Why Are Women Being Diagnosed With ADHD In Adulthood?
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Recently found out I was Autistic with ADHD. My brother was medicated, I was told to focus. There's a lot of trauma from being undiagnosed for 50 years. It's frustrating.
This is exactly my experience. My brother was medicated, graduated with a phD. I barely made it through enough college to get my BA. I was always told that I was smart but lazy.
I'm undiagnosed but certain that I have ADHD. I've always suffered with depression and anxiety and kick-starting tasks mentally feels like having to push the weight and size of a boulder. Thank you for bringing light to such an important topic. It's validating to a lot of women who otherwise have felt lazy, unworthy, or crazy.
I was undiagnosed until last month. Diagnosed at 40, I like you diagnosed myself before. But I actually felt better hearing a Dr diagnose it. If you can try and get a diagnosis
I'd second the recommendation of seeking a diagnosis if you can afford it. I worry that depending on who you see... if you see someone who doesn't know much about ADHD, for example... you may need to work harder than I did to get your symptoms recognized. There are a lot of us who get missed. In my case I was indeed a boy, but not hyperactive or a disruptive kid... and only recently diagnosed this year. But from what I've heard, women and girls have more often been misdiagnosed or perhaps even had their symptoms written off. It's sad.
Take care and good luck!
I resonate with everything you experience, too!
@@DLusby Thanks everyone for your kind suggestions and for sharing your stories with me. I'm happy to report my symptoms have lessened since changing my lifestyle a bit, but I do plan on getting a diagnosis soon once I can afford it! Managing my mental health is still a priority, so I really appreciate everyone's concern 🙏
I hear you Jennifer, I was diagnosed at 75. I knew something was wrong I went every where for help. I was told it was anxiety and depression, no meds helped. I did heaps of research on ADHD, and bingo there it was. I then found the best Dr I could find who worked with ADHD patience, I was diagnosed in 20 minutes of my consultation.
I was diagnosed a few years ago - in my early 40’s. All my life, I thought I was a “procrastinator” or just lazy. Two stages of my life really exasperated my symptoms: 1. When I was a stay-at-home mom, and 2. COVID lockdowns. And now getting back into normal life again, I am really struggling with distraction and inability to make simple decisions. It’s time to discuss my meds with my doc.
Yea get on an extremely addictive substance so u can focus pathetic.
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@@cutepuppy2422 I take meds at low dose and have different ways of managing my symptoms.
@@cutepuppy2422 Are you an individual with ADHD? Do you understand anything about it?
I'm 37 and just realized I have ADHD. I always thought I was just disorganized, irresponsible, and couldn't understand why certain things were so easy for others. I hope to learn how to manage my challenges.
I am 24, and just got diagnosed two days ago. I looked for a doctor to give me answers, after my boyfriend of two years started pointing out certain behaviors. He was diagnosed much earlier than I had been - and we shared a lot of traits and mannerisms. And, overall he could see that it was affecting me negatively. I think it wasn't as much of an issue when I was younger, in school. Because my grades were always perfect. But, I would routinely be bored in classes and unable to pay attention. But, I was too scared of negative repercussions at home if I let my grades slip, so I found ways to help myself out without asking for help. I needed to bring in an iPod for music or videos to play while taking lecture notes, because I wasn't absorbing any of the information. I think I worked twice as hard to maintain my grades when I was young, but didn't realise it. When I stopped doing using those coping tools as a senior in high school, my grades started dropping, and it just continued when I started college. The change in environment really drastically impaired my ability to cope with the symptoms I was having. I'd always had insomnia growing up, but in college, it was reaching new heights, and nothing really helped me to keep it manageable. I was super depressed, developed severe anxiety, and just stopped going to classes altogether for a while. The next two years, I pushed myself harder than before to make sure I could at least attend the classes and pass, but it caused such severe burnout, and I couldn't pinpoint why, until speaking to my MP and getting that diagnosis. I'd had treatment for anxiety and insomnia before, but noticed that it never got any better, even while medicated, or in therapy. I think we'd been treating the symptoms, and not the main issue for years. And it was only until it started drastically altering my quality of life, that it was noticed.
