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    Is It Anxiety or Is It ADHD? Untangling the Knot
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    Is It Anxiety or Is It ADHD? Untangling the Knot

    1 August 20256 min read

    Anxiety and ADHD are so intertwined that it's hard to know where one ends and the other begins.

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    Many women are treated for anxiety for years before anyone considers ADHD. On the surface, the symptoms can look identical: racing thoughts, difficulty sleeping, restlessness, overwhelm.

    But there's a crucial difference. In anxiety, racing thoughts are worry-based. In ADHD, they're like a browser with too many tabs open. And anxiety is often a consequence of ADHD, not a separate condition.

    Treating the anxiety without addressing the underlying ADHD is like mopping the floor while the tap is still running.

    If your anxiety has never fully responded to treatment, it might be worth asking: is there something underneath this that nobody has looked for?

    If this resonated with you…

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    Nishia Wadhwani

    ADHD Coach · YourADHD.Life

    Late-diagnosed, ADHD coach, and founder of YourADHD.Life. I help women move from self-blame to self-understanding using the SHINE Method — practical coaching grounded in lived experience.

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