Adult Women With ADD Face Daily Challenges
Adult women who suffer from ADHD face challenges every day. They often get misdiagnosed and ignored because many doctors think of ADD as a disorder that affects only men and boys. In addition, many ADD symptoms in women vary with hormones, and become more prominent during puberty and then again as estrogen levels decline during PMS or perimenopause.
signs and symptoms of adhd in women and symptoms
Women who suffer from adult ADD are impatient, easily irritated and easily impulsive. They are often impulsive and take on projects without considering the implications things like careers and relationships. Some also have sensitivity to rejection, which makes it difficult for them to deal with real or perceived rejection. Women with ADD are more likely to engage in sexually dangerous behavior than women who do not suffer from ADD, such as early sexual contact, casual sex multiple partners and unprotected births. Depression is often a co-existing disorder or is a result of ADD and needs to be treated. ADD symptoms are more apparent in girls at puberty, during PMS and when estrogen levels decrease during menopausal or perimenopausal.
Diagnosis
While the ADD symptoms of women are similar to those of men, doctors could miss the diagnosis because of misconceptions that ADD is more prevalent in boys. Women with ADD tend to be more emotional particularly during puberty, PMS, and in perimenopause and menopause as hormone levels change. They may be impulsive, jumping into things without thinking. Depression is often a co-existing disorder or as a result.