6 Year Old Complaining of Being Tired and Has Little Appetite?

How awful for you to have such a severe phobia. I am a bit phobic about it, but certainly not to the extent you are. If I were you, I'd be giving my oldest a daily multivitamin, plus additional Vitamin C and a probiotic supplement. You can find probiotics in a powder form, or as a gummy vitamin. They are also found in yogurt and Kefir. I would be loading him up with that stuff every day. The one year old is a bit young, but as soon as he/she was old enough, I'd be giving that child the same regimen, and then with your newborn once he/she is old enough.

There was another post on here yesterday about Thieves Oil ( a mineral oil) that you can put in a diffuser to purify the air in your home. Thieves Oil is supposed to get rid of bacteria and germs.

My mom swears by spraying your entire house with Lysol, then opening all the windows to air it out. Make sure all surfaces such as doorknobs, remote controls, phones, computer mouse, keypad and the like are sprayed down with Lysol or bleach.

You can't prevent 100% of illnesses, but by you and your family eating a healthy diet, taking supplements, getting the proper amount (or extra) of sleep, and good hand washing you can try to prevent as much as possible.

Best of luck!

My kids actually had it twice in the past month, but both times were pretty mild cases. (It may have been viral or mild food poisoning.) In my experience they or I do not lose our appetites or feel tired leading up to a stomach virus. We usually feel normal and the nausea comes on fairly quickly. When I am coming down with a cold I usually feel tired and lose my appetite.

I'm so sorry you are dealing with this. I am a bit of an emetiphobe myself! I have had some professional experience (social work, counseling) with mental disorders, and Klonopin can cause withdrawal symptoms, even making your anxiety more severe. This would be only if you were taking it every day/all the time. Ideally, you should be treated with an SSRI (like Prozac) and use the Klonopin only for more severe anxiety attacks. Maybe you do take something else, you didn't mention it. But I would definitely NOT stop the Klonopin abruptly. If you are having withdrawals, taking one now will ease your anxiety. (And discuss all of this with your doctor. The class of drug is Benzodiazepine.)

Can't say I can help with your son much...he may just be tired and still recovering. We are all tired it seems from the time change! I do not think you can get the SAME stomach virus again, but there are usually a couple circulating each year. A doctor once told me once you are sick, you have an immunity to that particular virus for a few years. However, there are always different ones. But, it's unlikely your son is getting sick again. I would just try to relax and keep an eye on him, especially if he doesn't have any other symptoms.

I think i would take him to the doctor and have him checked out- it is very unusual for him to be so tired that he is laying down? Is he very thirsty and urinating a lot? Those are signs of diabetes- type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that can be triggered by a virus.

I am so sorry you are going through this. It's enough just to have a newborn hospitalized!

I open windows when I can. I make sure hands are washed when i get home from the grocery store--or any time we walk in the door. Esp. from school.

Sit your 6 yr old down and tell him that everybody has been sick, so, the new rule is that the hands must be washed in the kitchen for 2 weeks. I did this once when we were all sick for almost a month. I do not use hand sanitizer, so they had to wash their hands in the kitchen with soap !!!

We have had strep and then, the stomach bug. This yr, One of my kids had a high fever w/ the stomach bug ...and then, she got a very, very bad cold afterwards.

I would see a doctor. He may never have had a stomach virus. Could be a strep throat. Go with your gut. You know something is off so see the doc.

Does your son have any rashes? If so see a doctor today.

It's a time of year that kids get sick. I am so sorry you have your phobia to deal with. If you don't get therapy it seems it would be wise to get some tips on how to deal with this. I'm afraid with small children it is bound to happen.

J.: I want you to know my grandmother was so afraid of throwing up that she never did! She passed out instead. LOL! She had eight children and I think when the older ones got old enough they helped out with the younger ones, so that 6 year old is only a few years away from helping out. In the meantime why not get yourself some babysitters as a back up AND and hang in there!