Adult Adhd And Women
Because girls paying attention deficit don't usually have the hyperactivity component that accompanies ADD, they're thought of as being "emotional" or "difficult." once they do have the hyperactivity factored in, then people call them tomboys or consider them as flaky or flighty. These girls even have more fights with peers thanks to their emotional spikes, and still, nobody recognizes that the girl is ADD. The interesting part is that they share all of the eye deficit symptoms with males, like disorganization, impulsivity, and issues with time management, but still nobody recognizes the eye deficit side of some girls until they become adults. Usually, this is often when their own children are diagnosed.
- Yet, when ADD girls mature to be women, many of the symptoms give them a really hard time. Girls are often expected to become multi-tasking women, and then, some definite issues that are special to women with adult ADD arise.
- Many women, whether or not they have adult ADD or not, have the sensation that ladies should be better than men to reach the workplace. This expectation creates an unbelievable feeling of hysteria for adult ADD women, who see things that way, and therefore the anxiety is merely increased because they realize that they need issues with organization and focus. But as they see it, society expects them to be perfect, when that's just unattainable for anyone, plus someone attentively deficit. If a lady can't meet the expectations she sets for herself or that she sees as society setting for her, she becomes depressed and her self-esteem just plummets.
- Shame and guilt compound the negative feelings when a lady has trouble with things like getting her kids to high school on time or having the family evening meal ready on time. Since women with adult ADD have difficulty with organization, her home is often a chaotic mess, and since of that, she prefers that nobody comes over to go to. In fact, the strain that she feels over someone knocking at the door when she can't keep a tidy house are often stressful, and since women tend to internalize their feelings, depression can set in.
- And when adult ADD women should work outside the house, there's added stress. they need to urge to figure on time and perform their jobs at an appropriate level. But she must pander to the added stress of what to try to to along with her kids while she's working, getting the groceries, dropping off cleaning, doing laundry, cooking, and every one the opposite things a mother is predicted to try to to. because of her inability to manage time well and be organized, this will be very, very difficult. But that's given that there is a complete family, a two-parent household.
- When an adult ADD woman becomes one parent because of divorce, which is extremely possible in adult ADD relationships, what happens? Now, she not only has her job, and her regular household duties, but now she should tackle the onus of the opposite partner, as well. Everything having to try and do with the home is her problem. What does she do when the warmer blows or when there is a leak within the roof? Oh, she'll pander to it like all other adult, but when such a lot is anticipated of her, it is devastating, especially since these pressures on the adult ADD woman don't seem to be just external.
- The hormonal imbalances related to menopause or the monthly cycle can cause emotional ups and downs altogether women. Yet with an adult ADD woman, these symptoms and emotions may be more intense.
- When many women paying attention deficit reach maturity, they need learned to manage some if not all of their symptoms. they'll have a bent toward impulsiveness, for example, but have solved the difficulty with time management. But women shouldn't allow the remaining ADD tendencies to regulate them. If they fall too far, they will find the dark side of attention deficit---depression, addiction, and crime. Exaggerated symptoms may require professional assistance, where women can learn to use the nice side of adult ADD--the creativity, the exuberance, and an implausible ability to hyperfocus, among others. Professionals can show women a way to make ADD work for them, instead of against them.