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[quote=Anonymous]I had this problem as a kid although I didn’t realize what it was until I was much older. I was around 9 or 10 and I know now I had anxiety. No one talked about it back in the 80s though. I was having serious trouble sleeping. Reading made me feel better so after my parents were in bed, I’d turn on my lamp and read all night to keep my mind off the fact that I wasn’t sleeping. I had stomach aches all the time, especially at night and at school. We didn’t have a school nurse so I’d get sent to the school secretary’s office until my mom could pick me up. There was nothing physically wrong with me. There was nothing out of the ordinary that explained the anxiety.

OP: Society is different now than when I was a kid. Contact the school and see if there’s  a way to build in some safe times for your son. Maybe breakouts with the school counselor or arrange with the teachers to allow him to leave class to use the bathroom/go in the hall when he needs to calm down or is feeling overwhelmed. Maybe having a plan for school will make it easier to get him to return. And work with a psychiatrist to get to the root of the issue and to explore ways to handle this (including potentially medication).

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