The Truth About ADHD and Anxiety in Adults 

For my adhd, adderall and meditation study music helps the hyperactivity and focus. I also have ptsd and the adhd can make it worse. The process theory of cognitive behavior therapy or delectable treatment therapy practices have helped immensely.

I couldn't have said it better myself. I completely agree with everything you said. I really think this would be a good video show family members of people who have ADHD so they can better understand it. Great Job Dr. Tuckman!

I have ADD and General Anxiety - from my experience anxiety makes my ADD symptoms become so bad that I fall into chaos and cannot function. But once I manage my fears-triggers for anxiety - overall my ADD symptoms reduce.. or at least it feels this way... I was wondering if I should treat anxiety vs ADD - and this video opens a whole different perspective- which I certainly can relate to

Thank you for doing this informative video. Often ADHD and anxiety can be co-morbid conditions but they can also exist independently and look a lot like each other. It is important to have a thorough evaluation completed by a competent professional to identify treatment options. This is important because often professionals may diagnose conditions on what fits with their treatment expertise. It could be someone who over diagnosis ADHD or anxiety, what have you. Important to have a well trained and experienced professional who can differentiate and take a thorough family history and seek information from collateral sources of information and uses rating forms and not just relying on a testing in an appointment. There is some interesting information shared by Dr. Russel Barkley and others on the shortcomings or relying on executive functioning tests.

I have been say the same thing for year. Plus having supports that under stand having ADHD with anxiety helps as well as an out let when needed.

The relationship between ADD and anxiety is really pretty simple. With ADD your thought process AND emotional sensitivity are different / distorted, therefore as your brain learns and develops it develops certain behaviours, responses and conditions. It really boils down to the world we live in. This argument about big pharma, sure their there to make as much money as they can. Are the drugs they prescribe good for you - no. I had 20 years of untreated ADD and the only thing that kept me going was exercise. I thought about suicide for years. Why you hear so much about ADD now is that the condition is so better understood. It's really the only thing in mental health that can be treated directly.

Informative video

Thanks so much for the advice. Btw, would you give some handy tips for someone having ADHD comorbid with OCD (anxiety disorder)? It seems tricky to treat both as ADHD drugs tend to exacerbate anxiety and OCD symptoms. Your insights on this can be valuable. Thanks again.

Thank you doc, I’m going to the doctor for medication and I pray it helps

Grateful

Lots of people finding this since lockdown who thinks COVID has had serious detrimental effects on their ADHD and anxiety. I know it's sent me form 15 years coping unmedicated to my third nervous breakdown and really struggling to return to any normality.

SPECT scans take out the guesswork by looking at the organ you treat. Neuropsychology, neuropsychiatry is the gold standard.

I tried to no be anxious, me trying mixed my adhd made it worse 🤦🏻‍♂️

For myself and per what many other doctors believe this is not an accurate understanding of how these two states exsist. Especially for hypo-active(under-active) ADD people. See the 1min video: How anxiety masks ADHD for what is in some cases much more accurate. To simply say ADD makes anxiety worse holds people back from full awareness of anxiety. The truth is that life could be perfect with zero ADHD symptoms and the anxiety would still be unbearable and self-destructive unless proper channeling is learned. If anything it would be more accurate to say consumerism and low-consciousness society causes the anxiety and makes it much worse then the ADHD does.

Ive got both and it puts me in hosptal throuing up weeks why!

I’m 24 years old my name is James and I have ADHD and Serve anxiety what would be the best medication for me ?

Can adhd medication treat PTSD?

I AM 40 YEARS OLD 4 BEAUTIFUL KIDS AGES 21, 13, 11,8. BASICALLY DIVORCE. AMAZING PERSONALITY. SOMETIMES. I TAKE CONCERTA 18MG ONCE UPON A TIME 36. ( TOO STRONG)....27 TOO. I WILL STICK TO 18MG... JUST A BOOST OF CONCENTRATION ...

Has anyone tried cbd oil for ADHD

THIS IS NOT THE TRUTH. I feel it in my skin, practically all my anxiety comes from feeling that many people are slower than I am, doing or thinking about anything. Secondly, the only way you can be secure of being yourself is by surrounding with people like you, or people who understand OTHER WAYS OF BEING because when that happen we are motivated enough to do anything, and sometimes better than the most. So advising treatment with medication is the easy way to do things: "take this pill and sit down", that's the reason why the world is the way it is. I wish i could have been born in another century.