Thank You for writing to me, I really appreciate your kindness and words of advice. I do think I will hold off on the medication, and just get her to a psychiatrist first, she just keeps coming home from school and telling me she suddenly gets dizzy then sick to her stomach then feels like she can't breathe. All things that are all to familiar to me and I just want her to feel normal. What a horrible thing anxiety is !! Thank You for your Kind words, You really made me feel better.
i've taken a lot of meds and i believe at one point i was on lexapro...but can't remember how it worked. as far as your daughter goes...i'd make sure she sees a good children's psychiatrist before putting her on meds. the reason is because if i were a parent, it would be easy for me to fear my child going through what i went through and finding symptoms where there may not be any. i'm not saying that's what you've done...but it can happen and if it does, drugs would do more harm than good. there's no doubt anxiety disorders can run in family's. mine is the perfect example of that. i remember having anxiety as far back as i can remember...5 or 6...but it was in phases and wasn't diagnosed and i don't think at that time i really needed to be on meds. it's hard to say whether it's simply 'growing pains' or if it really is a disorder...which is why a good psychiatrist would really help. also, don't blame yourself for passing anything on to your kid. i'm sure you're happy you were born and don't blame your mom at all for passing anxiety on to you...so you shouldn't do that to yourself. it's actually better that you have issues with anxiety, because if your daughter does also...that will make you a much more understanding and aware parent than many people with anxiety get. best of luck to you.