reach out because we are starting down a path with our 11 year-old that is experiencing some pretty severe anxiety and school refusal. PANDAS has come up as a possibility. I was just wondering if you have any advice or resources you could point me toward. Thank you!
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