Anxiety Attacks in Children

Generalized Anxiety Disorder Symptoms

How to handle anxiety attacks in children and treating an anxiety disorder. Learn about the physical symptoms of anxiety attacks to help your child and depression anxiety symptoms.

It is unfortunate that anxiety attacks in children are becoming so common these days. Many children have panic attacks, separation anxiety and post traumatic stress that goes untreated or undiagnosed. Even more unfortunate is that untreated anxiousness as a child can often lead to something more in adulthood.

One of the problems with diagnosing an anxiety disorder in children is that there are normal and abnormal levels. At young ages when new schools and peers can influence stress, it is hard to know if they are still adjusting to new things or if their stress levels aren't normal and need to be looked at by the doctor.

Just like adults, children can have generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, social phobia and post traumatic stress issues. These disorders occur in people of all ages and can be attributed to a variety of causes. One of the main causes is psychological, where stress overwhelms how much ones mind and body can handle.

It can also occur as one learns from others. If placed in an environment with many people suffering from feeling overly anxious, it can become a problem for someone as they adapt and learn to become the same way. This is less common than many other causes but still does happen.

Another cause is that it may be genetic. If there are other relatives in the family with anxiety problems, this is likely the cause. Researchers are still trying to figure out exactly what causes the problem, but many studies are pointing towards differences in the brain between “normal” people and those with anxiety issues.

If you think that one of your children may have a disorder, you should first talk to a doctor you trust about testing them and then looking into solving the problem.

Understandably, many parents don't want to put their children on a medication, as the side effects or even main effect can be bad. Make it clear to your doctor that you want to try non-medicinal treatments first to see if anything helps, and then look into a medication carefully if need be.

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