adhd or anxiety? | ADHD Information

thanxwhat is the difference between untreated adult adhd and untreated chronic anxiety, other than with add u have to be born with it. aren't the symptoms the same? if there is a diference then how do psychiatrists distinguished between the two, or treat u wrong thinking u have anxiety therefore never treating the add?

NO!  The symptoms are not the same.  My ADHD does not make me physically ill like anxiety does.  ADHD does not make me feel like I'm having a heart attack, give me a head ach or make me feel like I'm gonna puke.  The only thing for me that is similar is that when I get anxious I get hyper, but then again it is a nervous hyperness that is different that thy hyper in ADHD.   They do effect the same part of the brain, but so does Autism, Bipolar and probably other disorders. In Anxiety, I cognitively know that I have an unreasonable fear, in ADHD I'm oblivious to being unreasonable.  The medications to treat ADHD is totally different than the meds used for Anxiety.  And Anxiety sucks more than ADHD IMO.   ( if your pdoc can't tell the diff between the two, you need a new pdoc.)

hope that helped.

is it possible that someone can have both add and anxiety together? but cause of this, the docs can only pick up the anxiety symptoms therefore add gets left untreated? or not!

.IMac38943.7971990741I concur with Imac because I do have both and a few others as well.  You can absolutely be multiply blessed!  .IMac38943.7974652778