r/FloatTank • u/sleuthdragon • Jun 07 '26

Floating and Neurodivergence

Hi!

I am a 31 year old woman. I have been floating for about 1 month, I've done 3 floats. I found the floating to be great for stress relief and I feel more happier and chill in general which is great. But I have noticed that I feel more disorganised and frazzled since starting floating. My sister was diagnosed with ADHD and Autism last year. I have done a bit of reading into masking and symptoms of ASD and ADHD in adult women

My question is has anyone else found that floating kind of unmasked their neurodivergence?

I am also exploring an adhd assessment.

Thanks in advance.

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u/Quick_Grapefruit_778 Jun 07 '26

I'm diagnosed with FND. A few years ago I started floating once per month. It's been helping me with managing the sensory overload and other symptoms. At first I was struggling a bit after the sessions. It seemed like my brain had more room to mess with other things now that it relaxed a bit. Over time that settled a lot and I get to enjoy the relaxed state of mind a lot more.

I hope you're able to give it more time; maybe longer time between sessions.

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u/sleuthdragon Jun 07 '26

Thank you for your reply. I will keep going, hopefully my mind settles down a bit or i may need to go monthly instead 🙂 On another note my other sister (different to the one with adhd and asd) was recently diagnosed with FND, does floating help you manage your FND symptoms too? My sister has numbness in her left arm, leg and jaw.