Re: Anxiety Issues - What can help?

July 10, 2007

I would try l-theanine and maybe IP6.

>

> My 4 year old son is having severe anxiety issues lately. One year

> ago, people around him didnt matter to him. After 1 year of biomedical

> intervention, he has now become a very sociable boy but lately has been

> having severe separation anxiety.

>

> The separation anxiety used to only be with me, his mom, then started

> expanding to other family members. Today, he had a meltdown in

> school, because he didnt want his teacher to leave the room while he

> was inside the classroom with his classmates.

>

> How can I help my son manage his anxieties? Are there any supplements

> he can take to help him with these issues?

>

> Thanks,

>

> Pam

>

July 10, 2007

can you tell WHY he is doing this, I am not trying to scare you but has someone

hurt him when he was been separated from an authority figure, like physically or

sexually??? does he have the vocab to talk to him about good touch bad touch?

Anxiety Issues - What can help?

My 4 year old son is having severe anxiety issues lately. One year

ago, people around him didnt matter to him. After 1 year of biomedical

intervention, he has now become a very sociable boy but lately has been

having severe separation anxiety.

The separation anxiety used to only be with me, his mom, then started

expanding to other family members. Today, he had a meltdown in

school, because he didnt want his teacher to leave the room while he

was inside the classroom with his classmates.

How can I help my son manage his anxieties? Are there any supplements

he can take to help him with these issues?

Thanks,

Pam

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July 10, 2007

Hi Pam... I saw some of this with my son as he went through states

of recovery. Many things can trigger this I think and it is also a

normal stage of development for children of younger age. Not

assuming this is the case with your son but with my little guy, he

went through the normal developmental stages at later time as he got

better. You mentioned more social awareness and I would think it may

be possibility that he is experiencing some of the emotions and

milestones that NT children face at a younger age. I also had

to " desensitize " my child to social situations as he got more aware

of his surroundings due to improved health. Things that did not

bother him initially since he was somewhat in his own world,

suddenly became overwhelming. It was a challenging time with lots

of ups and downs as he adjusted to the real world again.You might

read up on sensory issues if you have not since these seem to rear

their ugly head with many children as they begin to rejoin the world

after being in a more isolated world of their own.

Also, there are quite a few supplements that seem to help many

children. YOu might discuss some of those with your DAN! -like

GABA, IP6 and /or Inositol etc. Also I'd check mineral levels and

aminos and fatty acids. My son actually has responded well to

Essential Glutathione for calming too-it does NOT do that for all

but a few of us have seen that. You might also try to determine of

something he is taking is triggering this.. we had some supplements

that we had to cut back on as my son got better. If he had too much

of something he might become agitated, hyper, anxious etc. The

HARDEST thing to me about this journey was that there was not a

roadmap that I could follow as we saw changes that could be

attributable to a lot of things. We could test(and did) and my

little guy had the best DAN! in the world in my opinion (Dr. JM!)

but even with that each child is different and we had to work

together to find what was triggering changes and that many times

meant some trial and error to determine what he needed. Good news of

that is that it showed that things were changing and ususally for

the " good " -we just had to adjust and change with him. Other than

diet and just getting good assessment to make sure you are not

dealing with some type imbalance, I would reassure him and work with

caretakers to see if this is a normal stage of development that is

coming late.... all the time of course looking at supplements with

your doctor that might help him through this. We did short " drills "

where we would leave the room, come back seconds later when we told

him we would etc (and expanded the time gone, warnings of leaving

etc)... all of this helped. Also if you have toxicity issues, it

may be triggering some changes so I'd again talk with my DAN!.

FWIW, my NT five year old daughter just started getting upset at

times when her babysitters leave. She has really bonded with them

this summer and I think it is normal to want them to stay. Her

socialization has greatly increased this summer and this is one

thing that points to that. It was a welcome surprise for us in this

case as she doesn't always bond with sitters and we have had quite a

few personnel changes lately so I was happy to see her feeling close

to these people. So I guess we all see some of this along the way at

different times and it is especially evident when you've had a child

who was not social due to ASD issues. I know about that... been

there, done that.

Hope it resolves soon and keep us posted. I'm sure others will have

thoughts also!

Moderator

>

> My 4 year old son is having severe anxiety issues lately. One

year

> ago, people around him didnt matter to him. After 1 year of

biomedical

> intervention, he has now become a very sociable boy but lately has

been

> having severe separation anxiety.

>

> The separation anxiety used to only be with me, his mom, then

started

> expanding to other family members. Today, he had a meltdown in

> school, because he didnt want his teacher to leave the room while

he

> was inside the classroom with his classmates.

>

> How can I help my son manage his anxieties? Are there any

supplements

> he can take to help him with these issues?

>

> Thanks,

>

> Pam

>

July 10, 2007

Thank you for your inputs , , Cristel and ! It has

been a big help!

Also, My Dan doctor recommended 5htp for anxiety issues. Do you

think this will help?

Thanks,

Pam

> >

> > My 4 year old son is having severe anxiety issues lately. One

> year

> > ago, people around him didnt matter to him. After 1 year of

> biomedical

> > intervention, he has now become a very sociable boy but lately

has

> been

> > having severe separation anxiety.

> >

> > The separation anxiety used to only be with me, his mom, then

> started

> > expanding to other family members. Today, he had a meltdown in

> > school, because he didnt want his teacher to leave the room while

> he

> > was inside the classroom with his classmates.

> >

> > How can I help my son manage his anxieties? Are there any

> supplements

> > he can take to help him with these issues?

> >

> > Thanks,

> >

> > Pam

> >

>

July 10, 2007

lots of people have good luck with it. It never helped my son and I

tried it also (we are not biologically related btw) and it didn't

help me either.We are all different and you might see good things

so I'd definitely try it if my DAN! suggested it.

Best of luck!

> > >

> > > My 4 year old son is having severe anxiety issues lately. One

> > year

> > > ago, people around him didnt matter to him. After 1 year of

> > biomedical

> > > intervention, he has now become a very sociable boy but lately

> has

> > been

> > > having severe separation anxiety.

> > >

> > > The separation anxiety used to only be with me, his mom, then

> > started

> > > expanding to other family members. Today, he had a meltdown

in

> > > school, because he didnt want his teacher to leave the room

while

> > he

> > > was inside the classroom with his classmates.

> > >

> > > How can I help my son manage his anxieties? Are there any

> > supplements

> > > he can take to help him with these issues?

> > >

> > > Thanks,

> > >

> > > Pam

> > >

> >

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