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[quote=Anonymous]OP here.  I know, right?  I mean, I was all set to go in today and talk about how great DD was doing.  We rarely ever see a tantrum at home or even when things go wrong out and about – huge lines at the grocery store, what have you.  She's generally pretty easygoing unless something really sets off alarm bells to her.  Even then, she is often able to self-regulate, usually when she sees the threat is temporary (the shot is over, time to go home).

Actually the doctor is a she and has three kids of her own, including one with ADD and one with anxiety.  You'd think she wouldn't be quite so judgmental.  :roll:  I actually tried to intervene several times – told the nurse to bail on the blood pressure thing, told the doctor several updates about her speech delay and what her teachers thought.  I also tried suggesting, when DD was obviously quite distraught, that perhaps she could do the exam with her clothes on.  Doctor said no, and then told me I needed to be firm with DD about what happens when we come to the doctor.  Sooooo....not really feeling it with the doctor today.  I can see her point of view, but as you say, my DD gets anxious and a little bit of understanding would have gone a long way.

Given that my other two could also be anxious, I considered CBT for her, but because of the speech delay, I feel she would need to be a little more articulate to be able to have it have an effect.  The doctor said not much could be done for anxiety at such a young age – she sees it a lot with potty training, for example, and said mostly you just wait it out.  We do a lot of role-playing at home for things that might be coming up that are scary, but I'm open to suggestions.[/quote]

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