NakedWombat
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My 11 year old daughter has been having a some minor anxiety issues over the past year. While living in Rockhampton, a Regional City about 700km north of Brisbane(Australia), we could not really get anything done as there no real such medical services there to the point where a friend's daughter who self harms, is Borderline Personality, Bi-Polar, etc has no access to children psychiatric services either.
We are now living in Sydney, a cool 1,800km south of Rockhampton. My daughter has started to get some anxiety issues and only recently got a referral for a Pediatrician by the Family Doctor however, last night she had a panic attack and could not leave the house without becoming scared and clinging on to somebody. We took her to the hospital but the area we live in also has no Children's Psychiatric services so we have to ring up a larger hospital closer into Sydney.
Today, she can walk in the backyard alone without fear but feels anxious at the front yard, only making it halfway. Now I have to contact her teacher to see how we can work together. We have homeschooled before and so it looks like we'll have to again but under different circumstance indeed.
We're disappointed for her and she is too as she is going to miss her camp to Canberra with her school grade which is two nights away, and probably will miss out on the art class end of next week where she was going to try her hand at clay work. She is very arty.
Such a shame. And she had only just begun riding her new bicycle around, exploring the area on it alone. You don't realise how much you appreciate your freedom until you lose it.
We are now living in Sydney, a cool 1,800km south of Rockhampton. My daughter has started to get some anxiety issues and only recently got a referral for a Pediatrician by the Family Doctor however, last night she had a panic attack and could not leave the house without becoming scared and clinging on to somebody. We took her to the hospital but the area we live in also has no Children's Psychiatric services so we have to ring up a larger hospital closer into Sydney.
Today, she can walk in the backyard alone without fear but feels anxious at the front yard, only making it halfway. Now I have to contact her teacher to see how we can work together. We have homeschooled before and so it looks like we'll have to again but under different circumstance indeed.
We're disappointed for her and she is too as she is going to miss her camp to Canberra with her school grade which is two nights away, and probably will miss out on the art class end of next week where she was going to try her hand at clay work. She is very arty.
Such a shame. And she had only just begun riding her new bicycle around, exploring the area on it alone. You don't realise how much you appreciate your freedom until you lose it.
