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[quote=Anonymous]He has anxiety but I don't think its something you need to make a huge deal out of.  Just let him know those feelings are caused by anxiety.  You can try putting lights in dark corners, keeping the windows open during the day and shutting doors to rooms not in use (guest room/master bedroom).  Perhaps he isn't afraid of being upstairs but of how quiet and dark the corners/rooms are...I would say for sure movies and video games really aggravate it all but I have tried taking all that away from my son and I found he became even more afraid when he was than exposed to something scary (like around Halloween).  Its a balancing act.  If he is having a lot of anxiety-like tummy aches and feeling sick causing him to miss school or social events and the like get it checked out right away CBT works wonders for generalized and social anxiety disorders and even panic disorder.   I also highly recommend not medicating with an SSRI other than Prozac a lot of new research suggest that it causes a lot of serious depression problems... there are anit-abortive medications for anxiety that you as a parent can keep for your child if they become hysterical or hyperventilate.  The key to the anti-abortive treatments is that you use the bare minimum and only on occasion...sometimes its a relief. [/quote]

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