ADHD or ADD) lead anxious lives. The nature of ADHD often makes day-to-day life stressful, creating situations and environments fraught with uncertainty – anxiety’s primary fuel.That is why ADHD cannot be discussed without bringing up anxiety, whether that means pesky, troublesome bouts of worry that present only in specific contexts (like meeting work deadlines or making difficult back-to-school decisions), or full-fledged anxiety disorder.
Either way, the link between the two is direct, so much so that anxiety is the most common comorbid diagnosis with adult ADHD.This ADHD-anxiety link is magnified today by an almost universal and unprecedented stressor: the COVID-19 pandemic.
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