Hi... I'm here on behalf of my oldest son.
He's had anxiety issues since he was only 18 mos old or so (he's now 12). I could list all the different ways it's presented itself and why, but it'd be too long for an intro. I homeschool - and am thankful, as I know he would not have handled school well at all. I've wondered before it may he registers on the AS spectrum, but since it was something I could work around, it wasn't much of an issue for him to be 'diagnosed'.
He's done so well the last year.. but we recently went to the dentist and it was not fun. They let me stay with him. But he literally trembled so bad they had to retake xrays. He has to go back to have some things done, and his anxiety is presenting itself every night at bed. He can't fall asleep without having to get up to try to pee 'one more time' (about a half dozen times, maybe more some nights).
I have an appointment with our family doctor - I'd hoped to just get something from him from anxiety, but... I'm realizing now, that we do need to find out what's going on.. he's only going to continue to grow up, and face new activities (or challenges) that would make a normal person anxious and nervous.. for him, it'd be debilitating, paralyzing.
We went to a psychologist a couple years ago - but he really pushed for my son to be in the room without me. I felt it was unnecessary anxiety at the time. I am hoping to find a dr who will see him a few times and allow for my son to become acclimated to the dr, and the surroundings before insisting he see him without me. I am not a helicopter mom, honest.
Anyway.. I'm here, in hopes of learning, and maybe meeting some who I can identify with - or maybe learning this isn't the place for us and find direction to where we should be.
He's had anxiety issues since he was only 18 mos old or so (he's now 12). I could list all the different ways it's presented itself and why, but it'd be too long for an intro. I homeschool - and am thankful, as I know he would not have handled school well at all. I've wondered before it may he registers on the AS spectrum, but since it was something I could work around, it wasn't much of an issue for him to be 'diagnosed'.
He's done so well the last year.. but we recently went to the dentist and it was not fun. They let me stay with him. But he literally trembled so bad they had to retake xrays. He has to go back to have some things done, and his anxiety is presenting itself every night at bed. He can't fall asleep without having to get up to try to pee 'one more time' (about a half dozen times, maybe more some nights).
I have an appointment with our family doctor - I'd hoped to just get something from him from anxiety, but... I'm realizing now, that we do need to find out what's going on.. he's only going to continue to grow up, and face new activities (or challenges) that would make a normal person anxious and nervous.. for him, it'd be debilitating, paralyzing.
We went to a psychologist a couple years ago - but he really pushed for my son to be in the room without me. I felt it was unnecessary anxiety at the time. I am hoping to find a dr who will see him a few times and allow for my son to become acclimated to the dr, and the surroundings before insisting he see him without me. I am not a helicopter mom, honest.
Anyway.. I'm here, in hopes of learning, and maybe meeting some who I can identify with - or maybe learning this isn't the place for us and find direction to where we should be.
