Before my diagnosis, I lived with reckless behavior, substance abuse, difficulty in school, lack of concentration, disorganization, poor time management and procrastination. I had a serious impulse control problem. I discovered I had ADHD when I had a confrontation with my professor about not bringing down my final exam. It was so bad, they called […]
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Impulsivity in Women with ADHD
Impulsivity is one of the most common symptoms of women with ADHD and the different aspects of impulsivity are described in the ADHD diagnostic criteria in the DSM-V such as talking excessively, difficulty waiting their turn to speak, blurts out answers before questions are completely asked and completes others’ sentences and interrupts or intrudes on […]
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It’s been said that a surefire way to tell if you are a women with ADHD is if you had a tag collection as a kid. Certain things can really annoy the ADHD brain than that irritating scratch on the back of your neck, the pull of a too-tight waistband, the poke of an errant […]
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