Ask the Experts
Is ADHD Different for Females?
Is attention deficit disorder (ADHD) different for females?
Does it feel like women and girls with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) go longer without receiving a proper diagnosis than men and boys? That’s what many of readers confessed in a recent discussion on ADDitude‘s new online community for ADD/ADHD families, ADDConnect. In a popular discussion post called “Is ADD Different for Women?” community member MollyMs wrote, “I am one of the last people I would have ever thought would have been diagnosed with ADD — until I learned that it ‘looks’ different in women than it does in men.”
In this new ADD/ADHD video, Stephanie Sarkis, Ph.D., an ADD/ADHD expert, a female with ADD/ADHD, and the author of four books on the subject, explains why ADD/ADHD is different for females — and how they can learn to manage their symptoms.
