Posted by mair on March 21, 2005, at 12:34:24
In reply to my son has anxiety disorder!, posted by donna.c on March 19, 2005, at 15:58:12
My son, now almost 20 and a sophomore in college, can get very anxious. His anxieties got to be very dibilitating when he was 9, and he was successfully treated with about 4 or 5 months of cognitive behavioral therapy. He hasn't really had to be treated since then, but I've certainly considered taking him back again on several occasions when his anxieties seemed to get more out of control. Transitions are tough like changing schools or the beginning of school years; really anything is difficult if he's forced out of his fairly constrained comfort zone. And mostly what it means is that we spend hours trying to help him work through every rationalization he comes up with as to why he can't do something.
If your son hasn't been able to attend school, his must be more serious than anything my son has had to deal with. Have you looked into medications. I really do think they can help. I know my T's 16 year old son has an anxiety disorder that is being treated with medications. It's like anything else, the meds aren't going to cure it, but they might make the symptoms more manageable.
Mair
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