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What Is Anxious ADD?
Symptoms typically interfere with their functioning in multiple areas.
Everyone experiences feelings of anxiety sometimes, and anxious feelings can alert you to danger when you are unsafe.
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Furthermore, co-morbid anxiety symptoms can cause ADHD to be more difficult to accurately diagnose.
However, environmental factors and stressors can also cause someone to develop anxiety.
Rather than punishing behaviors related to ADHD, caretakers should gently redirect the child to more appropriate choices.
They can also learn the childs unique strengths and encourage behaviors and activities that play to these strengths.
How Is Anxious ADD Treated?
Each person with anxious ADHD can follow a specific treatment plan that meets their unique needs.
People with both diagnoses benefit from close friends and family who help them when their symptoms create challenges.
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