Identifying Anxiety In Your Child

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Children have to deal with anxiety in much the same way that adults do. Many times anxiety in children is considered normal (such as the first day of school). Some children have a tougher time with anxiety because they are extremely shy and have a harder time adjusting to new situations.

It is common for children to be unable to manage their feelings or to share them the way adults have learned to be able to do. This makes their anxiety even harder to deal with.

Most fears, that a child has, do not last very long because they quickly discover that the things they fear really do not pose any danger. For example, they will learn that there are really no monsters under the bed that are out to hurt them or that the mean teacher at school will not really spank them. This type of development is considered normal and routine.

If your child seems to have more anxiety than their peers they might need some professional help. They might be dealing with an anxiety disorder. If your child's daily routine is affected or they are dealing with an alarming amount of stress then these are signals that you might need to seek the help of a child psychologist.

The anxiety symptoms that children show are much different than the ones that adults have. This can make it really difficult to tell whether or not your kid is dealing with anxiety.

Here are a few of the things you should be on the lookout for: Wetting the bed, poor self esteem, nightmares, recurring stomach ache/headache, avoiding activities, fear of making mistakes, resist any change in routine, fear of being embarrassed, trouble making friends and being overly shy.

If you decide that they need to see a doctor then they will receive a full physical and have several tests taken. Blood tests are often given to ensure that the chemicals in their body are at the right levels.

Doctors tend to prescribe heavy duty psychiactric medicines as a first option. Make sure that you are comfortable with this by going over the list of side effects. If you do not feel comfortable then seek a second opinion.

St. John's Wort, Scullcap and Passiflora incarnata can all help to lessen the symptoms of anxiety and do not have any of the side effects like prescriptions do. Talk with your doctor and discuss whether these herbs would work in conjunction with the talk therapy, your child would receive, as part of their treatment plan.

About the Author:
Dee Braun is the woman behind a non-profit project working to make a difference in our world by providing quality Natural Health & Healing information while raising awareness of important causes & initiatives at http://HealingOurWorld.net/. United to make a difference - If not us, who?



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