Anxiety and getting sick?

blossom
Fri, 13 Jun 2025 13:26:12 +0000

We had nothing but good things to say about Boston Children’s (just to give you a counterpoint). We were referred to a specialist there when we were living in the midwest-- actually got on a plane with a toddler to see this person and it was well worth it. We had gotten conflicting advice from the pediatricians in our small city “back home” and then one of them suggested breaking the logjam with the vote of an “expert”. Worth the hassle.

And the next time wasn’t such an ordeal (living in the Northeast by then although not near Boston) and managed to snag an appointment with someone who books month ahead of time. Took less than five minutes to hear “this is the answer, here’s the treatment protocol, your pediatrician can manage this, tell them to call me if they have questions”.

Most of the families I know who have gone there have equally positive things to say. Their docs WILL look aggressively for something organic/infectious if that’s the cause; their default is NOT “get psych involved” unless there are clear indicators that this is the issue at least in my experience. The team there likely sees hundreds of cases like yours, vs. your own docs who may see a dozen.