25 articles from our doctors on anxiety in children, newest first.
Your child scrubs their hands until they crack, refuses to touch doorknobs, and cannot explain why. If a strep infection came first, this specific fear cluster may be PANDAS, not a new personality trait.
Stomachaches that appear every school morning and vanish on weekends. Meltdowns at drop-off. If mornings have become a battle, your child's nervous system may be sounding a real alarm.
A large share of teens now report ongoing sadness or hopelessness. Anxiety and depression overlap so often in teens that the line between them can be genuinely hard to see.
Nearly one in four teens and one in twelve younger kids struggle with anxiety. Here is what is actually happening in the body, and what helps in the moment, not just afterward.
One week your child is themselves. The next, intense fears, repetitive rituals, and outbursts take over almost overnight. If a strep infection came first, PANDAS may be part of the picture.
You added magnesium hoping for better nights. For some kids it works right away. For others, barely anything changes. Here is the piece that decides which way it goes.
You added the herbal supplement everyone was talking about, and your child still has restless nights and hard mornings. Here is why ashwagandha helps some kids and barely touches it for others.
You've changed the diet, added the fiber, tried the tricks everyone suggests, and your child is still backed up. Worry and a stressed gut often travel together, and the timing usually gives it away.
Stalling at bedtime is one thing. Real panic at the thought of falling asleep is another. Here is what sets a genuine fear of sleep apart, and what actually helps.
Some tics show up purely from anxiety, separate from a Tourette diagnosis. Here is how the two are connected and what tends to make anxiety tics louder or quieter.
Brushing teeth. Putting on shoes. The most ordinary requests trigger a fight. If that describes your house, your child's resistance may be a nervous system alarm, not a discipline problem.
Not sick, not quite themselves, and no one can tell you why. When your child's mood, sleep, and focus all seem slightly off at once, it is often one nervous system pattern, not five separate problems.
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