As #ADHD is trending, I'd like everyone to know:
You don't need to be visibly hyperactive to have ADHD ( #ADHDinattentive)
Girls/women have ADHD
( #ADHDwomen)
Adults have ADHD ( #AdultADHD)
~80% of adults with ADHD don't know they have it
There are lots of #ADHDmyths


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I was diagnosed with #ADHDinattentive at 38 myself. Until then I had thought #ADHD means "wild" little boys. How wrong I was.
Here's my newspaper interview, which gives you an idea of how ADHD can show in your life when you're an adult (& a parent)
https://annawhateley.com/paivis-story/
Here's my newspaper interview, which gives you an idea of how ADHD can show in your life when you're an adult (& a parent)
https://annawhateley.com/paivis-story/
"How do other parents manage it? Take care of their children, their home, their job, their relationship and free time. Cooking, cleaning and chauffeuring their children to hobbies. They seem to manage all that effortlessly. Why is everyday life so much easier for others?" #ADHD
Those were my thoughts before I knew I had #ADHD. Everyday life felt overwhelming and I felt bad about myself as I compared myself to other women, who seemed to manage adulting better than me.
Sound familiar? Here's a good #ADHDtest:
https://www.additudemag.com/self-test-adhd-symptoms-women-girls/
Sound familiar? Here's a good #ADHDtest:
https://www.additudemag.com/self-test-adhd-symptoms-women-girls/
If you have #ADHD you won't read my thread this far
but I wanna say if you match the symptoms on the test above, then you may have ADHD. But it could be something else, too.
My challenges were thought to be #Depression. Antidepressants didn't help. It was ADHD all along.

My challenges were thought to be #Depression. Antidepressants didn't help. It was ADHD all along.
