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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 679455" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>Or is it?</p><p>Just playing devil's advocate a bit here. But... both adhd and anxiety are extremely frequent co-morbid diagnoses. In other words, if you have one of those, there is a high chance that you are also dealing with something ELSE.</p><p> </p><p>For example. It took us 10 years to get from "adhd" to... Auditory Processing Disorders (APD) (auditory figure ground), plus dysgraphia plus fine and gross motor skills challenges (there's a longer list of diagnoses, but these are relevant here). Meanwhile, "adhd" had morphed into "adhd plus anxiety plus attitude"... and he hated school (which is part of "attitude").</p><p> </p><p>Another few years later, and now that he is an adult, we're getting "umbrella" diagnoses - yes multiple - that actually cover every other label he's ever been given. Diagnoses he should have had at age 6 and 14. Diagnoses that would have changed his whole life, provided supports, gotten him appropriate accommodations at school at an appropriate age... </p><p> </p><p>Meanwhile... my son KNEW at age 6 that the reason he couldn't get his work done was because "it's too noisy in class, Mom - I can't hear the teacher". Which was as a result of his Auditory Processing Disorders (APD), which wasn't diagnosed until age 12. All the while, teachers treating him like it's all "attitude" and generating a hatred of school.</p><p> </p><p>Add in bullying - from students and from teachers - and... it might not be so simple as "adhd and anxiety".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 679455, member: 11791"] Or is it? Just playing devil's advocate a bit here. But... both adhd and anxiety are extremely frequent co-morbid diagnoses. In other words, if you have one of those, there is a high chance that you are also dealing with something ELSE. For example. It took us 10 years to get from "adhd" to... Auditory Processing Disorders (APD) (auditory figure ground), plus dysgraphia plus fine and gross motor skills challenges (there's a longer list of diagnoses, but these are relevant here). Meanwhile, "adhd" had morphed into "adhd plus anxiety plus attitude"... and he hated school (which is part of "attitude"). Another few years later, and now that he is an adult, we're getting "umbrella" diagnoses - yes multiple - that actually cover every other label he's ever been given. Diagnoses he should have had at age 6 and 14. Diagnoses that would have changed his whole life, provided supports, gotten him appropriate accommodations at school at an appropriate age... Meanwhile... my son KNEW at age 6 that the reason he couldn't get his work done was because "it's too noisy in class, Mom - I can't hear the teacher". Which was as a result of his Auditory Processing Disorders (APD), which wasn't diagnosed until age 12. All the while, teachers treating him like it's all "attitude" and generating a hatred of school. Add in bullying - from students and from teachers - and... it might not be so simple as "adhd and anxiety". [/QUOTE]
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