Hello my friend is having trouble with her 9 year old daughter. she is having panic attacks when it’s bed time
when my friends daughter knows it’s coming up to bed time. As far as she is aware she is not having nightmares but all of a sudden she has started sobbing when she has to go to bed and needs to sleep with her mum and dad. As she is 9 nearly 10my friend is getting really worried.
Sobbing is not a panic attack! That’s just acting out! A panic attack feels like death is near!!!
I really don’t know what kind of advise to give, besides just allowing her to sleep with the parents. She will probably get over it…..Unless there is a serious underlining issue?
Sobbing is not a panic attack! That’s just acting out! A panic attack feels like death is near!!!
I really don’t know what kind of advise to give, besides just allowing her to sleep with the parents. She will probably get over it…..Unless there is a serious underlining issue?
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wow i think urfriend should take her daughter to a doctor. maybe when she was little something really bad hapend right when i was bed time.
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Tell her and the father (if there is not a father present then she can do this alone) to tell the daughter that all of the family is going to bed after they do something together. All have tea/hot chocolate (no caffene) together and put a time on it. when the whole family will go to bed. Of course the mother doesnt have to go to bed at this time but she may feel assured and not left out if the whole family goes to bed at the same time. She wont feel lonely/scared/panicked.
Or one would have thought!Just a suggestion. Hope it works for her. :)
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That’s not a panic attack; panic attacks are more severe and include physical symptoms.
Perhaps she just needs to sleep with her parents for a while… she may grow out of it.
If she doesn’t grow out of it, then psychologist appt is needed.
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Hi,
I started having having panic attacks at an early age and extended family members thought I was acting out too. Please don’t misjudge this, people can be quite ignorant when it comes to anxiety in children.
The first thing to do is decide if it is a panic attack or just an anxious fit. The difference being with an anxious fit, crying and screaming usually go hand in hand. With a panic attack, the sufferer cries, sure, but usually finds it hard to breathe at a normal pace. Then the person gets stuck within a vicious cycle, they find it hard to breathe, think they may be choking and instinctively panic more. A brown paper bag is a cliche but it does work. Also as a fast fix, sitting the child down and getting her to copy her mothers or father’s breathing. Her mother or father should do the following:
Sit with the child face to face, slowly and calmly ask the child to look at them in the eyes, focus on that. Then ask the child to inhale slowly and hold it for 1 to 2 seconds, then release slowly. Breathe with the stomach not the chest if possible.
After a few moments like this, she should calm down to the point where you can find out what is the underlying reason for the child’s anxious outbursts. Trust me, if she is panicking at the age of 9, there will be a reason behind it. Whether it be going to sleep means school the next day and maybe something is unsettling her there.
This is where the parents have to inspect a little, ask simple questions, so the child feels like they can tell you the worst thing in the world. It could be something small, but to her it’s frightening.
Then explain to her what a panic attack is, that it won’t harm her and it won’t kill her, she cannot die from panicking.
The last paragraph is important to getting the child to calm down.
Then I guess, see a Doctor or Teacher, after talking to her first.
Hope this helps ^_^
Try the following links too:
http://www.massgeneral.org/schoolpsychiatry/info_panicdisorder.asp
http://www.childanxiety.net/Panic.htm
http://www.aacap.org/cs/root/facts_for_families/panic_disorder_in_children_and_adolescents
http://panicdisorder.about.com/cs/shbreathing/ht/breatheproperly.htm
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ITS SOUNDS MORE LIKE A CHILD WHO DOESN’T WANT TO GO TO BED I KNOW ALOT OF KIDS WHO HAVE TANTRUMS YOU HAVE TO BE STERN
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