Panic Attacks in 13 year old son?

Alright a quick little answer for quite a complex question.

You son is one year younger than myself,

I have quite a hard time at school with bullying and what not that things to get stressful and you find it hard to think. 13 year olds can certainly get depressed but things need to be taken into consideration as sometimes it can be mistaken for severe stress and anxiety. Last year i was in Year 7 and never really wanted to go to school, i got constant headaches and lived in fear. Then i had a series of 5 Episodes where i collapsed and went limp on the floor. I was unconscious but afterwards and even before was extremely sleepy and breathless. I was taken to a pediatrician and after numerous tests was diagnosed with syncope. Nothing came up on original tests and it is said nothing ever will come up. When i get severely stressed Syncope comes back although it never leaves. It's not life threatening nor is it affecting me at all. I once again have difficulty sleeping, eating and concentrating this year due to high stress levels. All you can do is look after your son and talk to him, although teenagers aren't very talkative. Get an insight into his life, if he's stressed give him space to mellow out.

I wish you and your son the best of Luck

Xx Geo

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Teens (even pre-teens) can become depressed and have anxiety problems. Panic attacks can be related to depression but are often not. If the panic attacks become more frequent then your son really needs to see a psychiatrist because your son can be screened for other problems and (hopefully) the correct diagnosis can be found and treated. And a physical exam by his pediatrician is important (even if he had one a year ago) incase there is an underlying medical problem cause the panic attacks. It is very good you are taking him to a doctor tomorrow. Having many panic attacks often leads to Panic disorder (with or without agoraphobia). And Panic disorder is typically more difficult to treat than other anxiety problems.

I was exactly 13 when I started to have problems. And I have panic disorder with agoraphobia. These things do happen. I have been to A&E/ER several times for panic attacks (that as you can guess is a sign that it is becoming a problem)

Try not to worry yourself too much. Just view this as a 'red flag' and if things escalate then get him the right treatment

Yes 13 year olds can get depressed, childhood depression is more common than people think. I have been experiencng panic attacks since I was 11 years old, however, panic attacks are often linked to anxiety. You need to sit down and chat with your son about how he felt before it happened and try and get to what is triggering the anxiety. Ask if he had any other symptoms or just the shortness of breath. However, sometimes shortness of breath if far apart, may not be too much to worry about, it has been particularly hot recently, this could be linked to the attack. The doctors should be able to provide your son with counselling and strategies to deal with the panic attacks. As the symptoms are far apart I expect depression is not the cause but anxiety, he needn't be on medication for this and under 18 he is not likely to receive any readily until a full assesment is performed. Best thing is to talk to your son about the events around it though, as if you know more about what triggered it that will help the doctors .

Panic attacks are also linked to anxiety.

They fit on the anxiety disorder spectrum, that's not to say that your son has a major disorder but that I would associate panic attacks with anxiety and stress of some sort.

Hopefully your son isn't being bullied at school although that may seem like a loose connection..

To answer your specific question, yes, 13 year olds can definitely suffer from depression just like adults can. Depression can be even more tumultuous in teens because they are having not only depressive symptoms, but hormonal factors that make their moods unstable to begin with.

Panic attacks are more often a symptom of an anxiety disorder than depression, though. Panic attacks are entirely mental - that is, there is no physical cause for them, so the doctor probably won't find anything wrong with him. The jury is out on whether they are caused by a GABA deficiency in the brain, or are a behavioral adaption gone haywire.

Anxiety is, after all, a sympathetic nervous system (SNS) response - it's something that happens in the brain that we don't consciously think about, it's a reaction to stress triggers in the environment. For most people, this response is normal: when they experience something anxiety-provoking in their life (some kind of performance, or an immediate danger like walking through a dark alley at night) their body responds by cranking the SNS into overdrive. Pupils dilate, palms sweat, heart races, chest aches because it is expanding to let in more air, etc. This is all a survival response - in the wild, if there was danger you would run from it, and you would need your pupils to dilate so you could see better in the dark, your heart to race and chest to expand so you could pump more oxygen through your body, etc.

But in people with anxiety disorders, this natural response goes a little awry. Instead of having an anxiety response to a stimuli in the environment, the body begins responding anxiously to things that aren't actually scary. A panic attack is a sudden, strong, sometimes completely unprovoked rush of anxiety that very often happens for no real reason at all. People who get panic attacks often don't really know why they're panicking, just that they are and it's really horrible to experience and they want it to stop right away.

Talk to your son about his panic attacks, and his general level of anxiety. Is he usually anxious for no reason, or does he overreact to very small things? Does he get upset easily and have a hard time letting it go? Does he worry excessively about his friends and family, even if there's nothing to be worried about? Those things would be indicative of an anxiety disorder like Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD).

If his doctor believes he has GAD or another anxiety disorder, they might prescribe him a medication for it, like a benzodiazepine (like Xanax) for the panic attacks, or an SSRI (like Zoloft) for the general anxiety. These are certainly nice medications, but in my opinion they are not drugs for a 13 year old who doesn't have overwhelming anxiety. They have ugly side effects, the potential for dependency, and in the case of SSRIs, a black box warning from the FDA.

If your son is experiencing anxiety, I would really suggest looking into cognitive-behavioral thearpy (CBT). CBT is extremely effective for treating all kinds of anxiety disorders, from panic disorder (repeated, unprovoked panic attacks) to generalized anxiety to OCD... any and all kinds of anxiety disorders. Studies have shown that in many cases, CBT is just as effective or more so than anti-anxiety medications. If your son's doctor suggests medication, ask him/her about cognitive-behavioral therapy and see what their opinion is.

Good luck!

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i agree panic atacks can be linked wiv anxiety is good if he can c any trigers you could find and see wha he was doing before he had a panic atack also i have experienced and arn nice also som1 has said i have had a panic a...... wen i feel i haven'

people can be misdiagnosed see how your son is by asking him and how he feels incase of more panic a...... is good if you can have a paper bag near as can reduce if he slow breaths in

i found hard as i mean are many reasons for

errrrrr dono if good makin judgemens on if is i mean could be more explanations for his or schools experience

anyway here is a link if he has and does hav panic a......

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panic_attack

also

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/panic-attacks/DS0...

also

http://www.medicinenet.com/panic_disorder/article.... looks good i didn read i have jus searched on google

also

http://www.webmd.com/anxiety-panic/guide/mental-he...

http://www.emedicinehealth.com/panic_attacks/artic...

loads more sources if u can search maybe google or yahoo

could be useful be calm n be safe!!!!!!: )

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