re: Parents, any of your kids have severe anxiety?

Any parent that puts kids on ADHD meds needs there heads examined! If a kid is being a kid and can't focus or is all over the place, ir is hyper etc. Then let them be a child, they will grow out of it. Any kid that I've known that was put on those meds (Adderall, Vvanynes, Ritalin) ends up having g way more problems when they become young adults bc there parents put them on legal Meth bc they couldn't parent and handle a kid being a kid! End of story, it's fricked up that parents give a kid an addiction and it wasn't there choice!!
The teachers begged me and my wife to do the same with my stepson when he was younger, almost even treating to remove him from that school. He's in 9th grade star fb player with As and Bs and is a normal kid. He was all over the place as a child.
Get her off the meds and be there for your child before she had a habit for life that she hates your arse for later in life!!

That level of anxiety is not normal. Get her into counseling and they'll teach her ways to cope with it. I say this as someone who went to therapy for anxiety issues and panic attacks and I've found the coping mechanisms I learned to be very helpful. I didn't start therapy until I was in my 30s and I wish I had gone sooner. You'd be doing her a huge favor by starting her out now.

Like others have said, the ADHD meds are a stimulant so her doses might be too high. Talk to her doc/psychiatrist and make sure she’s getting enough sleep and on a regular sleep schedule.

Middle school sucks for a lot of kids so she’s not alone. Be affirming and acknowledging that what she’s experiencing is real (otherwise she’ll feel like she’s crazy) but tell her she has to go. Don’t let her stay home and avoid…and let her know that you’re right beside her, she’s not broken and she’s going to be OK.

ADHD meds only make anxiety worse.

Talk to your doctor

Then spend more time, you created her and she depends on you and your wife. It's unfair to her that your medicating her at such a young age. There is zero excuses, kids are meant to feel things, different emotions and what not. Maybe it's you that can't handle her being a kid and really domt want to put the time In that's needed. Drugs are not the answer

Keep them busy. Sports, activities, etc. Keep them off social media, no tv. Have them do creative things... draw, put stuff together, do projects. Talk to them. Let them talk and cry and laugh and live.

So much is spewed on the news and social media about "mental health". Major athletes they look up to (Simone Biles, etc) talk about mental health and problems. I'm not saying it shouldn't be discussed but that is all you see EVERYWHERE. Billboards on the highways, commercials, youtube stars discussing it. Its constantly on everyone's mind and in my opinion a true CAUSE of all the "mental health" bullshite going on.

Schools are a terror for some kids. Its inhuman cattle control. A day care for kids, a job creator for adults.

My son has severe anxiety. He’s 9 and it’s been a struggle with school for years. He’s been in weekly counseling and group therapy for years. It’s so tough to deal with as a parent. Sometimes I want to get angry and tough but that usually makes it worse

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Get her in counseling asap

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This. And the don't be afraid to move around until she finds the right counselor.