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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What are the evidenced based therapies for anxiety? People always say do your research. But I’m not a scientist. I don’t understand what research papers say. [/quote]

I just posted but according to our psychiatrist meds + therapy. (True for adults too) [/quote]

OP here - so would this be anxiety medication in addition to ADHD medication? Seems like a lot at once. And the dr who performed the neuropathy is hopeful treating the ADHD will largely address the anxiety. [/quote]

We didn't do it all at once. We started with anxiety and then later added ADHD meds when it was clear those were needed. We had already done an evidence based therapy (two actually) and while it helped some, nothing helped like adding meds. FWIW my child's anxiety is not related to ADHD. They can coexist and not be related. I see alot on this board that AHDH can cause anxiety, which is sometimes the case, but not necessarily. [/quote]

as a person with a GAD diagnosis I’m also confused about how ADHD can “cause anxiety.” What I suspect is that in younger kids, psychiatrists think that a stimulant med will decrease the externalizing behavior that had been called “anxiety” in a younger kid but was really impulsivity. Actual anxiety is a really distinct physical and mental pattern that has nothing to do with focus and impulsivity, although it could make it harder to focus. I really dislike this mishmash of “every diagnosis is every other diagnosis.” We deserve better than that - otherwise it makes it very hard to know what will help our kids.

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