I am 43 and was recently told by a behaviorist I have ADHD. I suffer from depression too, most of my life. Seeing why I struggled in school and not fitting in with students my age, is good, but I should of been diagnosed while in school and been on medication. I missed out on a lot growing up, not being "normal". I always felt as an outcast, on my own. I just never understood why. ADHD wasn't a well known condition, no one would of thought to check if I had it. It sure is hard being human, so much mental and physical struggles.
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I was diagnosed at 69! My whole life now makes sense. My house is still a mess, but at least I know why.
I am a woman was also diagnosed in my early 40’s. I have primarily inattentive type. Everyday is a struggle. I have issues with energy and stress management. The way I got diagnosed was I had put up with being distracted for too long. I was fed with my short attention span. I love reading but there were days where I’d open a book, try and read a few lines and realize that reading wasn’t going to happen that day. Reading is only one example of this and it was enormously frustrating. To the point that I finally sought help.
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Good for you! Good luck on your ADHD journey 👍🤗
As a 39 yo woman who only recently has been diagnosed with adhd I am happy you're covering this issue. it certainly has been a journey that quite often was challenging without realizing why. so i am hoping this will help other women to hear about it and maybe get tested.
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I'm a 35 year old woman who was diagnosed with ADHD last week. This pandemic and its stress really, really worsened the symptoms.
That’s how I got my diagnosis they took away all my coping mechanisms
I am 42 but I was dx with ADHD at 17. I was diagnosed with Hashimoto’s hypothyroidism at 12 and I think that made it worse. I got the ADHD diagnosis because I developed a conduct disorder as a teen. I was considered GT but could not organize myself to complete homework or clean my room as a teen. I remember when I got Ritalin, it was like putting on glasses. Suddenly I understood how to focus in class.
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I was diagnosed in the 90s at age 7 with ADHD/ODD. My mom knew something was "off" the day I was born and took me to the development pedetrian at age 4. I had sleeping issues, delayed speech, hyperactivity, messy, and was super emotional. I still am in treatment today at age 36.
I'm 31 & just yesterday my therapist brought up ADHD after a couple of stories I told & I'm big on reflecting on myself & when he pointed out the signs I've been like 🤯 since. This video made me cry @ the realization & what could of been if I knew sooner smh but I'm glad to know now. I feel so validated especially being plus size ppl assume my procrastination as laziness. When I've been active majority of my life, Good grades, great at test, barely did homework or I had to do it at school before I got home, TALK TOO MUCH, at times obsessive focus, other times cannot focus like rn at work because I'm stuck on learning about this but #1 Time management I'm always late no matter how early I plan & wake up smh & I feel extra back about it because I'm black, so if the event is not predominantly black the anxiety tells me they probably expected it because I'm black smh I'm so blown by all this...
All of the ableism in these comments is EXACTLY confirming why so many with ADHD struggle to get help.
The ableism with our disorder is UNREAL
@@Megdraculasadly its still very taboo as its an invisible disability & not discussed much.
@@flyby3079 I don’t think it’s invisible it’s just not taken seriously bc it was originally “hyper little boy disorder”
@@Megdracula actually learning disabilities & ADHD are considered to he invisible as no one knows you have it unless you tell them vs a physical disability like being in a wheelchair. Its not easy to tell if soneone has ADHD by lookjng at them unless your job involves working with people who have it. Plus many people with ADD & ADHD can live normal lives & not be diagnosed for a long time.
@@flyby3079 oh I get that. I was thinking of it differently. I always tell people.
Often people are not taken seriously when they present themselves to their doctor. My doctor suspected ADHD over 10 years ago, and because I had an anxiety issues, decided to dismiss it. Just to think my life could have started 10 years ago, just makes me angry.The first problem is that some people with ADHD do not even recognize their symptoms, they just know that things are off, so that checklist needs to be modified. Other women have co-occurring issues may be a result of undiagnosed ADHD. There needs to be a better system in place because most people who seek treatment want to rightfully improve their lives, it's not a joke or to be brushed off. I am in my mid 40s and have had difficulty my entire life with connecting to people, with work and self esteem. It has caused me to sabotage my dreams and live in a lower socio-economic status. Lord knows that I have tried so many times to move ahead, taking course after course, therapy, even moved cities. When it comes time to act, I fudge it up. Some things just need to be treated with medication and there should be no shame or excuse in this. It should be a right.
