When anxiety interferes with academic attainment, making friends, and daily activities, it has become a disorder.
Ralph had always been a shy and anxious child. He hated separating from his mother to go to preschool. This worsened when he started first grade. Every time his parents left the house, he worried that some tragedy would strike them and he would be left alone. His school-mates found him odd and distant, and he had few friends either at his school or in his neighborhood.
only got worse. Finally, their pediatrician insisted that they have a consultation with a child psychiatrist., and daily activities, it has become a disorder. About 15 percent of children in the general population, and about 25 percent of children with ADHD, have an anxiety disorder at some time during their childhood.
It is hard to distinguish anxiety disorders from ADHD. Most people who have ADHD struggle to find the words to describe their internal emotional states. Children and adults use the word “anxious” to describe the hyperarousal and agitation that are part of ADHD. The reverse also happens. A child who is constantly distracted by his anxious thinking seems to be inattentive to his teachers or parents, and gets labeled as having ADHD.
About 25 percent of children with anxiety disorders have ADHD. Many parents and clinicians fear that using a stimulant medication will worsen a child’s anxiety. The opposite is usually true. A recent review of 23 studies found that stimulants significantly reduced worry and anxiousness in the majority of children with coexisting ADHD and anxiety.Anxious people view the world as threatening, and they are constantly vigilant.
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