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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Find the root cause.[/quote]

They did. It's anxiety. [/quote]
not helpful.

What is triggering her anxiety?

My DD has anxiety, usually brought on by stressful situations, but the anxiety doesn't hit till days later, and always at night when she's trying to sleep.  Her mind is till, and quiet, and this is when her mind tries to process all the stressful events in her life.  That's when her anxiety hits.

DD was in therapy. She had this issue since a traumatic event in ES.  She's now 15, and she's gotten a lot better.  When it hits at night, I climb into her bed, hold her, and talk her though it.  During the day, we do talk therapy where we talk through the stressful events, and what would happen if... I think that has helped her and put her mind at ease.

For us, medicating is the absolute last resort and only if her anxiety becomes so great that it is impacting her day to day life. She's not there, and hopefully, won't ever be.[/quote]

Ok, but what happens in a few years when she's off at college where stressful situations are increased and the ability for mom to climb in bed for comfort is zero? 
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PP here.. yes, I do worry about that, and mentioned it to DD.

She feels she can handle it, especially as she gets more mature.   We'll have to see how it goes.  As I said, I'm not ruling out rx completely, just that it's not the go to unless it impacts her day to day life.[/quote]

I’m not objecting to your approach but it’s clearly wrong to claim it’s not affecting her day to day life. If a 15 yo needs her mom to get in bed with her and talk her down and hold her, it’s absolutely affecting her day to day life—nighttime is part of life. As someone who was very involved in helping to regulate my anxious and depressed teen, I’ll say that in the longer run it wasn’t good for either of us or our relationship. It’s not really appropriate because a teen should be developing their own coping skills.[/quote]

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