Anxiety Disorders in Children Support Group
Childhood","This community is for parents and caregivers of children who exhibit signs of anxiety. Anxiety refers to a complex combination of negative emotions that includes fear, apprehension and worry, and is often accompanied by physical sensations such as palpitations, nausea, chest pain and/or shortness of breath."
Looking for some ideas. My daughter is in Kindergarten and almost 6 years old. She has Sensory processing disorder which makes life harder for her than it should have to be. Since about September (a month into school), she has complained routinely that her tummy hurts. At first it was about once a week. Now it is a couple of times a day. If I don't give her Tums, the "pains" get progressively worse. When I ask her where it is, she points to different parts of the tummy or says all over my tummy. It has started happening during the school day as well. I finally took her to the Dr. because I was wondering about acid reflux. The Dr. did several tests and ruled that out including several other issues. The Dr. finally attributed it to stress. This was a couple of weeks ago. I'm at a loss to help her with it. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.
If all else fails try therapy. It can help you and her understand how to handle the situation.
My 14 yr old started having problems about 2 years ago. THis year she started HS and things got way out of control. After missing half of the first marking period she was out 5 weeks straight. We worked backward from migraines to neck spasms. Both were causing real pain.
Because she was home for so long I decided to take her to a therapist because I was afraid she would never feel comfortable back in school. Turned out that the real trigger was being uncomfortable in school. Still trying to find out if there is a specific person or incident. But after just 2 sessions the therapist was able to bring the problem into the open and my daughter went back the next day.
I would keep looking for physical causes but also consider the psychological. Remember that the longer this goes on the harder it will be for her to be comfortable in school and other settings. Sometimes the body gets so used to being in pain that it forgets what it is like to not be in pain.
Anyway, you may want ask your doctor if PB would be a better choice than TUMS. I hadn't thought about it, but both the therapist and ped were adament about us not using the TUMS regularly.