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[quote=Anonymous]My son is a freshman in highschool and while he is a good student he is really buckling under pressure. He has always been goal oriented and worked hard but now that workload has increased, sometimes there are multiple tests in a day, or teachers assign an unusually heavy workload in a short period of time, he just freezes. Just spins his wheels for hours, sometimes says he has a horrible headache, or his throat hurts (maybe its true) etc. I am at my wits end and ANGRY. I have taken him to the doctor, things are generally fine and he rarely follows doctors advice on how to improve things. I am worried that this could be something bigger and plan to have him talk to someone about potential anxiety, but has anyone had a kid behave like this? He is currently asleep after spending all day barely studying for 3 tests he has tomorrow, all which very important to his grade. He said he feels terrible. Maybe I am a horrible mom and he will wake up with a fever, who knows, but right now I am more angry than worried. One of his tests is a make up from being too sick to take it over a week ago. I have tried helping, taking away screen, being insanely patient and when he still makes excuses after all of my offers to help, I lose it. I just can't stand to watch him mess up his grades like this...he has never been this way before. Any advice?[/quote]

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