My husband and I have been raising our grandson since he was 3 yrs.;He is a very smart child in school and is sweet and loving;This year almost every morning he4 has panic attacks when I am trying to get him off to school,It is not an act I can feel his pain it is everything I can do to get him in the car to get him to school the whole time he is crying and begging me please granny just let me stay home today please;He has already missed 7 days this year.I am working with the school principal and counselor I just started with them.They said they have a lot of boys this year going through the same thing but this is my child I can't help him I have decided to take him to a doctor and maybe put him on medication I do not want to do that;But I see so much pain in his eyes he looks like a caged animal begging for help and that is how I feel;What can I do?
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11 year boy having panic attacks over school
My boyfriend actually 21 years old developed the same thing this year in college. He tried medicine and found that that wasn't right for him and decided to see a psychologist. He has shown a ton of improvement. Being 21 obviously he wasn't crying or screaming in class or anything but it was a real feat for him to sit through a 3 hour lecture. This had a lot to do with repressing things from his childhood and actually saw a picture that made him feel so. So with the combination of the trigger and his childhood issues he developed panic/anxiety attacks. I would sit down with a psychologist first (one who specializes in children) and see what they do to see if things are bothering your grandson. There could be things bothering him that he isn't even aware of like my boyfriend (who had been in and out of doctors for years before really realizing the issue). The psychologist will work with you and your grandson to find the root of the problem and if they feel at his age medicine can help do your research and if you as his guardians feel like that is also the best choice you can take that route. Your grandson could just be getting upset over the tiniest thing like (moms volunteering in the classrooms and wishing his mom was there or some type of bullying by other kids or it could be as small as he has trouble with math and is embarrassed but psychologist these days are really good with children and helping them safely cope with their problems.) I wouldn't rely too much on the counselor at the school system as a psychologist has much much more education and experience.
