Discovering I have ADHD at 33 saved my marriage
telegraph.co.ukattention deficit hyperactivity disorder – the condition he determined I had been born with.Initially I was shocked and, I admit, somewhat insulted – wasn’t ADHD something that afflicted hyperactive schoolboys?
But no, it seemed I was one of the many women who have spent decades waiting for a diagnosis. As with many other supposedly male-dominated disorders, ADHD presents itself differently in girls and women.
While I was daydreaming at the back of the class, jiggling my legs and cracking my knuckles, my behaviour was caused by the same internal malwiring as the boys’.
The system that managed my concentration and transport of dopamine and norepinephrine – chemicals that filter unnecessary distractions and ensure appropriate responses to everything – simply didn’t function as it does in a neurotypical brain.Finally, things made sense.
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