Wow I can relate. 44 years old, and just diagnosed with ADHD. I sought help because deep down I new I had it but was always able to cope pretty well because I learned I had to. This year I couldn’t handle it any longer. Meaning I couldn’t cope or do anything to help myself any longer for some reason. As a high school social worker I new I needed to practice what I preach and get help. 😊
This story helped me soo much
Thank you for sharing this info. So helpful
I was diagnosed with ADHD at the age of 45, a year ago. I have fought with time-blindness and "memory-sink" since I know myself. As my husband puts it, my mind lives in a world where travel is instant (like the tranporters in Start Trek) and time is elastic. Pandemic has exacerbated all my symptoms, and made it very hard for me (I almost got fired - twice...). After starting medication, my life has turned 180º - I became more reliable, able to do stuff I wasn't able before and even leading projects!
But... this took time, and stubbornness! I talked to my psychiatrist (I have been treated for depression for about 20 years now) because I had done an online assessment test for Anxiety/autism/ADHD/depression (my company had provided us access to these tools during the pandemic) and the results very strongly suggested I had ADHD. He told me flat-out I needed more anti-depressants, and that ADHD was a male-exclusive condition and something that was severely overdiagnosed - mostly as justification for bad parenting.
While I looked for a second opinion, I was plagued with thoughts that I was looking for excuses for my laziness and distraction, instead of trying to find ways of solving the issues I had. Apparently this is Impostor Syndrom, and I have it! I have it so hard that only when others tell me how much difference they note in my behaviour I believe I have ADHD - and it still plagues me every day...
So please, if you identify the symptoms, get tested. It may be something else, or it may be just a complicated phase, but at least you'll know. And knowledge is definitely power!
This is very helpful. I’m going to start following them! Thank you. Just got diagnosed with ADHD as a woman at age 28 and it’s such a journey to be finding a community who is so much like me.
Thank you for sharing my story!
No, really, thank you for sharing MY story!!!
All of them
I’m glad I found this .. I really want to show a family member who I really am.. I’m not a hassle or stupid or rude intentionally anyways..
so thanks for showing this..
VERY helpful..thank you
Thank you for this!!
Many thanks to Carson Daly for covering this important topic.
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I'll be 34 this month and have just hit this same wall. Thanks for this!🤗
I was great in school because I loved learning, though my brother was diagnosed in middle school right away. I was only diagnosed ADHD and Austistic this year, right before I turned 40. Makes so much sense that it still blows my mind at times...
Im literally balling because i relate to everything in this video!! 😢
I'm 38F and, just started treatment two months ago .. At least I seen & heard now .. At least I know what this is, now .. Thanks for the video 🥰
Because we are easier to control if we never find out what makes us tick.
If we never find out what makes us tick, we won't set boundaries.
I just discovered I have it last week at 33 after doing a “time blindness” test and scoring a severe on it. That was my light bulb moment.
The lady talking about her original diagnosis of oppositional defiant disorder - we now know that it's very, very often comorbid with ADHD so if you have it it's very likely you also have ADHD.
Adhd is really hard to disgionges as it plays into deppersion and anixity
Hello Mr. Copper.
I am an adult male first responder and i recently learned that I may have ADHD. I see that this video was posted 4 years ago.
I was also in the US Army Reserves from 1988-1993.
I’d be interested in discussing this with you.
