Women and ADHD

ADHD is very different in girls and women from in boys and men. Girls and women often face various challenges. Most of women are unconscious of this condition and knows about the disease in their adulthood.

Most of females with ADHD fail to notice the condition when they are young girls and are not diagnosed until they are adults. Most of women come to know about having ADHD after when their children receives a diagnosis. It happens only because of lack of knowledge about disease, its symptoms and causes.

Many women seek treatment for ADHD when they come to know that their lives are out of control, when their finances are in disorder, when they become poor in management of paperwork and record keeping, struggle unsuccessfully to keep the demands of the job and when unable to keep up daily tasks such as laundry, meals and life management.

According to research, women with ADHD always experience dysphoria (unpleasant mood), anxiety disorders and depression. They may also go through the psychological distress and lower self image than in men. Some women may have alcohol abuse and chronic sleep deprivation.

Stress level in women may be higher than in men as they have more responsibilities of children and home. Chronic stress in women affects them both psychologically and physically. Chronic stress may lead into fibromyagia.

How it can be treated?

ADHD is the condition that affects daily life, behavior, mood and cognitive abilities. There are various treatments for ADHD in women, which mostly treated in their childhood. But the effective and result oriented treatment includes multimodal approach including stress management, medication, psychotherapy, ADHD coaching and professional organizing.

Before taking treatment you have to make sure that there is appropriate treatment by a professional. The therapies that are focused to treat the ADHD are targeted the broad range of issues such as interpersonal issues, family issues, self-esteem, daily health habits, life management skills, stress level etc.

Mostly neuro-cognitive psychotherapy is used for these interfaces that include the combination with cognitive behavior therapy cognitive rehabilitation techniques. Cognitive therapy is the therapy that focuses on the psychological issues of ADHD. Other therapy that is cognitive rehabilitation focuses on the life management skills, in which the cognitive functions such as reasoning, remembering, problem solving, judgment, understanding and evaluating are improved.

However, there are some other treatments that the women with ADHD can get more benefits by following the treatments such as

Below are some ways that can help women with ADHD