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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I suspect my 6 yr old has anxiety? Is that even possible at 6?? How is it diagnosed. What would show up on a neuropsych to say anxiety? What tests are they using to find it? Also, as far as medications go, when they age, does puberty affect dosing or medication reactions?[/quote]

It is definitely possible at age 6. There is no definitive test for anxiety and while a neuropsych exam can show it, I don't think it's necessary unless you are seeing other things or significant school problems.

We started wth a psychologist and did therapy for over a year. (We actually went to several different therapists before we found one who worked well for us - it's very individual, but don't be afraid to move on if it's not helping.) In our case, therapy did not help and the anxiety got significantly worse to the point where daily life was strongly affected. Then we went to a psychiatrist and started meds. After that, therapy was much more productive as DD's baseline anxiety was low enough for her to really cooperate and learn from therapy.

We started seeing the first psychologist when DD was 7, but the anxiety had been there for a long time before that.[/quote]

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