Thank you
Almost every adhd video I watch shows a house in a chaotic mess and that makes me doubt I have adhd because I try to keep a tidy home. But what I do struggle with is keeping it clean, cleaning bits I don't see, or cleaning using right materials or in any kind of order. My cleaning is sporadic, ad hoc, ignores details (dust in corners etc). I never iron and never have because you stand still doing it and I burn myself and clothes. I hate cleaning and if I could afford to pay a cleaner I would. I sweep rather than hoover because it's a hassle to get the hoover and plug it in. I scored 6 out of 6 and 9 out of 10 on the ASRS questionnaire but my home is superficially tidy because I live in terror of being judged.
it sounds like it may be a mix of adhd and ocd i would look further into it if i were you
@@lcdault9372 hi. I have now been diagnosed with adhd (combined) and am taking 60mg of amfexa a day and I don't hate cleaning anymore. I don't love it but it doesn't weigh heavy on me as something boring and fiddly that I hate and I don't try to avoid it.
45 and undiagnosed ( there so much misconceptions) . People think that you have to be jumping here and there in order to have ADHD. When you talk about people don’t take you seriously because they think oh no that’s just your mind 😢.
Holy freaking THIS!!!!!
My names Sarah also 33 and just been diagnosed with adhd 😂 still waiting for medication x
I am 65 and JUST figured out I have ADHD. I have ALL of it except figeting and I thought my HYPERfocusing meant I didn't have ADHD. Now I know better. Life has always been hard in all those ways. I am too old to have gotten that diagnosis in K12. But I would have. Let's call it ARD Attention Regulation Disorder.
Yes! I am 62 so we are close in age. There was never a thought in my K-12 experience from any teachers or parents regarding ADHD, particularly since I was female and scored high on academic tests. And interestingly, enough, I went through puberty late in life and I believe the increase in hormones allowed me, better focus than when I was young but still always chose jobs unconsciously that worked with my ADHD brain. Then going through menopause during the pandemic and suddenly working from home the ADHD symptoms got exponentially worse. Was officially diagnosed just a few months ago. Wild. But also good now to have this improved understanding. Wishing you all the best!
33 and was just recently diagnosed 😅
I wasn't diagnosed until I was 23 years old. I did awful in school. I failed art class in grade school. I'm medicated now and I am actually becoming a tattoo artist now because my artwork has become so good since I have been treated. It's sad how much potential in girls is pushed down because they don't get their ADHD seen and treated just because it presents differently.
I only just got diagnosed with it. I just thought I was depressed. They gave me antidepressants but those were not working. I had no idea what my issue was. I went to see a psychiatrist and that was when I got the proper diagnosis.
"There still ways to help people" That's such a sad patchwork... The government should provide this kind of things
ADHD is hereditary. Also, 45% of women with ADHD also have PMDD, but it gets misdiagnosed as Bi Polar 2, way too frequently.
I got diagnosed with ADD at the age of 28
I was diagnosed at 45.
Adhd at 33 too!!! 🎉
I got diagnosed with ADHD and Autism at 22
I was 33 as well
OMG her wall looks like my wall!
Actress alison lohman however has adhd when she was a child.
Wow I’m starting to think this is me too😢
Rightbecausetheyoverlookgirls I'm in my 40s as ndith I I wasoverlooked
Diagnosed at 28!
When u r a girl w/adhd No one cares. My parents yelled And screamed at me Rather than help or seek treatment it was All about bullying me.
Emotional incontinence
Honestly at this point I'm starting to wonder if I do have adhd.
Diagnosed with ADHD at fifty.
Same
Going to their mental health provider?
Validation!
🙏🙏🙏
ADHD NOW, becomes ADD when you run out of energy.
What if you are a space cadet? I was never hyper. I just spaced lout in school and daydreamed a lot.
ADD is a very outdated term. It all falls under ADHD these days, which some professionals don't even know.
@@dianeliggett9575 that would be the inattentive type of ADHD ❤️ you can also go back and forth and have both.
@@dianeliggett9575 both inattentive and hyperactive types is what I mean.
Wow, putting like items with like items in individual bins. What a revolutionary idea!
Are you mocking her? Because making order is a real trial for people with ADHD. I have it, and I suffer similarly with creating order and keeping things in their places. If you are dissing her and don't have ADHD, just feel lucky you don't have these issues to deal with every f@cking day.
@@MsShellectable maybe stop drinking
@@MsShellectable I thought I had adhd. I cud still have it cause I cannot focus on paperwork but I can focus on a strenuous focused workout when my adhd friend cannot focus at 52. Can I be on a spectrum?
