When ADHD Isn't the Only Issue

The NYU Langone Child Study Center's Dr. Tim Verduin explains that ADHD often coexists alongside another mental health issue, such as anxiety or depression. Sometimes, the coexisting disorder is directly related to the ADHD having gone untreated. Dr. Verduin is the clinical director for the CSC's Institute for Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Behavior Disorders.

[pandywolf]

I have ADHD anxiety and depression... It's terrible...

[hostiletakeover]

I am 30 years old, and my entire life i am always getting into trouble for "goofing off" whether it be at work...or school...or even in my home life. I try so hard not to goof off, but i feel like making people laugh is a way for me to entertain myself because I can't stay focused. I was always the class clown in school. I also have extreme anxiety, and depression. Mostly the anxiety is what really effects me. URGH sometimes it does make me depressed, because I just feel so different from everyone else. Now mind you, I live a normal life. I pay bills, have kids, do the shit I need to do. I am not a complainer, and don't want people to "feel sorry" for me

[mtngoat]

I have ADHD but had a great parent. Problems started with a couple of manipulative relationships, lost hope and was over whelmed leading to anxiety. Then final trauma with horrible accident having lost my mother. PTSD with already huge anxiety issues and panic attacks. I try to put on leg in front of the other but it's gotten bad. I can't plan or organize anything but fight hard. Everybody just moves along and sucks that it can't be explained.

[krosis]

I have ADHD, depression, generalized, anxiety, and insomnia...life is great 👍

[UFCFANATIC]

My 13 year old was diagnosed with ADHD at around 6 - 7 years old. We tried therapy and years later tried medication. The medication helped slightly with some of the restlessness but caused a severe increased heart rate and we took him off of it. A few years went by and though it was difficult it didn't seem so bad. His grades in school were very good. However the last few years he has been very withdrawn and shows ZERO interest in anything besides his xbox. It's horrible. He has no motivation towards anything. He shows no emotion and is like having a zombie around. My wife and I are considering medication again to see if we could find something that helps him but doesn't cause any medical issues. We are drained from his poor behavior and depression. I'm sure we aren't the only ones but it's so frustrating as parents that we constantly have to redirect him. We hardly ever get to enjoy any time with him. We are hoping to get some answers once we can speak with another doctor to see our options and possible new medications. Just wanted share my story. It's heartbreaking as a parent to see our son so withdrawn and miserable at such a young age. We are worried about his future.

[C_Redd]

Paused the video 2-3 times and forgot what you said

[jackmayberry]

I see alot of people posting about their problems with ADHD, anxiety and depression. I too had big problems and it took until after high school for me to become aware of how ADHD actually affected my life and what symptoms were actually present. This came too be after massive anxiety and then depression symptoms were obvious in me and I was given a prescription for antidepressants. These worked but I learned that if you have both ADHD (caused by reduced dopamine production) and anxiety/depression (caused by reduced serotonin production), you need to be treated for both at the same time. While given only serotonin producing drugs I went through the symptoms of having very low dopamine levels without really realising it. It made me constantly pneumonic, lose motivation and energy and a whole list more.

Being diagnosed with ADHD gave me a dexamphetamine prescription and intially I had bad side effects because I was also on an SSRI at the time, since switching to mianserin, and SNRI, I have seen the side effects from the combination reduce and my ADHD symptoms reduce.

[mista_stink]

After years of adhd and anxiety medication I don’t even know my true self anymore

[bleakambition]

Oof I suffered from severe depression a couple months ago, I’ve got bad anxiety, and I have symptoms of adhd without being diagnosed, (Possibly have it) last semester I got a 0.75 gpa and I wanna work, but I can’t bring myself to do so. I just get sidetracked, i day dream about cooler things or I visualize things I could build, or I just have a thought that evolves into a full scale day dream adventure

[PanicAttackRecovery]

Good information on comorbidity of ADHD/anxiety/ depression

[ya_boi_cribs]

I was diagnosed with adhd in like 3rd or 4th grade, and in 5th grade I accumulated a habit of pulling my eyelashes out.(which is a form of anxiety and adhd symptoms) my mom didnt even bring it up to my physician

[cobalius]

I had good support in my childhood, do i didn't struggle until i came into the university. 3rd semester, totally stucking.

Good, most of my problems refer to the corona crisis atm, but in general i see the EF boundaries and some special issues that i can only explain myself with adhd and autism combined (getting overloaded with high quality, vividly images/memories due to the intense feelings and the confusion between memory and reality. I call that the old man's pain. But i'm only 25)

[MyriophyllumTuberculatum]

it seems like the therapist thought i only have anxiety even if i say them i can't focus, to me it seems like adhd, i always need to do something new to not get bored, i can't be good in anything because i can't focus even if i force it

[sarahconlin]

I know I have ADHD but I feel like I also have order

[victorchavez]

I feel I have depression cause I take medication

[tothetruthandbeyond]

I've been misdiagnosed now for over 20 years bc as a kid I had every single symptom of one with ADHD or ADD and it has just exasperated the problem not being treated so now I've got manic depression and anxiety plus ptsd, but they put me on every single ssri know to man and they all had little to no effect or bad side effects. So they threw be in the bi polar basket and that was a really bad time for me. I'm still suffering until this day but about a month ago I had a theory after researching, so I tried and felt guilty for it, but a tiny bit of methamphetamine, I ate a piece the size of a grain of sugar or two each day with low expectations that it'd do nothing like everything I've tried including out of the realm of medication eg diet, exercise etc, and my jumbled negative thoughts, time management, concentration, anxiety, depression, motivation and all that improved about 65% it's the best I've felt in a long time it gave the break I needed to be able to gather my thoughts and realise what's going on. Now I'm going to go and see a doctor and hope to god I get proper help bc I'm at the end of the rope if I can't get my life together and be able to function like a productive member of society, then I don't know what I'm going to do and I don't want to think about it but that's all I can do is worry and dread how it's going to pan out.

[mariotolic]

I am hitting.my back forward and inward on pillows or bed since I was 5years old. Im 21 now. I do it for 8 9 hours, literally. Daily. Is that adhd? I cant live without it, it gives me stress relieve, and daydreaming

[vellichxxr]

I’m young and I’m like that I didn’t know I needed treatment, I have depression and it’s a big weight on my back hint I’m in Elementary

[j]

I am sad for no reason and is it because it

[fallingtardis]

ADHD, I feel like caused my Anxiety and Depression. It hurts to hear people think I'm stupid because of my ADHD and that's when Anxiety and Depression came around, younger me didnt have a care in the world, I was just an extremely hyper kid who didnt listen to wat my classmates said about me (mostly cause i wasnt focusing on them) but as i grew up I started realising what people around me think of me, and i get scared cause I dont want them to dislike me so I try to act normal but i dont know how to. I'll either say something weird or stupid or something I shouldn't have said or do something stupid and then my anxiety kicks in making me worry of what i might do and then I get depressed because I just cant handle everything, its hard for me to be worrying about my ADHD Anxiety and Depression all at the same time, and I dont want medicine because when I had ADHD pills it caused severe twitching in my stomach and nose. Gladly when i got off the pills I wasnt twitching in my stomach but my nose til this day twitches badly like a scared bunny. Ive had so many people ask me why my nose twitches and if i have Tourette's, which i dont have but I then have to explain why i twitch and ive been teased about it. I hope i dodnt get side tracked, not the best at this kinda of thing.