Re: What would you be looking for in an anxiety treatment progr...

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Try giving him Pantothenic Acid (B5) - it's for high anxiety - 250 mg. in the morning and 250 mg. at night. I would also give him 500 to 750 mg. of just straight GABA at night before bed. That should keep the anxiety down. If he is still having too much anxiety during the day you can also give him the GABA in the morning at night. Too much GABA will make him drowsy and too much Pantothenic Acid will give a headache - just so you know that, but those dosages should be okay. Make sure he's not having too much salt in his foods - too much salt will affect the adrenals which in turn triggers more anxiety.

My son is almost 10 and has extreme anxiety during the day but when I put him to bed at night it gets much worse. He has bad dreams that he becomes fixated on so that the trauma of a bad dream lasts months, and the fear of having another bad dream causes him intense anxiety also.A few of the things I've tried so far are; dream catchers and the background info on how they work {when they stopped working I made him one myself and put extra love in it but that didn't work very long either}, research on why zombies could never exist, {he says facts don't help}, pet mice in his room, {he reasons that since they are prey animals their instincts will alert him if there is danger and he could relax unless the mice freak out} $110.00 for the setup, worked for 2 days, a cross necklace to remind him that Jesus is always watching over him {he called it his protection necklace and it worked when I slept in his room but not if I didn't} He has a nightly routine that consists of a story, I have a script, I tuck him in, kiss him and listen to his prayers. We used to do this once a night....now we're up to five times a night, same routine verbatim and if he hears me in the hallway I have to do it again. I don't know what else to try and any help you can give would be wonderful. Thanks bunches, RhondaP.S. he takes melatonin nightly which used to help but not so much anymore.

Subject: What would you be looking for in an anxiety treatment program?To: sList Date: Saturday, February 5, 2011, 10:49 AM

Hi!We are putting together a do-it-yourself at-home multisensory treatment program focused on relieving anxiety in a verbal child or adult with autism. I think want to make sure we are doing this right, that it actually helps, and I so, I would like to know what YOU would want it to do. According to you, what would make it a great program? What is the one most important thing that the program should give you?I think that what we have done with it so far is fabulously exciting, but I have the feeling that I am going to be surprised by your answers. :-)

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thanks, I'll try that.

Subject: What would you be looking for in an anxiety treatment program?To: sList Date: Saturday, February 5, 2011, 10:49 AM

Hi!We are putting together a do-it-yourself at-home multisensory treatment program focused on relieving anxiety in a verbal child or adult with autism. I think want to make sure we are doing this right, that it actually helps, and I so, I would like to know what YOU would want it to do. According to you, what would make it a great program? What is the one most important thing that the program should give you?I think that what we have done with it so far is fabulously exciting, but I have the feeling that I am going to be surprised by your answers. :-)

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My son is 10 and we have had HUGE issues with him at bedtime since he was an

infant. He is very anxious at night and only started sleeping with the light off

about 3 months ago. We tried the " faux aquarium " , music, reading a story, " boo

busters spray " , lavender spray on the pillow, melatonin, everything. He will

stay up all night just lying there making noises and sound effects 'cause he

can't sleep. We went on a cruise one time and when we went to pick him up in the

kids club at midnight, all the other children were sleeping soundly, but my son

was lying in front of a big screen tv like a zombie, completely exhausted but

wouldn't sleep. My son is sensory seeking so I recently bought him a full body

pillow. He puts the pillow on top of him lengthwise, and that seems to help for

now. He also has an assortment of other pillows, sleeping bags and blankets that

he makes a " nest " with instead of the typical sheet & comforter. He likes the

faux fur and the soft velour or fleece. Weird, but hey, whatever works! I was

thinking about making a weighted blanket for him too. I've heard they work

really well.

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Thanks for the early answers already. So far, I gather that as well as

a long term solution to " heal " anxiety, what a good anxiety treatment

should include immediate techniques to help relieve the child regain

control during anxiety episodes. Right?

Let me describe what we have so far, so that you can give me ideas on

what else a good therapy should have in order to help with anxiety

effectively. It is going to be a pack of 6 worksheets. Each worksheets

the parent would follow for two weeks, making the program last for 12

weeks.

Each worksheet is a set of gentle short sensory techniques designed to

help build in the brain the areas that need to be strengthened in

order to NOT feel anxiety any more. Got the idea?

What kind of support would you like to get while you follow that

program?

What kind of guaranteed level os success?

How would you like the exercises explained to you?

How would you like to be able to access the worksheets?

Anything else you think a good anxiety treatment program should have,

or NOT have?

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