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[quote=Anonymous]OP, is your kid also getting talk therapy for the anxiety, or just taking Xanax and not doing any form of therapy?

If she's not doing anything to change her thinking and behavior, and doesn't have a therapist/counselor/psychiatrist to give her a reality check as well as help her modify her thinking -- then she needs to be seeing someone like that.

She may truly believe that every issue is related to her anxiety, especially if the diagnosis is fairly new. It may be coloring her whole view of her life right now that she's been told she has anxiety. And that can pass, but it will pass much faster if she has some professional guidance.

You're suspicious that she's using anxiety intentionally as a cover for anything that goes wrong or that she does that doesn't work out. And that's possible. But it might not be [i]intentional.[/i]  She might not hear that at all when she hears herself talk.

Talk to her doctor, talk to her shrink if she's seeing one, or see a family counselor together. She does need to be held accountable and have consequences for things she does (or doesn't do) like any normal teen, and I do get your suspicions about using the diagnosis as a "scheme." But get someone outside your relationship to give you a more objective view of how her anxiety is affecting her view of herself and your view of her as possibly using her anxiety to get away with things (which may or may not be the case). . She may be feeling like a victim all the time and might need help getting past that.[/quote]

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