Anxiety easing

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Hello all,

I wanted to post that my daughter (6 yrs. old) has been seeing a chiropractic

neurologist since March and FINALLY we are seeing her anxieties diminish. They

are not gone by any means, but they are noticeably lessening. Just today she

went for a dr. visit. She is EXTREMELY fearful of the medical instruments,

especially the ear, nose and throat light instrument. She has NEVER let any dr.

get near her with that instrument without having to be physically restrained.

She works herself up so much in a drs. office that she will vomit. I found

really good peds. several years ago, just a husband and wife team, no nurses, no

receptionist. They schedule their own appts. They are VERY accomodating and

always clear their schedules so that if Peri cannot go into the examining room

(due to her anxieties, she has often refused to enter another room once in the

office), they will examine her in the waiting room. The last few times I had to

take her (once in August, once in Oct. and then again today), she has gotten

increasingly less anxious. Today however, she had NO anxiety about going in

whatsoever. She prefers the husband, and whenever he is not available, she

cries and gags. Well, today she had to see the wife, and she did fabulous. She

asked for the husband, Dr. Monaco, but he wasn't available, and she didn't fuss

at all. She walked into the examining room, allowed the wife, Dr. Chun to look

into her ears, nose, and mouth, got examined, and then onto the scale with no

problems. FIRST TIME EVER. Needless to say, the dr. was stunned at how well

she did also. We all attributed it to the work the chiropractic neurologist is

doing with Peri. This is the only different change in her regimen that she's

had for over a year, and I've been taking Peri either once or twice a week since

March.

Our struggle with anxieties is the absolute worst part of Peri's disorder. They

have controlled her life for the past 3 years and it is an ongoing uphill

battle. Today was a much needed break from the norm.

Just wanted to share this with the group.

Karmen