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How to get a difficult child to take a blood test
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<blockquote data-quote="gcvmom" data-source="post: 96189" data-attributes="member: 3444"><p>difficult child 1 is needle-phobic in a BIG way. At first, we just had the Emla cream, but he still had major panic attacks and would often bolt or kick, fight, bite, scream, etc. Then psychiatrist gave us an rx for Ativan (similar to Valium). Helped a bit, mostly made him loopy, and he was still quite anxious, but he got through it, albeit with many tears, hyperventilation, much panic. Later, we decided to add Lexapro to his daily regimine, and it allowed me to cut the Ativan dosage in half. Now, blood draws have no tears, no hyperventilation, no panic attacks. Tiny bit of anxiety, but so much more bearable than before.</p><p></p><p>P.S. And we freely use bribes/rewards afterwards :smile:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gcvmom, post: 96189, member: 3444"] difficult child 1 is needle-phobic in a BIG way. At first, we just had the Emla cream, but he still had major panic attacks and would often bolt or kick, fight, bite, scream, etc. Then psychiatrist gave us an rx for Ativan (similar to Valium). Helped a bit, mostly made him loopy, and he was still quite anxious, but he got through it, albeit with many tears, hyperventilation, much panic. Later, we decided to add Lexapro to his daily regimine, and it allowed me to cut the Ativan dosage in half. Now, blood draws have no tears, no hyperventilation, no panic attacks. Tiny bit of anxiety, but so much more bearable than before. P.S. And we freely use bribes/rewards afterwards [img]:smile:[/img] [/QUOTE]
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