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Anxiety Struggles

Anxy73

Hi everyone. 

This is my first post and I'm not too sure where to start.

My 16 year old was diagnosed back in year 8 and we've been struggling to find support from anyone in our area.

The best way to describe it is that he's living in a 24/7 panic attack.

He suffers from terrible anxiety and hasn't been in a classroom in 3 years, or. Mixed with anyone his own age. He couldn't sit his GCSES due to this and the cances of us getting him to physically go to college are slim to none as it's getting to the stage He can't leave the house. 

Our GP has been no help. He's just told us to basically crack on unt he's 18 and then they can give him anxiety meds.

Any suggestions would be hugely appreciated,  as I'm not sure how to help him going forward and, if I'm honest, it's breaking me 

Thanks xx

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  • I think my parents had to be pretty proactive in terms of insisting on referrals and not taking no for an answer when I was that age and needed help. Like they might have heard about this adolescent psych unit and insisted I was assessed there after being dismissed by the more local mental health team as just being lazy. 

    I found being a day patient there very helpful. Idk how I would have even survived from 16-18 otherwise. 

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  • I think my parents had to be pretty proactive in terms of insisting on referrals and not taking no for an answer when I was that age and needed help. Like they might have heard about this adolescent psych unit and insisted I was assessed there after being dismissed by the more local mental health team as just being lazy. 

    I found being a day patient there very helpful. Idk how I would have even survived from 16-18 otherwise. 

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