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Originally Posted by soccerdancemom
I am new to this, but I am out of friends who will listen. My daughter, the straight A 5th grade student, hates school. She manufactures illnesses. She hyperventilates when I drop her off and cries well into her second block of classes. She says "my stomach hurts." We have done medical tests, all negative. She has an appointment with a counselor tomorrow. I just feel like I have failed her completely. I am, for the most part a stay at home mom and I feel like she may have gotten a raw deal. She is hopefully going to get her coping skills tomorrow. Now I need to get mine. Does anyone else have this problem? No one seems to understand. Her teachers think she's great. She makes lots of friends...I just needed to get this off my chest to someone who wouldn't roll their eyes at me and sigh. Thanks
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I'm feeling your pain. My daughter is 15 and lost her spirit and desire to go to school. I can't get her to go. She too was an awesome student, outgoing and loves her friends. Her stomach kept on hurting and we just thought she was just a "complainer". AFter a day off from school here and there and always going to the health room, he doctor had complete bloodwork done. She was diagnosed with H-Pylori (bacterial parasite). She then got acid reflux, stomach hurts and she throws up daily. She was on a 10-day high dose of antibiotics along with Nexium and another stomach drug. This has been going on for 4 months now. She has missed 50 days of school. She has the runs, sometimes she has a slight fever and her stomach always hurts. I took her to a gastroenterologist and right away he wanted to do an endoscopy. My daughter did not want that done. I wasn't sure either. Her MD and I decided to do another 10 day regiment of the antibiotics and all the meds that go with it. I also took her to a psychologist so she had somebody to talk to....beside her father or me. To add to this she has the runs and tons of allergies.
Now that I read your forum, I wonder if she doesn't want to leave me. I work all day so that really wouldn't make sense. I am emotionally drained and am thinking about online high school. There seems to be some good schools that would include clubs for social networking, etc.