“Stop overthinking.” “There’s nothing to worry about.” “Just do it.” For someone with Anxious ADHD, anxiety and attention problems can feed into each other. After analyzing over 300,000 brain scans, Dr. Amen and Amen Clinics have identified 7 ADHD patterns, helping explain why ADHD doesn’t look—or respond to treatment—the same way in everyone. Type 7: Anxious ADHD can involve frequent nervousness, tension, expecting the worst, fear of judgment, conflict avoidance, shutting down socially, and physical symptoms of stress alongside core ADHD symptoms. Amen Clinics reports that SPECT imaging can show increased activity in the basal ganglia, an area it associates with anxiety, alongside decreased activity during concentration in the prefrontal cortex and cerebellum. That combination may help explain why someone can feel mentally overwhelmed and unable to focus at the same time. “Stop worrying” and “just focus” may miss what the person is actually experiencing. If you’re seeking ev...