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<blockquote data-quote="flutterby" data-source="post: 342724" data-attributes="member: 7083"><p>I'm not taking any steps until we see what happens when we get the anxiety under control. Not unless difficult child feels it is such a big issue that it is interfering with school. Which she says it is, but again, that's where her anxiety is the highest.</p><p></p><p>therapist has talked to me before about ADD and how some with it hyperfocus. I had forgotten about that until just now. So, she might have been thinking it all along. difficult child certainly gets stuck in her thinking and obsesses and catastrophizes (is that the right word?).</p><p></p><p>I trust this therapist, but I really don't like her giving a diagnosis without me present. I also really don't like not having any additional information to base it on. When we did these forms when she was younger, she rated high ADHD at home, but not at school - because she shut down at school. So, by the time she got home all that pent up anxiety had to come out. Now, her anxiety is more severe...and I don't know. Can't really think tonight. Anyway, that's what led to the anxiety diagnosis as opposed to an ADHD diagnosis. She certainly doesn't have the H part anymore. </p><p></p><p>I see the therapist this week. Was supposed to see her yesterday, but she canceled because of the weather. We don't see psychiatrist again until March 4th, so I have some time to toss this around in my head.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flutterby, post: 342724, member: 7083"] I'm not taking any steps until we see what happens when we get the anxiety under control. Not unless difficult child feels it is such a big issue that it is interfering with school. Which she says it is, but again, that's where her anxiety is the highest. therapist has talked to me before about ADD and how some with it hyperfocus. I had forgotten about that until just now. So, she might have been thinking it all along. difficult child certainly gets stuck in her thinking and obsesses and catastrophizes (is that the right word?). I trust this therapist, but I really don't like her giving a diagnosis without me present. I also really don't like not having any additional information to base it on. When we did these forms when she was younger, she rated high ADHD at home, but not at school - because she shut down at school. So, by the time she got home all that pent up anxiety had to come out. Now, her anxiety is more severe...and I don't know. Can't really think tonight. Anyway, that's what led to the anxiety diagnosis as opposed to an ADHD diagnosis. She certainly doesn't have the H part anymore. I see the therapist this week. Was supposed to see her yesterday, but she canceled because of the weather. We don't see psychiatrist again until March 4th, so I have some time to toss this around in my head. [/QUOTE]
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