Women often experience ADHD as \u2018Inattentive ADHD\u2019<\/a>\u00a0or ADD. These women with Inattentive ADHD may appear to be functioning and listening well- but their mind is elsewhere and distracted. This type of ADHD is distinguished by:\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n These symptoms can also contribute to another secondary set of matters like screen addiction, over-eating, emotional outbursts,\u00a0and more.<\/a> Often social media becomes a relief from the symptoms, the endless scrolling is one way to tune out from overwhelming environments, but that can often come with feelings of guilt.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n These symptoms, for many years, have been misdiagnosed as them just not trying hard enough, a potential learning disability, or mental health problem. On the contrary, they are competent, intelligent, and creative individuals who need the tools to succeed.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Experiencing ADHD symptoms (undiagnosed) leads to big feelings of inadequacy, being completely over-whelmed, leading to anxiety and depression. At which point, women often receive a depression\u00a0<\/em>diagnosis missing the underlying issue completely.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Mood swings get mistaken for hormones instead of reactions to the overwhelm. As women, we know all too well that society always wants to label us “crazy\u201d before finding an accurate diagnosis that could be helpful to us and lead to a healthy lifestyle.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n We\u2019re learning a lot more about women and ADHD. TikTok accounts sharing the day-to-day struggles of ADHD have made many Mothers see themselves and have a better understanding of ADHD suddenly, leading them to their family doctor to find out more.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n ADHD is a hot topic in the school system, and kids often get referrals for diagnosis. Often, as parents are talking with professionals and doctors about their kids\u2019 symptoms, they suddenly feel very familiar and realize that they have the same diagnosis. ADHD is genetic, so kids getting the diagnosis leads to parents being checked too.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n In Motherhood, especially in the last century, the job has changed. There is a significant amount of pressure put upon us mothers to be good parents, friends, wives, and employees. The pressures we face are immense. Women are expected to \u2018multi-task\u201d and make it all work. Women have been putting the challenges down to the multi-tasking lifestyle expected of them rather than seeing those challenges as ADHD symptoms.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n As Mothers, we also put everyone else first. Our needs often are secondary to all the executive management of the family and the household. Our needs don\u2019t get met we take longer to get the care we need.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0Here are a few thoughts on ADHD that women recently shared in an online support group. It goes to show that women with ADHD are grossly misunderstood, and that alone can be isolating:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n I was labeled an attention seeker, by reaching out and displaying distressed behavior because- I was very distressed.!\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n \u00a0I feel and think in my own way. People think I\u2019m being difficult, but that\u2019s not it; I\u2019m not trying to be difficult.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 A task that some people see as small can lead me to feel overwhelmed and burn out.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n Sometimes I completely disconnect from myself and my surroundings because that\u2019s the only way I can cope.<\/em><\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0<\/em>So, where do we go from here? Now that we know many of these hot mess moms are Mothers with ADHD. Well, firstly, we must be getting the correct diagnosis for ourselves.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0As Mothers, we need to get better at putting ourselves first sometimes.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n If you child has ADHD and you\u2019re looking for resources to help, check these out!\u00a0\u00a0<\/a> For a long time, we\u2019ve been talking about the \u201chot mess mom\u201d we\u2019ve created memes about her disorganization and laughed collectively about the struggles. Unfortunately, for many Mothers, the hot mess mom is far more than a joke; the prevalence of women being diagnosed with ADHD is growing, and we\u2019re learning that some of the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":4195,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,6,2],"tags":[1446,247,1017],"class_list":{"0":"post-4180","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mom-moments","8":"category-news","9":"category-parenting","10":"tag-adhd","11":"tag-motherhood","12":"tag-parenting-struggles"},"yoast_head":"\n\r\n
Women have been misdiagnosed with ADHD<\/strong><\/h6>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Our kids are being diagnosed with ADHD leading to the diagnosis of parents too<\/strong><\/h6>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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\u00a0<\/em>What help\/support are recommended to women.?<\/strong> Tips provided by mothers with ADHD:\u00a0\u00a0<\/h6>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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As difficult as it can be, we need to talk openly and honestly about what Mothers with ADHD are going through. Until we live in a world where we can support one another, embrace our differences, accept the inattention, enjoy the excessive talking, the forgetfulness, the fidgeting and the overall hot mess. Once we can remove the unachievable standards set upon Mothers of what success is, our struggles will be acceptable and normal and we won\u2019t set another generation of young girls up to be living in a neurotypical world that doesn\u2019t work for them. So for the sake of our girls, let\u2019s work on changing perceptions and being more accepting of everyone\u2019s imperfections.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/mabelslabels.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Newsletter-SignUp-Block-scaled.jpg\")
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