Along with the textbook anxiety symptoms (obsessive thoughts, chronic nervousness, stomach problems, etc.), I seem to have an absolutely awful attention span. It's gotten so much worse since coronavirus. Before 'rona happened, I would sometimes space out in the middle of class every once in a while, but it wasn't too often, and my grades were actually really good (something like a 3.6 GPA, can't totally remember). Now I spend all day working (or trying to work) on my work and I get barely anything done. It was so bad that my previous psychiatrist thought I actually had Attention Deficit Disorder and gave me medication for it. The medication worked some, but it wore off over time. With this new psychiatrist and my therapist of now 16 months, there's a consensus that my lack of focus stems from my racing-thoughts, as well as a lack of motivation brought on by the depression of being so exhausted.

That's all well and good... but I still can't shake the feeling that there might be some correlation. I know there's overlap between ADD/ADHD, and I'm willing to accept that in terms of medication and etc., but it seems like just saying I have ADD is a much better shorthand in social situations, such as when talking to my friends about my poor focus. Saying it's just anxiety doesn't make much sense in context,  and saying I'm just bad at focusing is true, but not nearly as strong.

Does anyone else feel this way? Is there anything I can do you think?