adult add women With ADD Face Daily Challenges
Adult women with ADHD face daily challenges. They are often misdiagnosed and neglected because many doctors consider ADD as a condition that affects boys and men. Also there are a lot of ADD symptoms in women vary with hormones, becoming more apparent during puberty and then resurfacing when estrogen decreases during PMS or perimenopausal.
Symptoms
Women who suffer from adult ADD tend to be irritable, impatient, angry, and easily irritable and. They tend to jump into projects, such as relationships or careers without planning them out. Some also have sensitivity to rejection which makes it difficult for them to deal with the real or perceived rejection. Women with ADD are more likely than women with ADD to engage in risky behaviors, such as early sex or casual sexual activity. They might also have multiple partners, unprotected pregnancy, and multiple partners. Depression is often a co-existing disorder or result of ADD, and must also be treated. ADD symptoms are more obvious in girls who are puberty during PMS and when estrogen levels decrease during menopausal or perimenopausal.
Diagnosis
Doctors may miss diagnosing ADD in women due to the fact that they believe it is more prevalent in males. Women with ADD tend to be more emotional, particularly during puberty, PMS, and in menopausal and perimenopausal hormone levels change. They may be impulsive, rushing into things without thinking. Depression is often a co-occurring disorder or as a result.