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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op - just cranky and annoyed and irritated by so many things all day. Not aggressive. [/quote]

You need to stop allowing this. ADHD is not an excuse for acting bratty.[/quote]

Who said anything about ADHD?

OP, how do you know it isn't a symptom of anxiety? Anxiety can be an all-the-time, baseline state -- it doesn't mean worrying about something in particular.[/quote]

As the title describes irritability is the main issue for my audhd 11 yo.[/quote]

That doesn't mean he doesn't have anxiety. The irritability -- which is really a desire for control/things to be exactly as expected -- is much more likely to be caused by autism/anxiety than ADHD.[/quote]
+1 NP here.  For our teen, ADHD lack of impulse control leads to rude or inappropriate comments.  But it's ASD anxiety (related to the desire for control/things to be exactly as expected - and many even with very high functioning ASD experience the world as confusing and unexpected) that causes the irritability it stems from.[/quote]

Op - it’s such a puzzle. I also think he doesn’t really recognize his own feelings. He is still obsessed with competition and winning and fairness too so seems aggrieved often. But conversely is also obsessed with being ‘cool’ and never doing or saying anything embarrassing/ has a real sense of what would land or not land with various parties so because he presents in a complex way it’s hard for us and the therapist to parse out asd from anxiety from depression from puberty etc [/quote]

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