ADHD vs anxiety in children can be difficult for parents to distinguish. Your child’s teacher may say they cannot stay focused. At home, homework takes twice as long as it should. Your child seems restless, forgetful, easily frustrated, or constantly distracted. Maybe they are having trouble falling asleep, waking during
When you schedule a psychiatric appointment for your child or teenager, you may be asked questions that span years of their life. When did you first notice a change? Have they received therapy before? What medications have they tried? How are things going at school? Is there a family history
If your child has been referred for a psychiatric evaluation, it is completely normal to have questions. What are they going to ask? Will my child have to talk without me in the room? Does an evaluation automatically mean medication? What if my child shuts down and refuses to talk?
If you have ever thought I do not want my child labeled, you are not alone. Many parents worry that putting a name to their child’s struggles, whether anxiety, ADHD, depression, or something else, will somehow change how the world sees them. They worry their child will be treated differently
I hear this more often than anything else: “I wasn’t sure if I was overreacting.” Parents come to my office worried, exhausted, and carrying guilt. They describe a child who seems withdrawn, or irritable, or struggling in school. And almost every parent says some version of the same thing: “I
If you are parenting a child with mental health or behavioral challenges, you already know what it costs. You have sat in waiting rooms, researched diagnoses at midnight, called schools, called therapists, called insurance companies. You have modulated your own emotions so that you could help regulate theirs. You have
