What is wrong with our daughter?

[legolas]

Dear all,

hope everyone is doing fine.

i was not sure where to post this but i hope to receive any info.

my 7 yo girl says that she feels that everyone talking round her in a slow manner
and as if she is dizzy, not dizziness in the meaning that things are spinning around but like something pushing inside her head, this happened like two weeks ago and i thought it is something just passing through, she said the whole issue lasted for about few minutes and after that she is normal again, this happened twice during this month so i got worried because we the family have long record of depression, anxiety, and other mental issues, (including myself)

girl is extremely smart, active, funny, with very good health but she got attitude issues like shouting at home most of times and beating her twin sis.

i called our doctor who is abroad and only said not to worry, and will meet us next week but now i wonder if anyone seen such issues and is it hereditary , what can i do
we have no experience with this.

thank you all for any help

 

[forgetmenot]

Re: what is wrong with our daughter

Hi legolas so hard when our children are not feeling well. I think if you doctor is away and if you are concerned hun take your daughter to emergency when this is happening get some test run blood test maybe CT scan but get another doctor to look at her. There could be so many reasons hun why this is happening medically to many really so you need to get a good pediatrician to check your daughter out ok.

 

[Retired]

Re: what is wrong with our daughter

If this was my daughter I think I would take her to the Emergency Department of the local hospital for a neurological evaluation and not wait for the doctor to come back from his trip.

When experiencing some type of abnormality involving mental processing, I would be concerned and would not hesitate to have a competent face to face evaluation by a physician or by the ER.

 

[Meg]

Re: what is wrong with our daughter

Hi Legolas,

Your daughter is lucky to have a concerned mum, and it sounds like she has a lot of good things going for her. It would be irresponsible to try and diagnose any problem over the internet, but we can offer you our support. Going to your doctor is a good first stop. If you're not happy with his response, perhaps you could ask for a referral to a paediatrician? If you are really concerned in the meantime, the emergency department is an option as others have said.

My only word of caution would be that, if it is anxiety-related, the last thing you want is for your daughter to start (or increase) her worrying that the symptoms she is experiencing are dangerous. This could lead to anxiety about the anxiety and thus compound the problem: if she is constantly on the lookout for the symptoms occurring because she is afraid of them, that fear itself could trigger the symptoms she is worried about occurring. I hope that makes sense! I guess all I'm saying is that, while it's good to get to the bottom of what is going on for your daughter by talking to a doctor, perhaps try if you can to stay very calm and be reassuring when discussing it with your daughter so that she is less likely to respond to your worry (which I'm sure you're probably doing anyway). Kids get worried when parents get worried.

Good luck with the doctor's appointment