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My son was getting them for a couple years and the frequency was increasing. He was missing school. We tried all sorts of techniques that you can google. Final
by chrisfinne 8y ago
My son was getting them for a couple years and the frequency was increasing. He was missing school. We tried all sorts of techniques that you can google.
Finally took him to a clinical psychologist that focuses on them and I was embarrassed on how few sessions it took this guy to solve them.
- ghostbrainalpha 8y agoWas it just talk therapy that solved it? Or does your son have to do ongoing treatment like meditation / prescription medication?
- chrisfinne 8y agoJust talk. Maybe 5 sessions? It basically boiled down to (in his case) "so your heart is beating fast? that's ok. not a big deal." It is always amazing to watch an expert in any field distill a seemingly complex problem into a simple one with a simple solution (at least in my son's case). Obviously, his decades of expertise was able to eliminate a world of root-cause possibilities and guide the conversation to help my son believe this simple conclusion. He'd also induce panic attacks by having him breathe through a narrow straw. Probably helped to demystify them and practice dealing with them.