please try everything else first

Posted By: skunko on 2009-03-19
In Reply to: my son has anxiety and a little phobia around crowds sm - worried mom

before you put him on drugs. Kids are stronger than we think and this may just be something he needs to work his way through. Don't put him on drugs just to keep school happy. Try counseling, changing his diet, vitamins, all that. Really research before you choose the drugs because once you do there is no going back. Without going into long, drawn out story, I speak from experience. I personally do not think 10 year olds should be on Prozac.

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my son has anxiety and a little phobia around crowds sm - worried mom
- resources for your - very serious fork in the road
  - thank you so much! i will check these out nm - worried mom
- In looking at your posting I see where you said - Anonomiss
- please try everything else first - skunko
  - sm - worried mom
    - psych twice is not enough - skunko
      - that's what i thought at first. i felt like she gave up on us sm - worried mom
    - PS - worried mom
      - the overstated usefulness of opening up - absolute believer
        did you read my other posts? sm - worried mom
        offending the OP - absolute believer
        thank you for sharing your story. sm - worried mom
      - This sounds like it could be Asberger's - Happy MT Robin
        thank you, i will check into that sm - worried mom
- My daughter started group counseling sm - lm
- in vitamins - absolute believer
  - So magnesium and zinc help anxiety? sm - MeMT
  - in summer camps - absolute believer
- Suggestion for you - landroverlady
- DH uses Benadryl s/m - MI-MT

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