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Probably way to late but help me convince my wife to do a sleep study/test? She snores like a train, which in itself is fine lol, but she chokes up, stops breathing for 10 to 15 seconds before she's back to normal. It happens several times a night. It sounds like sleep apnea to me, basically same symptoms my dad had. I worry bout her. She also suffers from ptsd that gives her bad dreams and insomnia. So she takes sleep meds and is worried they'll take her off them and she'll go back to barely sleeping at all. Help?!?!

We live in Spartanburg SC. We really need someone that will have the patience to let her get to know them. Preferably a female psychologist or therapist because she's just more comfortable with that. Now my wife's Ex was abusive to my wife and basically did nothing with our daughter. Wouldn't even change diapers or do anything. He was in contact with her until a year ago. She told me he's always felt like a weird uncle. So I don't know how much of that affected her and how bad. Even my mother in law, who is absolutely fantastic, says she's been shy and scared of strangers since she started walking and talking. I dunno, just worry about her. Thanks fir responding and you can PM me back if you get this soon. If not I'll PM you tomorrow. My apologies, got a touch of food poisoning last night.

HELP with teenage daughter? Ok first off she's an amazing kid. She's 14 years old and you couldask for a more polite well behaved teenage daughter lol! But her social anxiety is borderline debilitating. At home with my wife and myself she talks to us and jokes around and seems perfectly normal. Shes technically my step daughter but I am dad to her and I love the kid with all my heart. We are close and she'll come to me more often than mom when she needs to talk. But the real problem is when she's at school or in public. At 14 she will break down crying or just lock up and not speak at all in certain situations. Like having a class presentation, tried a psychologist once and she would say a word. She had a counselor at school she would talk to and our school district had a psychologist that she would talk to. She gets home and will literally sit with me and talk my head off. I'll sit and just let her talk about whatever for as long as she wants because she doesn't talk to many people outside the hone. She does have a couple if friends but seems so desperate for their attention and acceptance I'm afraid later on in high schooland later this habit may get her into trouble or in situations she was scared to say no to. The school psychologist did her best hut now we want to see if we can find someone to help her, I guess to be more confident, to be able to talk to people. She's told me she gets scared to upset people. No matter what I say or advice I give it doesn't really help. I'm glad it helps her feel better to talk to me but us there a type of special children's psychologist we can send her to? Someone willing to be patient with her in case she just locks up and won't speak thev1st tine she goes? I just want my girl happy and to be able to communicate her feelings, opinions, and thoughts in a healthy and nor.al way so she's no longer scared to try and make new friends and live her life.

Edit: please forgive my grammer and awful spelling! Big thumbs trying to type fast on this little phone lol