self absorbed behaviors replace anxiety

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Now that my daughter's anxiety and obsessions are better under control what I

see is that she is still very slow and self absorbed in

meaningless tasks, especailly when she is more tired.

When I send her in to take her shower she often now sits

on the floor and plays with something she has brought in until

I come in and direct her to get into the shower. I will

have to stay in the bathroom and tell her to hurry up

and wash up otherwise she may stand in the shower and

sing for 30 minutes or more.

I still find that I have to be like an aide and direct

each moves or else she just gets interested in something

and doesn't move. If she goes upstairs to fix her hair

and I don't go up after her she may get distracted and

instead of something taking 5 minutes she can be up there

for 30 minutes if I didn't follow-up.

She is 12 years old does have attentional issues and slow

processing speed. She is very smart in reasoning skills

and has lots of ideas. From little she was very slow

but also anxious. I always thought anxiety alone was

the problem with her not staying on tasks.

Have many of you also seen this type of behavior?

Pam