Daughters struggle with panic

I am sure that it was purely an aerobic challenge! ;)

Great news! Thanks for the updates, and keep encouraging her for us.:)

Take care and let us know how she is soon,

S.C.

Got through another practice yesterday without any issues. And they ran way more and much harder yesterday than the first day. Thankful for the small victories along the way.

I do have a question for you all who are way more experienced with this stuff than I am. I have been asking my daughter each day how things are going and if she has had any issues. I think it is to the point where she is really irritated with me asking her so much. Do I just leave her be and not bring up the panic attacks any more or is it important for me to touch base with her a lot?

I don't want to make things more stressful for her but I also do not want her to think I do not care and am not interested in what is going on inside of her.

I tried telling her what I said here. Not sure how well it was received or not, she is very hard to read at this age. But I feel better having talked to her about it. I think she knows I just want to make sure she is doing ok.

We are on a really good stretch right now. Last panic attack was on Oct 30th. We started her at 25mgs on Oct 31st.

Went through the first full week of basketball practice without any issues. You could tell at the start of the week she was kind of holding back and not going all out perhaps wondering how things were going to go. By the end of the week she was leading all the sprints and drills and seemed way more like her old self.

 

Thank you for the update, and may it continue to go well!  So happy for your family.

Keep us posted as you keep advocating for her.:)

S.C.

Tonight my daughter had her first panic attack since Oct 30th. She was in the middle of a basketball game. She had been taken out of the game by her coach and was sitting on the bench getting some water. And next thing I know she is in tears and having to fight to keep from hyperventilating. First time this has happened during basketball. This was their 6th game of the year.

I am wondering if it is linked to her just being extremely tired. This has been finals week for the first semester of high school. She was up late last night studying and did not get a good nights sleep. She had 3 finals this morning and then her game tonight.

The assistant coach calmed her down on the bench and got her breathing calmed down. The game was just about over when she had the attack and got calmed down so the coach did not put her back in the game. Once she got past it she seemed completely fine.

I am hoping this is just a one time deal and does not turn into her having more regular attacks.

Well I am glad to report that my daughter made it through her first varsity basketball season with just a couple issues. She was able to start every game and play at a very high level.

We had a follow up visit with our doctor. She says things are going good and she wants her to stay on the medicine until July or August so she will have been on them for 9 months. She said studies have shown if you are on the meds for at least 9 months the likelihood of having the panic attacks come back are much lower.

My daughter is talking about not wanting to play softball this fall and I cannot help but think she is worried about the panic attacks starting back up when she comes off the medicine. It does not matter to me whether she plays softball or not, but I do not want her living her life making decisions out of fear.

Anyone have any thoughts or advice?

"please help your daughter" ????

If you have read this entire thread you will see that I have done everything I can to help my daughter. I continue to want to help her. Her panic attacks have not been untreated.

Not really sure why you would respond with that.....

***I am sure that this was just a misunderstanding...and that this advice was meant with only good intentions. :)***

It is great news that your daughter is doing so well in general! I am so pleased to hear this, and appreciate the updates that you give on her progress.

The Fall is a bit far off still, so I think that just doing a watch and wait for the moment would be your best move.

As long as she is enjoying some extra cirricular activities and spending time with friends...able to go out to social activities, ect., I would say there is no reason to worry!

Keep up the good work of advocating for her..and give her our best.:)

S.C.