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Still kind of astonishing that I got hit by medical misogyny twenty years before anyone knew I was a woman.
(I matched the symptom profile for a woman with ADHD almost exactly; the psych said it wasn’t clear enough to diagnose.)
From: @aSweetGentleman
https://mstdn.social/@aSweetGentleman/114823846431557437
"Nobody thought it could be ADHD because we didn’t think ADHD existed in girls really until the last couple of decades.” "Girls’ symptoms were, and still are, often attributed to other issues, like anxiety or depression. While these comorbidities are common with ADHD, the underdiagnosing of women persists—and can have severe repercussions." https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/why-are-so-many-more-women-being-diagnosed-with-adhd-180986909/ #science #health #mentalhealth #women #feminism #gender #adhd
"Nobody thought it could be ADHD because we didn’t think ADHD existed in girls really until the last couple of decades.”
"Girls’ symptoms were, and still are, often attributed to other issues, like anxiety or depression.
While these comorbidities are common with ADHD, the underdiagnosing of women persists—and can have severe repercussions."
#science #health #mentalhealth #women #feminism #gender #adhd
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A Sweet Gentleman