{"id":150671,"date":"2023-07-10T01:11:59","date_gmt":"2023-07-10T05:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/?p=150671"},"modified":"2023-07-08T16:41:07","modified_gmt":"2023-07-08T20:41:07","slug":"the-difference-between-adhd-and-anxiety-signs-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/archives\/150671","title":{"rendered":"The Difference Between ADHD and Anxiety Signs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Difference Between ADHD and Anxiety Signs\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vQyuV1DsNVw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n– Hey, Psych2Goers. Do you have trouble paying attention? For example, zoning out\r\nwhile watching this video? Do you think you have\r\nADHD because of this? Oftentimes, people mistake\r\nsymptoms of anxiety for ADHD because of some of the\r\nsimilar traits they share. According to the Centers\r\nfor Disease Control and Prevention data, about 3 in 10 children\r\nwith ADHD have anxiety. So to help you get a better understanding of the difference\r\nbetween ADHD and anxiety, here are six signs to look out for. Number one, you have poor focus because of worrying thoughts. Are you always distracted by your worries, so much so that you’re unable to focus on the things you’re doing? When fear and apprehension\r\ndominate your thoughts, it may cause you to become restless and have trouble with sitting\r\nstill, paying attention, or staying focused in class.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAccording to John Waldrop, MD from Weill Cornell Medical College, when you experience anxiety, your prefrontal cortex, the part of the brain which is essential for thinking, learning, and\r\nremembering, is shut down. Your brain is concentrated\r\non staying safe. In contrast with ADHD, you aren’t consumed by worrying thoughts. Instead, it has more\r\nto do with an imbalance in your hormones: dopamine\r\nand norepinephrine, which causes you to be distracted. Number two, you don’t tend to have as many problems with impulsivity.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nDo you often find yourself\r\nspeaking out loud in class without raising your hand? Perhaps you were even labeled\r\nas the troublemaker in school because of the way you\r\ncan never sit still. According to Dr. John, a\r\nperson with ADHD may feel as if there are dozens of controllers trying to control their\r\nbrains at the same time without checking in with each other first. So if you find that you\r\ndon’t appear to have as many problems with impulsivity but just struggle to speak up or stand up because of your nerves, then you may have anxiety rather than ADHD. Number three, you have trouble\r\ncompleting your schoolwork because of perfectionism. Do you have trouble\r\ncompleting your schoolwork? Perhaps you find yourself procrastinating even if you only have just\r\none assignment to you. This struggle could be because\r\nyou have so many points you wanna make in so many\r\nways to phrase the words that it leaves you wanting\r\nto throw up your hands and ignore them. You’re avoiding starting your assignments because you can’t have\r\nthem be less than perfect. If you can relate to this, then it’s more likely you’re struggling with anxiety and not ADHD.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.pexels.com\/photos\/4406406\/pexels-photo-4406406.jpeg?auto=compress&amp;cs=tinysrgb&amp;h=650&amp;w=940\" \/>\r\n\r\nDr. John stated that\r\nwhile people with ADHD may experience difficulty\r\ncompleting their schoolwork or performing tasks, it’s often due to trouble\r\nwith concentration rather than perfectionism. Number four, you are\r\ngenerally more sensitive to social cues. Are you very sensitive to how you come across to other people? Do you find yourself often uncomfortable with your social environment? Perhaps you find it challenging to eat in front of other people or tend to avoid speaking in public because of an overwhelming fear that people will judge you negatively. According to Dr. John,\r\nif your answers are yes to the above questions, it’s more likely that you\r\nhave anxiety rather than ADHD. This is because people\r\nwith ADHD usually struggle with understanding or missing social cues rather than being hypersensitive to them. Number five, you experience\r\na racing heart, clamminess, tense muscles, headaches,\r\nnausea, or dizziness. Do you often experience\r\nheadaches, nausea, or dizziness? These are just some of\r\nthe symptoms of anxiety. Dr. John stated that anxiety comes from a tiny almond-shaped part at the back of your brain\r\ncalled the amygdala. As a watchman for your brain, it is constantly watching out for danger.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAnd whenever it detects danger, it triggers a fight or flight response. However, for anxious people, the amygdala is large and hypersensitive. Because of this, it ends up sending out\r\na lot of false alarms. You can think of it as a watchman\r\nwho cries wolf too often. As a result, your brain may sense threats even in non-threatening situations. And number six, you are unlikely\r\nto show problem behaviors when you’re feeling calm, safe,\r\nand doing things you enjoy. How do you act when you’re having fun? Whether it’s listening\r\nto your favorite music or playing video games, you\r\nmay find yourself feeling calm and safe while doing the things\r\nthat you genuinely enjoy. You are neither restless nor feeling like you need\r\nto catch your breath. According to Dr. John, anxious\r\nindividuals are unlikely to display any problem behaviors\r\nwhen feeling calm and safe and doing something they enjoy. On the contrary, people with ADHD will experience problem behaviors even when they engage in a particular fun or exciting activity.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/flywait.darekw.hop.clickbank.net\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ibb.co\/LhMxnXq\/44798459-1800005020048433-7146152391664992256-n.jpg\" alt=\"44798459-1800005020048433-7146152391664992256-n\" width=\"239\" height=\"375\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nFor example, a person with ADHD may become so engrossed\r\nwith painting a picture that they tune out or completely\r\nignore everything else. This behavior is known as hyperfocus. Did you relate to any of\r\nthe signs we’ve mentioned? Let us know in the comments below. If you found this video helpful, be sure to like, subscribe,\r\nand share this video with those who might benefit from it. And don’t forget to hit\r\nthe notification bell icon to get notified whenever\r\nPsych2Go posts a new video. 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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data, about &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/archives\/150671\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Difference Between ADHD and Anxiety Signs<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":150669,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1,138,468],"tags":[16009,59874,696,59876,59875,59872],"class_list":["post-150671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-anxiety","category-community","category-health-care-policy","tag-adhd","tag-adhd-and-anxiety-and-depression","tag-anxiety","tag-attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder","tag-dealing-with-adhd-and-anxiety","tag-living-with-adhd-and-anxiety"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/htmlF_IMG_64a960f333fc9.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150671"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":150735,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150671\/revisions\/150735"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}