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<blockquote data-quote="flutterbee" data-source="post: 39057"><p>Welcome to the board. I'm glad you found us.</p><p></p><p>There is a book called The Anxious Child (don't remember the author) that might help you get acquainted with what you're dealing with. There is another book called Raising a Moody Child by Mary Fristad, PhD and Jill Goldberg Arnold, PhD that you might find helpful as well.</p><p></p><p>Both of my children have or have had mood issues. My daughter doesn't open up much, but my son didn't at all other to express his anger...which was really the only outlet he was able to use to express his misery. My son's depression was severe, while my daughter's is not severe but is chronic. Basically what I end up seeing are behaviors and then have to try to gently dig to find the underlying cause.</p><p></p><p>I'm assuming since he's been evaluated then he's lined up for therapy? Have they discussed medications at all?</p><p></p><p>One thing to keep in mind since your son has been diagnosis'd with both anxiety and depression is that those two things tend to feed off each other. Anxiety can cause depression and depression can cause anxiety, so it's very important for your son to learn coping skills for both.</p><p></p><p>Good luck and feel free to vent, solicit advice and share a laugh with us.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flutterbee, post: 39057"] Welcome to the board. I'm glad you found us. There is a book called The Anxious Child (don't remember the author) that might help you get acquainted with what you're dealing with. There is another book called Raising a Moody Child by Mary Fristad, PhD and Jill Goldberg Arnold, PhD that you might find helpful as well. Both of my children have or have had mood issues. My daughter doesn't open up much, but my son didn't at all other to express his anger...which was really the only outlet he was able to use to express his misery. My son's depression was severe, while my daughter's is not severe but is chronic. Basically what I end up seeing are behaviors and then have to try to gently dig to find the underlying cause. I'm assuming since he's been evaluated then he's lined up for therapy? Have they discussed medications at all? One thing to keep in mind since your son has been diagnosis'd with both anxiety and depression is that those two things tend to feed off each other. Anxiety can cause depression and depression can cause anxiety, so it's very important for your son to learn coping skills for both. Good luck and feel free to vent, solicit advice and share a laugh with us. [/QUOTE]
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