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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You need to talk to your psychiatrist and if you haven't already, take him to a psychologist for a differential diagnosis to tease out the anxiety and ADHD.

Many, many children have both, and their treatment needs to take both issues into account.

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Honest question: how would the psychologist tease those out? And how would that help us understand if it's med related?

Going off meds all summer not an option because he needs them to attend morning camp :) [/quote]

We had a round of neuropsychological testing done at Mindwell Psychology for this reason, and to determine if there were other undetected learning issues that might be contributing to his issues.

We went into it certain it was ADHD, and were surprised to find that anxiety was far more of an issue (much more elevated levels than ADHD, which was mild to borderline). The test also identified depression, which was a total shock. It definitely affected medication choices, and how the therapist my child sees approaches their treatment.

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