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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That does sound like a possible inattentive ADHD profile. You should get her evaluated.
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I am the above poster, and I would NOT pursue anxiety treatment any further until the presence of ADHD has been confirmed or infirmed.

Two reasons:

1. Often ADHD is the prime factor behind the anxiety.

2. [b]Medications for anxiety as a group tend to have more serious side-effects [/b]and work less well than the stimulant class of meds for ADHD. If you treat the ADHD, you might not have to medicate for anxiety.

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This is not true.  Many psychiatrists will want your mood to be stabilized before moving you on to ADHD medications as well.[/quote]

PP you responded to - that is wrong and dangerous. While there are cases where anxiety needs to be treated before addressing other co-morbid disorders, when it is debilitating, for example, most often, anxiety, like depression, are the consequences of that other disorder. It is different when there is *only* anxiety or *only* depression present.
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