I have a 12 year old son who started yr 7 (high school) this year. I thought he had settled in well at high school, everything seemed fine in term 1. He had a little bit of sickness at the end of 1st term and then first day back back in 2nd term he vomited in first lesson and I had to pick him up from school. Since then he has not returned to school. He says that he feels sick and then gets anxious about that knowing there will be other people around because he’s worried about vomiting. When I ask why he feels sick he says he feels anxious. The GP gave him tablets to help with nausea but obviously that didn’t help. He kept up with his school work and did well with his grades but I’m really concerned about the social aspect of it now and him missing out. The longer he doesn’t go to school the worse it will feel when he does go back. He’s already saying he will look silly going back after having a whole term off. I am a single parent and work full time so it’s really been a struggle to have appointments with the school etc. but we have done that. The new term is starting this week and we have a meeting with the well-being leader on the first day and finally got a psychologist appt this week too. Just wondering if anyone else has had a child with anxiety /school refusal issues and how long it took before they could return to school or interact socially successfully. ... View more