Five Things Everybody Gets Wrong Regarding Adult Add Women
Adult Women With ADD Face Daily Challenges
Adult women suffering from ADHD face daily challenges. blog believe that ADD is a condition just for men and boys. Many ADD symptoms in females change in response to hormones. They become more noticeable when you reach puberty, but they decrease as estrogen levels decrease during PMS or perimenopause.
Signs and symptoms
Women with adult ADD are impatient, easily irritated and indecisive. They are more likely to get involved in projects, like careers or relationships without planning them in advance. A lot of them also suffer from rejection sensitivity which makes it hard to cope with actual or perceived rejection. They are more likely to engage in sexually dangerous behavior than women who do not have ADD, such as early sexual contact, casual sex multiple partners and unprotected births. Depression is often a co-existing disorder or a result of ADD and needs to be treated. ADD symptoms are more apparent when girls reach puberty, during PMS and as estrogen levels decline during perimenopause or menopause.
Diagnosis
While the ADD symptoms in women are similar to those in men, doctors may be unable to diagnose the condition due to misconceptions that ADD is more prevalent in boys. Women with ADD tend to be more emotional particularly when they are puberty, PMS and in menopausal and perimenopausal hormone levels change. They can be extremely impulsive and jump into things at a rapid pace, instead of arranging their lives properly. Depression is often a co-occurring disorder or is a consequence of the disorder.