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[quote=Anonymous]Our daughter takes anti-anxiety medication. We tried all the things first - multiple therapists of different flavors, OT, speech therapy screening for underlying biological causes...all the things, with no success. Finally we started medication and we wish we had done it sooner. Within the first few days we noticed changes in her behavior and anxiety levels. For the first time some of the other therapies were helpful because her anxiety was enough in check for her to be able to access the tools the therapists were giving her. It wasn't a miracle cure - she's still a person with anxiety. But she's on the path to having strategies to manage it. We don't know how long she'll be on it - it could be a forever thing, or it could be for a few years while she learns coping skills and unlearns some of the safety behavior that became second nature when anxiety ruled her life.

For those saying "find the underlying cause," know that that's not always helpful. Sure, don't just medicate as a first line of defense and stop there. And sure, if your child has anxiety that arises from a traumatic experience, addressing that trauma is important. For those of us with a genetic predisposition to unbalaced neurochemistry, well, *that's* the underlying cause. In my daughter's case it's almost certainly genetic, given that I have anxiety as does my mom. Be aware that your experience with anxiety isn't some universal experience with anxiety.[/quote]

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