Brain Health
How Could This Pandemic Change Me for Good?
“For women with ADHD, this is our chance, finally, to float. To slow down, to be more intentional, to...
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Guest Blogs
“What If My Intense Drive Is Because of — Not in Spite of — My ADHD?”
Like many women with ADHD, I’m a high-energy, creative thinker, boycotter of the status quo, and...
Emotions & Shame
You Are Not the Sum of Your ADHD Challenges
The ADHD brain gravitates toward black-or-white, all-or-nothing thinking. The problem is that human...
Guest Blogs
6 Unhelpful, Unhealthy Labels People Affix to Women with ADHD
I am a therapist. I know mental health. But, still, I didn’t recognize my own ADHD for almost three...
The Emotional Side
I’ll Be Kinder and Gentler — to Myself
Before my ADHD diagnosis, I poked fun at my forgetfulness, my trouble in school, my faults, myself....
Guest Blogs
“I’m Not Supposed to Have ADHD.”
A good girl can’t have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, especially if she’s a high-achieving...
ADHD News & Research
The ADHD Gender Gap Is Closing for Older Women
As more women and their medical providers learn about the symptoms of ADHD in adults and the benefits...
Guest Blogs
“What I’ve Learned In the Year Since My ADHD Diagnosis”
“The first time I took Adderall, I realized how much extra and dangerous noise had been occupying my...
Emotions & Shame
Melancholy and My Infinite ADHD Sadness
“Everyone has regrets. Everyone gets sad. Everyone ruminates. But when you have ADHD, emotions set in...
Friendships
“I Feel Utterly, Hopelessly Alone.”
Social isolation is a real problem for women with ADHD. We feel disconnected from family members and...