Symptom Tests for Adults
[Self-Test] ADHD Symptoms in Women
Symptoms of ADHD and ADD often manifest differently in men and women, many of whom grew up being called lazy or dumb while inattentive attention deficit was ignored or mislabeled as hormones or anxiety. Take this self-test to see if you exhibit the symptoms of ADD most common in women and girls. Then share the results with your doctor to seek a diagnosis.
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Attention Deficit Disorder in Women: Next Steps
1. Research: What ADD Looks Like In Women
2. Take this Test: Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria Symptoms in Adults
3. Read: “That Explains Everything!” Discovering My ADHD in Adulthood
4. Take this Test: Do I Have Inattentive ADD?
5. Read More About Women, Hormones, and ADHD
6. Take this Test: Full ADHD Symptom Test for Adults
Sari Solden, M.S., LMFT, is a member of the ADDitude ADHD Medical Review Panel.
Updated on March 2, 2021
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results??
Is my score high, or low? It gave me a number, but didn’t say where it fit in the range.
The higher the percentage(the more questions you answered in the affirmative), the more likely you are to be demonstrating the symptoms of attention deficit disorder. This self-test is not a diagnosis. A mental health professional can make a diagnosis based on clinical evaluation. Print out your results and take them to you clinician for diagnosis and treatment.
I am very offended at the fact that this is only for women and girls.
You can find a self-test for adults here: https://www.additudemag.com/adhd-symptoms-test-adults/
did you even read the text at the start? This test is here because a ADHD presents differently in girls & women to boys & men!
Which clinicians can diagnose ADHD inattentive? I have epilepsy so I see a neuropsychologist but they don’t seem keen to do diagnosis.
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It is so challenging but I got through my master’s program, I have a good job, but I’m tired of always feeling confused and behind.
Its interesting the test mentions thank you notes and other types of greeting cards. Why are these so hard for us, so easy for others? I’ve struggled with this my whole adult life. My friends will whip out a thank you note within a day or two, while for me its an epic project that may take months yo get to, if I ever do. It makes us seem unappreciative or uncaring, but we are not. Would love to finally get to the bottom of this weird struggle…..anybody have ideas or ever read an article on this? I haven’t been able to find anything.
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I see my answers to the questions, but no test results. Am I missing the result area?
I couldn’t see the results either… but having clicked frequently to all but one question the answer is clear
I didn’t see them at first. They are at the top right before the first question.
For two years CPS harassed and stalked me, showing up whenever to inspect my house for it being messy. They made me quit my Masters degree to stay home and clean my house. Then chastised me for not having a job. I almost had my children taken away. Nobody understood. At the time, I was also writing a screenplay which I did not dare tell them about for fear of them making me quit that. They scarred my children emotionally. Even now if there’s a knock at the door we have a twinge of anxiety and it’s almost two decades later. I wish I could sue them. They labeled me as a bad, neglectful mother and accused me of doing drugs or drinking. Meanwhile, I was working my butt off to better our lives! It was like forcing someone with a broken leg run a marathon. I wish I could sue them because we are still traumatized. If it weren’t for my psychiatrist at the time, I’m sure I would have lost my children. She argued with the ignorant uneducated ‘social workers’ that they knew nothing about my afflictions. They promised her they wouldn’t threaten me with taking my children away, but then threatened me. Of course I went back and told her. She then wrote a letter to them stating that she has never in her 15 years of treating seen any evidence of emotional, physical or sexual abuse. And no substance abuse. She said I was extremely involved in my children’s lives and care for them dearly. And she’d be willing to go to court and say that. Still, they harassed us for another year or so until we finally moved from the neighbourhood we were in. Turns out CPS was having my landlord come in to our apartment whilst we weren’t home and take photos and they had the school reporting on all my children’s behaviour without my knowledge. They also interviewed my neighbours and asked them (ordered them) to report back or they’d be charged. It was complete Nazism in modern times. My doctor and I have since parted ways, but I will never forget how she fought for me when we were all alone. She also taught us how to stand up for ourselves.
Many of these questions are about what other people think. Or whether other people are rude enough to say things to you. I am not put together like others, but people don’t tell me I’m a slob. It also asks about emotions or feelings of shame. My house is a mess, but I don’t hesitate to invite people over because my self worth isn’t hinged on other’s thoughts of me. I found a pile of unsent thank you notes in my basement – from my wedding a decade earlier. I’ve also found others that were never sent, but no one has ever told me I’m selfish. So I check never. I’ve never felt I was selfish for not sending them. The question was about selfishness and other people’s thoughts. – not whether or not I was capable of writing a note, putting it in an envelope, addressing it, and getting a stamp, and getting it to the mailbox.
If ADHD is about how you feel about yourself, then I guess I don’t have it. However this assessment is useless at trying to determine whether a person has the executive functioning to be orderly, tidy, etc.