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Desperate for help - sensory clothing nightmare. Daughter can't get dressed

Falcon2008

DD (10) has always had sensory issues but it's become so unmanageable in the last few months. I don't know whether it's the added pressures of year 5 (which she finds hard) or the onset of puberty, but it's a daily struggle to get her dressed. Weekends are no better than school days. It's taking 2 hours of hysterical crying to get her dressed at the moment. It's like she's having a panic attack because she finds everything so uncomfortable. Pants seem to be the biggest trigger. We keep missing the start of school as a result. On Sunday she had to miss her friend's birthday party as she just couldn't get dressed and was so distressed.

We're at our wits end. We've got rid of all her clothes and started again with ultra soft pants (in every style), seamless socks and clothes that she has approved as comfortable. But still, every morning is the same.

I've tried putting on relaxing music and giving her a deep pressure massage before dressing, but that isn't working.

If anyone has got any tips at all, I'd be very grateful. We're due to go on holiday next week and I have visions of us having to cancel as we can't get her to the airport on time....

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  • Might be worth checking her for dysautonomia. My son always worse in a morning, he has orthostatic hypotension (POTS) and being dehydrated makes it worse. Sensory sensitivities and anxiety much worse when he struggling with it. Try allowing extra time in a morning and making sure she drinks plenty of water (we use filtered because he doesn't like the taste straight from tap). Might not be but worth checking as really hard to tell as presents as high anxiety. Easy to check at home if she'll let you, by checking blood pressure and heart rate from laying to standing. My son 19 now and we only found out a couple of years ago but it made a lot of sense. Wish we had known sooner so always try o raise awareness whenever see any similar difficulties.

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  • Might be worth checking her for dysautonomia. My son always worse in a morning, he has orthostatic hypotension (POTS) and being dehydrated makes it worse. Sensory sensitivities and anxiety much worse when he struggling with it. Try allowing extra time in a morning and making sure she drinks plenty of water (we use filtered because he doesn't like the taste straight from tap). Might not be but worth checking as really hard to tell as presents as high anxiety. Easy to check at home if she'll let you, by checking blood pressure and heart rate from laying to standing. My son 19 now and we only found out a couple of years ago but it made a lot of sense. Wish we had known sooner so always try o raise awareness whenever see any similar difficulties.

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