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Does anyone know anything of general anxiety disorder or maybe even panic disorder in children???


he is 6 yrs old and has had bouts of about 6months at a time where he seems to cry at bed times has bad dreams, doesn't want to go to school,doesn't want to leave us, he gets scared about going down stairs in town and becomes attatched to silly things like scraps of materia and worries about death...this results in a slump in his work and behaviour. we know he is not being bullied or anything like that and this has gone on since he was about 3. does anyone know anything about anxiety disorders

Get him to a pediatric neuropsychologist -- someone who is not only familiar with child psychiatry but also **behavioral neurology.** Make sure his *limbic system*/temporal lobes are OK...Get a brain MRI and long-term EEG. Make absolutely sure he does not have an underlying seizure disorder *before* you write this off as psychiatric (anxiety/depression). The difference between a right and wrong diagnosis here, and the subsequent right or wrong medicine(s) has the potential to make --or break -- his future. Wishing him & your family health & wellness...

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