ADHS-bedingte Merkmale können chronische Schmerzen durch Angst und negatives Denken verstärken. Die Ergebnisse stützen die Annahme, dass Schmerzen nicht nur körperlicher Natur sind, sondern dass mentale und neurologische Merkmale eine größere Rolle spielen könnten als angenommen
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A new study, led by researchers from the University of Tokyo, involving nearly 1,000 patients in Japan suggests that attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)-related traits may be associated with and may contribute to chronic pain. The connection seems solid but indirect: ADHD-related traits appear to impact how people perceive pain through increased anxiety, depression and negative thought patterns. This research presents potential avenues for new tailored treatments and rehabilitation for those with ADHD and chronic pain.
Chronic pain is long-lasting pain that evades common treatments and affects millions of people around the world. Among the issues relating to it is the fact that pain is not a purely physical phenomenon, so treatments may involve multiple modes of intervention and need to be highly tailored to an individual. To aid this way of treating chronic pain, researchers look at it from different angles, including how specific groups of people may face it. This has led to some research on potential impacts of neurodevelopmental conditions such as ADHD.
“In our latest study, we looked at patients with severe chronic pain who were being treated at specialized pain centers across Japan, and examined how often ADHD- and autism-related traits were present in this population,” said Dr. Satoshi Kasahara from the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Relief Center at the University of Tokyo Hospital. “We found that ADHD-related traits were more common in these patients than in the general population, about 2.4 times higher. These traits were also closely linked to pain severity, as well as to psychological factors such as anxiety, depression and negative ways of thinking about pain.”
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-026-45300-y
Emotional pain and physical pain are processed in the same region, the Insular cortex, and both share similar pathways
This isn’t going to help those of us already being told it’s in our heads
People with mcas and other auto immune diseases often have chronic pain that gets undiagnosed. Labeled as being due to anxiety or depression.
Auto immune diseases often are both correlated with adhd and often can get misdiagnosed as adhd.
How much of this is just doctors labeling auto immune chronic pain that doesn’t show up on blood work as being due to depression or anxiety something we know is higher rate with those with auto immune diseases such as mcas?
as someone with adhd, the anxiety pain loop is very real.
I’ve worked so hard to change the way I talk to myself in my head. Very easy to fall back into negative thought loops.
I’ve noticed at times it intense frustration my wrists hurt intensely. My doctor is currently running tests to see if I have some form of auto-immune disease because of this and some other chronic pain. Nice to know my adhd is likely the culprit.
I would always get headaches and vein pain in the neck when stressed that was not blood pressure related, so I guess this checks for me…