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Re: Child unwell - possibly from anxiety?

by Phoebe Taylor » Thu Aug 25, 2022 10:43 pm


CLBG wrote:I think you have to trust your gut on this. For ages our last GP fobbed dd off by saying her tummy aches, diarrhoea, headaches, dizziness etc were down to anxiety, and it didn't feel right to me. Dd was anxious, but like you I was worried that there was more. I pushed for her to see a Paediatrician and it turned out she had a major intolerance to wheat. We've since established that she also has IBS.

Maybe while you're waiting for an appt you could try her for a week off wheat or dairy.. she could have an intolerance to something like that. After about a week off wheat, dd was seeing a noticeable difference in how she was feeling.

Hope you get sorted soon.
I was going to post almost the same thing. Dd had all the symptoms mentioned, had scans and scopes and blood tests. She's not a coeliac, but is wheat intolerant and got stomach migraines when she was younger.

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Re: Child unwell - possibly from anxiety?

by barneyrubble » Thu Aug 25, 2022 10:09 pm

docmcstuffins wrote: ↑Thu Aug 25, 2022 8:37 pm
barneyrubble wrote: ↑Thu Aug 25, 2022 2:12 pm Could be something like coeliac disease. All the symptoms would be potential symptoms of coeliac.

Def get bloods and a referral on to rule out things.
Don't alter what they eat before any tests are done
Would agree that all the symptoms could be coeliac disease, particularly paleness and lack of energy. However, as a coeliac it is always my first thought! Would agree that you would need to have bloods done asap.
Coeliac child here so I'm always telling people to get tested!

Re: Child unwell - possibly from anxiety?

by docmcstuffins » Thu Aug 25, 2022 8:37 pm

barneyrubble wrote: ↑Thu Aug 25, 2022 2:12 pm Could be something like coeliac disease. All the symptoms would be potential symptoms of coeliac.

Def get bloods and a referral on to rule out things.
Don't alter what they eat before any tests are done
Would agree that all the symptoms could be coeliac disease, particularly paleness and lack of energy. However, as a coeliac it is always my first thought! Would agree that you would need to have bloods done asap.

Re: Child unwell - possibly from anxiety?

by Idk » Thu Aug 25, 2022 4:56 pm

Lots of food for thought and many of the comments resonate with me. I've booked another GP app and will not be leaving without a pathway for either further investigations or professional help with the anxiety if they insist that is the issue. I'll also ask if they will take bloods, I understand why they don't but in this case the child is happy and willing to have them taken in the surgery.

Re: Child unwell - possibly from anxiety?

by barneyrubble » Thu Aug 25, 2022 2:12 pm

Could be something like coeliac disease. All the symptoms would be potential symptoms of coeliac.

Def get bloods and a referral on to rule out things.
Don't alter what they eat before any tests are done

Re: Child unwell - possibly from anxiety?

by Shining » Thu Aug 25, 2022 10:53 am

Being honest those symptoms do not sound like anxiety to me, particularly during a time when your child is more relaxed? Also (and forgive me for my basic reasoning); if I'm suffering mentally I KNOW it: I can feel it in my emotions, thoughts. At 11 I would think your child would have a similar level of awareness.

Re: Child unwell - possibly from anxiety?

by Rita » Thu Aug 25, 2022 9:37 am

That’s a good point clgb. Dd was quite sick this summer and realised she is probably lactose intolerant. Now she hasn’t been tested but her sister is and it was similar. In the winter she tends to drink soya milk but for the summer she was having ice creams, smoothies etc never thinking of the connection!
Also we used have lots of non dairy food here but dd2 moved out.
It made dd2 very sick .

Re: Child unwell - possibly from anxiety?

by CLBG » Thu Aug 25, 2022 9:32 am

I think you have to trust your gut on this. For ages our last GP fobbed dd off by saying her tummy aches, diarrhoea, headaches, dizziness etc were down to anxiety, and it didn't feel right to me. Dd was anxious, but like you I was worried that there was more. I pushed for her to see a Paediatrician and it turned out she had a major intolerance to wheat. We've since established that she also has IBS.

Maybe while you're waiting for an appt you could try her for a week off wheat or dairy.. she could have an intolerance to something like that. After about a week off wheat, dd was seeing a noticeable difference in how she was feeling.

Hope you get sorted soon.

Re: Child unwell - possibly from anxiety?

by SarahBC » Thu Aug 25, 2022 9:28 am

Not sure where you’re based idk but you could ask for a referral to the Vhi paediatric clinic. they do bloods etc there and have specialists available. No wait when I attended with dd about 2 years ago.

Re: Child unwell - possibly from anxiety?

by Idk » Wed Aug 24, 2022 10:52 pm

Thank you all so much for the responses. I've booked bloods but will see if we can get them done privately faster. I'm going to get a follow up appointment with our own GP and go from there.

Re: Child unwell - possibly from anxiety?

by glittermama » Wed Aug 24, 2022 10:31 pm

I'd book in for bloods any way and keep checking incase of a cancellation. I just booked bloods for my dd and closest I could get was 6th October. Its absolutely ridiculous that GP'S can't do bloods on a child.

Re: Child unwell - possibly from anxiety?

by Apple » Wed Aug 24, 2022 10:06 pm

Obviously no doctor but wouldn’t the anxiety symptoms normally subside during the holidays and reappear closer to school time? I can’t believe how long it takes for blood! I wouldn’t be happy with that assessment..

Re: Child unwell - possibly from anxiety?

by monet » Wed Aug 24, 2022 9:16 pm

6 weeks is absolutely terrible, many GP’s will do bloods themselves ( i know both ours do)
A full blood check might give some answers but I would see if you can get it done sooner than 6 weeks even if it involves moving doctors

Re: Child unwell - possibly from anxiety?

by CocoRose » Wed Aug 24, 2022 8:16 pm

I'd get bloods done. I don't know much about anxiety but that seems a lot to write off, particularly if your child is having a good phase besides.

Re: Child unwell - possibly from anxiety?

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