Women With ADHD: The Real-Life Struggles And Frustrations

Women are the housemakers not just because of their roles as housewives but also because of their femininity that inspires sensitivity and an inherent sense of aesthetics that are universally acclaimed and admired. It is also often said that women are kind and compassionate by nature.

In dealing with their everyday routine, women go through a lot, especially when they feel they aren't able to manage well. They just keep pushing themselves to reach that point of perfection.

According to The Inquirer Daily News, a women's health magazine reported a story of a successful women. Lisa Tuttle, an accomplished psychotherapist and life coach, shared the struggle of her academic life. Tuttle expressed that her college life was a continuous battle of exhaustion.

It wasn't until later that Tuttle realized the real problem of her years of strife and that was ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)Tulle was diagnosed with ADHD shortly before she turned 50, 

In the article, Tulle explained that it was always hard for her to meet deadlines and keep up with the flow of assignments that seemed never-ending. In her last year at college, she changed her ways and tried a new approach of trying things differently than she previously used to.

Tulle changed the way how she worked, wrote and started doing her school work at night. The strategy immensely helped her graduate. After becoming a psychotherapist and a life coach, Tulle was diagnosed with ADHD at 50. It turned out that all this time, she had ADHD, discovering the disorder just after she had spent half her life struggling with its effects.

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is the most common neurological disorder in children, most of them shows the symptoms up until adulthood. According to experts, ADHD often remains undisclosed in females, or late in their lives. It is a misconception prevailing in the society to overlook the signs of ADHD in girls and women. Moreover, it is actually factual that boys are more often seen with the disorder.

Dr. Patricia Quinn, an expert on ADHD explains that sometimes young girls struggle in paying attention and keeping up with different tasks but may not admit it. This behaviour may also be a cause of their ADHD to remain unnoticed and undiagnosed when they're young, according to ADDvance. Hence, Dr. Quinn decides to raise awareness about the disorder by writing several books in the past two decades.