I'm super clean and organized and putting like items together isn't hard for me. I definitely have ocd as indicated by my child's doctor.
What do u see if u see a pile of stuff? Can u not see how to organize it? Does it help to have a container with a label set up for u first? Is it easier to have someone create the system and u just fill the bins?
I'm super curious.
@@KimikoMaui It's not that we can't figure out that like goes with like. It's getting around to it past all the mental clutter. It's prioritising it over the million other things we want and need to do. It's having the mental space to see that there is a problem when it's just so exhausting trying to keep our heads above water. It's being able to finish a task and stay focused. Having the bins, having any system, is great, but once the novelty wears off we're not great at sticking to it because our brains crave the dopamine that we lack.
With ADHD comes the assumption that we don't have ADHD if we can focus on anything for more than 5 minutes. ADHD is an attention *regulation* disorder that means that we can focus deeply on something to the exclusion of basic needs, while ignoring other things that to other people would seem more pressing.
Often the advice we get is a variant on, "Have you tried being neurotypical?" We've all tried, and we're exhausted. Many of us, especially women, mask nearly all the time,and are chronically underdiagnosed as a result. And we're all different. What works for one person might not work for another. *And* what works one day might not work another day.
Sarah just eat pills an gets on Facebook
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Maybe try working out??
Wow . You really need to educate yourself .
Much bigger than exercising. 🙄🤡😉
Maybe try not being ignorant
Tried it. Surprise, doesn't help. Telling people with adhd to just work out instead of getting proper treatment is usually as unhelpful as telling depressed people to just go outside and be happy.
What a joke get off the xanax ladies 84% of women take them maybe the meds an yalls obesity is the issue.
Do you have problems with people taking xanax? If you do why? Anyway people don’t take Xanax for ADHD and ADHD is quite common in women but the symptoms are usually very mild. My 16 yo daughter told me that she has few girls in her school diagnosed with ADHD.
I have my 9 yo son recently diagnosed with ADHD and he’s not on medication and if someone takes medication for whatever reason is not my place to judge them. You don’t know their backstory, their struggles. Why so salty! Who hurt you?
@@Deemce Dr,s are creating addicts. Do you think these drugs come with 0 repercussions? My problem is the over prescription of these extremely powerful medications. There Highly addictive.
I honestly think 90% don't need the meds. An talk about salty u seem like u where already mad just with the thought of losing ur pills. An let's hope for your kids sake they don't get addicted an have to take that junk for the rest of their lives.
@@Deemce literally every single person who has a son the dr diagnoses them with ADHD. I think it's kinda suspicious. They do make Money there's incentive to prescribe these meds Even to kids. make you a life long customer. Bottem line pharmaceutical companies and Dr's hand in had caused the opioid crisis.
Now it on to the next product. And to be honest I truly can't wait for the xanax to be banned an taken off the shelf.
@@cutepuppy2422 my point is, isn’t your place to judge people if their have to take medication.
Only my son who’s diagnosed with ADHD and he’s NOT on medication and since then his older siblings started to noticing some of their friends have ADHD, some on medication someone aren’t.
I’m not sure where you’re come from but here in Australia I had to go through many assessments before my son was diagnosed with ADHD and they’re not advising him to take any medication. Its hard to put up with my son’s condition but I won’t be judging anyone if they decide to be on medication as I’m not on their shoes.
@@Deemce you truly just sound like every othe woman on this topic. Do what they say believe every word do what the "experts" say to do. Compliance is going to be our enslavement brought on by the female mind. And a bunch of sedated weak people doing what they are told to get the medicine they are addicted to. That in the end they didn't need. From personal experience I was 100+ lbs overweight went to the dr for a physical. Instead of figuring out why my blood pressure was so high possibly due to my weight he said here 19 year old man take this life altering blood pressure medication for the rest of you're life. I decided not to take the pills an lose weight guess what happened. My blood pressure is normal. I don't put faith into Dr's an pills last 2 years have exposed a lot of bs.
Just diagnosed at 33… this is very emotional. 🥹😞😭