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I am someone with ADHD who works out and I have told OP twice that her responses don’t sound like this is ADHD driven. I believe she has ADHD, she’s just not describing her aversion to working out in a way that sounds typical of an ADHD pattern. [b]It sounds like she is a person (with ADHD) who doesn’t enjoy working out, not a person who enjoys working out when she does but whose ADHD makes it difficult for her to be consistent.[/b] That’s the difference. [/quote]

OP here. I can agree with your bolded statement. When I work out, I do not enjoy it. But the *reason* I don't enjoy it is that my mind wanders when I do it, and I start to feel anxious. I believe that could be because of ADHD, but honestly that was just my best guess.  A reason I thought it could be ADHD related, as I believe I mentioned in my first post, was that when I started taking medication for ADHD, I was able to exercise for a while without my mind wandering and making me feel anxious.

I got some good suggestions here about taking classes that could keep my mind a little more engaged which I will follow up on when I am able to.[/quote]

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