Aches and pains

[Guest guest]

Do any of you have children who have mysterious aches

and/or pains that come on for no reason-or so it

appears?

has done this for years and it really grates on

my nerves. I don't understand why he has these

" episodes " of an ache or pain. They are pretty much

the same over and over and we've had him checked, but

now and then he'll come up with a new one. Used to be

an avoidance issue, but there are days when I really

don't know if it's something or not. They normally go

away on their own with no further discussion until the

next time it shows up.

I know kids with AS feel things sometimes at a

magnification than most people, but I just don't get

it. We discovered he has a bit of reflux, so we manage

what he eats to minimize they symptoms of that because

he is afraid he's having heart problems. He aways

claims his heart hurts. We had him checked, and his

heart is fine. It was just reflux. We figured it was,

but he had to have the doctor's confirmation to

believe it.

Today's issue was his muscle under his collarbone.

First day of P.E. for awhile. He thinks he needs to go

to the doctor's. Then he says, " If it's still hurting

tomorrow, I think I need to go to the doctor. " Most

of the time we can come up with a possible reason for

his ache/pain and he will believe it and it will go

away.

He is fine otherwise. He moves around with no effort.

He said he could barely lift his arms today. (Casey's

had her collarbone broken, so I know the symptoms of a

fractured collarbone.) But he's been running around

here and doing everything-including picking up his

baby brother, Zachary who probably weighs close to 10

pounds now, so he seems fine here. He's forgotten all

about the pain.

I know he has a project due next week and exams coming

up the 22nd-25th. So I don't know if it's an avoidance

issue or anxiety because of getting the project done

and the exams coming up. But it drives me nuts

sometimes. I don't get why he does this. Where the

" symptoms " come from. I know he believes they are real

and he feels something and it's more than what we

would feel. But then he focuses on it and it

escalates.

Any feedback would be helpful.

Thanks,

Melinda, 37 ( was asked if Zachary was my grandchild!

and later was told by someone else I

looked like I was 27! Go figure!)

Mom to 14, AS,ADHD,OCD

Casey, 12 going on 16! AAAAHHHHHHH!!!

, 6, speech delay (yet very demanding!)

Zachary, 1 month on Friday!