Panic Attacks in Children
"My kid thinks she is going crazy"
Panic Attack Disorder Signs...
- anxiety goes fast from 0 to 10
- occurs without warning even at calm moment
- may have no specific trigger to high anxiety level
- refusual to go places as afraid they will have that "panic feeling"
Sudden and often unexpected surges of...
- intense fear
- racing heart
- dizziness
- stomach aches
- fear of dying
- feel of loosing control or going crazy
- unable to breath
Anxiety Treatment...
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- learn about panic and the misfiring of faulty signals
- learn to reset body through relaxation strategies
- other panic coping tools and techniques