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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 572076" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Do you live in the US?</p><p></p><p>If so, I'd get a second opinion. In fact, I always get a second opinion. As a child AND adult, anxiety, Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), and panic disorder were and still are (if unmanaged) HUGE symptoms for me. But even when they are under control, and mostly they have been for the last twenty years due to both medications and all sorts of great anxiety-oriented therapy (therapy is very helpful for anxiety), I still have other things going on as well. Since I'm not a kid...lol...I've had only about ohhhhhhhh twenty diagnoses and one is mood dysregulation disorder (which started out as depression, then bipolar II). </p><p></p><p>Your daughter is very young and in my opinion and with my experience with my son, I'd want to make sure a lot of professionals, including a neuropsychologist agreed that anxiety is the main disorder and that something else isn't causing the anxiety. Has s he seen many professionals? Have a few questions for you that will help us give you better support:</p><p></p><p>1/How was her infancy? Did she cuddle?</p><p></p><p>2/Did she meet her milestones on time, especially speech?</p><p></p><p>3/Does she play appropriately with toys?</p><p></p><p>4/How does she relate to her same age peers?</p><p></p><p>5/Does s he have any obsessive interests?</p><p></p><p>6/Anything odd about her family history or pregnancy?</p><p></p><p>7/Is she overly sensitive to touch, foods, loud noise, crowds?</p><p></p><p>8/Any psychiatric problems or neurological differences on either side of her genetic family tree? This is huge. A lot of things are inherited. </p><p></p><p>9/Lastly, can she transition well from one activity to another?</p><p></p><p>My son saw many professionals because he was difficult to figure out. Once a neuropsychologist did ten hours of testing and nailed it down, I just knew he had it right and things went way uphill from there. Our "vague" kids are very hard to parent and to teach and to deal with when they are young. I am not sure, in hindsight, I would have put him on so many medications. None helped for the long run and he had many bad reactions and is obese to this day from the Risperdal/Zyprexa/Lithium/Seroquel days. Sometimes, with us, it seemed he was doing much better because he was so sedated. If you ask him about it today, he says "I was a zombie." He has been medication free for eight years and is much better off the medications. Most of his early diagnosis. were not correct.</p><p></p><p>I would try to n ail down a "working" diagnosis ( chances are your son's diagnosis. will change t hrough the years) so that you can get help in the community and school. Yes, the label is important. Some labels galvanize help and others don't. Second opinions always seem to bring up things the other guy missed. Any particular reason that, at seven, she hasn't seen a neuropsychologist or a psychiatrist?</p><p></p><p>I hope you can find the right path for your precious child <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> Never stop trying to find it. Never take only one professionals word for it either. Good luck <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 572076, member: 1550"] Do you live in the US? If so, I'd get a second opinion. In fact, I always get a second opinion. As a child AND adult, anxiety, Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), and panic disorder were and still are (if unmanaged) HUGE symptoms for me. But even when they are under control, and mostly they have been for the last twenty years due to both medications and all sorts of great anxiety-oriented therapy (therapy is very helpful for anxiety), I still have other things going on as well. Since I'm not a kid...lol...I've had only about ohhhhhhhh twenty diagnoses and one is mood dysregulation disorder (which started out as depression, then bipolar II). Your daughter is very young and in my opinion and with my experience with my son, I'd want to make sure a lot of professionals, including a neuropsychologist agreed that anxiety is the main disorder and that something else isn't causing the anxiety. Has s he seen many professionals? Have a few questions for you that will help us give you better support: 1/How was her infancy? Did she cuddle? 2/Did she meet her milestones on time, especially speech? 3/Does she play appropriately with toys? 4/How does she relate to her same age peers? 5/Does s he have any obsessive interests? 6/Anything odd about her family history or pregnancy? 7/Is she overly sensitive to touch, foods, loud noise, crowds? 8/Any psychiatric problems or neurological differences on either side of her genetic family tree? This is huge. A lot of things are inherited. 9/Lastly, can she transition well from one activity to another? My son saw many professionals because he was difficult to figure out. Once a neuropsychologist did ten hours of testing and nailed it down, I just knew he had it right and things went way uphill from there. Our "vague" kids are very hard to parent and to teach and to deal with when they are young. I am not sure, in hindsight, I would have put him on so many medications. None helped for the long run and he had many bad reactions and is obese to this day from the Risperdal/Zyprexa/Lithium/Seroquel days. Sometimes, with us, it seemed he was doing much better because he was so sedated. If you ask him about it today, he says "I was a zombie." He has been medication free for eight years and is much better off the medications. Most of his early diagnosis. were not correct. I would try to n ail down a "working" diagnosis ( chances are your son's diagnosis. will change t hrough the years) so that you can get help in the community and school. Yes, the label is important. Some labels galvanize help and others don't. Second opinions always seem to bring up things the other guy missed. Any particular reason that, at seven, she hasn't seen a neuropsychologist or a psychiatrist? I hope you can find the right path for your precious child :) Never stop trying to find it. Never take only one professionals word for it either. Good luck :) [/QUOTE]
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