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How to tell ADHD from Anxiety?
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<blockquote data-quote="flutterbee" data-source="post: 205290"><p>I always knew that my daughter did not have ADHD (that Mommy gut thing) because she could sit and focus for long periods of time on things. For example, playing with her dolls or playing a computer game.</p><p></p><p>When she couldn't focus was if there was any kind of distraction - someone tapping a pencil, someone talking in the other room, etc - or when her anxiety was high. Other than that, it was the hyperactivity that was the big issue. High anxiety creates a lot of hyperactivity. Think about it: people call it nervous energy or nervous tension as adults. She didn't sit and watch tv. Her bottom was up and down on the couch like she was on a spring the entire time. At dinner, she would take a bite of food and run around the table or living room, come back, sit down, take another bite and off again. Talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk a mile a minute from one topic to another so fast it made me dizzy. That's where I really got the smile and nod down pat. <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/tongue.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":tongue:" title="tongue :tongue:" data-shortname=":tongue:" /> </p><p></p><p>She needed constant redirection (and still does) when it came to things that triggered her anxiety - school/homework, for example - but when it was something that she enjoyed she could focus for hours.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flutterbee, post: 205290"] I always knew that my daughter did not have ADHD (that Mommy gut thing) because she could sit and focus for long periods of time on things. For example, playing with her dolls or playing a computer game. When she couldn't focus was if there was any kind of distraction - someone tapping a pencil, someone talking in the other room, etc - or when her anxiety was high. Other than that, it was the hyperactivity that was the big issue. High anxiety creates a lot of hyperactivity. Think about it: people call it nervous energy or nervous tension as adults. She didn't sit and watch tv. Her bottom was up and down on the couch like she was on a spring the entire time. At dinner, she would take a bite of food and run around the table or living room, come back, sit down, take another bite and off again. Talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk a mile a minute from one topic to another so fast it made me dizzy. That's where I really got the smile and nod down pat. :raspberry-tounge: She needed constant redirection (and still does) when it came to things that triggered her anxiety - school/homework, for example - but when it was something that she enjoyed she could focus for hours. [/QUOTE]
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