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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thanks PP. 
He knows he has adhd.  He knows the one psychologist thought he has social anxiety which ds disagreed with.
He has never been formally diagnosed with anxiety. 
He has been doing his own laundry for years, since he was 12.
He can get himself out of bed, showered and off to school via public transportation . 
Time management: he was the only student that handed in every assignment on time. That's what the teacher said. He went to a small private school.
I dont know why I worry he would be suicidal.  I think the fact he tried cutting 3 years ago and the fact that overall his coping skills are poor worries me. To be honest, I have developed anxiety over the last decade. Ds seems much better over the last year. I think therapy has helped.[/quote]

ADHD unto itself can have an anxiety component and sometimes a depressive component.  As an adult I was diagnosed with ADHD as well as depression.  My psychiatrist prescribed the anti-depressant first then the ADHD medication.

If he tried to cut himself, that may not be ADHD or ASD but something else like depression or bipolar disorder.  I'm not trying to scare you or throw out diagnoses willy nilly, but from a mood stand point, he may need medication of some kind to "stabilize" his mood.  All of these things can affect executive functioning:  https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities/executive-functioning-issues/key-executive-functioning-skills-explained

How he perceives himself may be different than how he acts with his peers.  Like the kid on the playground who gets over excited and too much in other kids' faces than wonder why no one wants to play.  Or the kid who stomps off in a huff when things didn't go his way and then wonder why is friend is mad.  If he has a mood disorder, then medication may help him regulate.  I'm assuming he's doing something like this with his therapist:
https://depts.washington.edu/hcsats/PDF/TF-%20CBT/pages/7%20Trauma%20Focused%20CBT/Cognitive%20Triangle_Worksheet_Coping_and_Processing.pdf

He sounds like a wonderful kid, and kudos to you for raising a child who sounds like he's thriving in so many ways.

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