Alexithymia and ADHD

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I've realized recently that I have trouble identifying when I'm feeling anxiety, or when a bad mood is creeping in upon me, etc. It's a little scary, because I could be in a bad mood or something and not realize it and suffer consequences as a result. And yes, it's happened in the past , many a time. It always creeps up on me.

Especially my anxiety and my nerves. Often I don't realize I'm overly anxious or overly nervous until it's too late.
This has put me in bad situations before.

I also have trouble concentrating on one thing for very long.
It's almost like death. Which is why I've had trouble keeping jobs in the past.
Unless it's a repetitive job like tinting windows, which I did like, because it's a routine. An algorthm.
But I got fired at that job for my low energy, and I purposely disregarded one rule (in the tinting process) because I didn't think it was important.

I do have great concentration when it comes to things and subjects I like.

But on all other things I can't keep up my concentration for very long.

Do any of you guys have a similar experience ?

Anxiety can be an almost constant experience for me, but most of the time Im not aware of it.

I'm working on identifying anxiety and other emotions by noting the physical symptoms, such as tension in my upper body, or my breathing.

I pause more often now to identify my present emotion, to name it, and link that with the accompanying physical sensations, some days I make quick written observations to record the range I experienced. The idea is to build a habit, and develop a skill.
Another thing I do is to imagine a physical representation of how I feel, eg slouched shoulders, bent head, muted colors. At times though there is nothing to identify.

If I am interested or have a motivator, my focus can be fine. But there are a multitude of things (eg noise, health) which hamper my ability to concentrate on tasks that do not engage me.