Girls used to be diagnosed 25x less often than girls, now it’s only 3x less often. ADHD occurs at the same rates between genders. Girls are just more heavily conditioned and disciplined into gender conforming behavior, which involves sitting still, being quiet, paying attention, and ‘behaving well’. Girls with ADHD symptoms are treated as troublesome kids, without the leniency towards boys with ADHD.
This doesn’t cure girls of ADHD, it just makes them internalize their suffering at the cost of their mental health. Speaking as a woman who wasn’t diagnosed and medicated until my late 20s.
And that is why we do not give Adderall to people without adhd.
We also don’t give Adderall to people with ADHD.
Girls used to be diagnosed 25x less often than girls, now it’s only 3x less often. ADHD occurs at the same rates between genders. Girls are just more heavily conditioned and disciplined into gender conforming behavior, which involves sitting still, being quiet, paying attention, and ‘behaving well’. Girls with ADHD symptoms are treated as troublesome kids, without the leniency towards boys with ADHD.
This doesn’t cure girls of ADHD, it just makes them internalize their suffering at the cost of their mental health. Speaking as a woman who wasn’t diagnosed and medicated until my late 20s.
This is a very ADHD response to stimulants.
The ADHD response to stimulants the first time is cleaning your room finally.
Not…whatever this is.