I’m going to be on TV discussing late term ADHD diagnoses in women - Update

[u/ibelongto_thestars]

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Friends,

I’m emotional from the responses and the enthusiasm of the information from my post last night. I read all the comments and I thought about a lot of things revolving the topic. Using this platform to advocate for women across the world means so much to me and I want to be able to adequately represent as many voices as possible.

If any of you would be eager or willing to share topics you would love to see/hear addressed, I will fight for us as much as possible. If you don’t feel comfortable commenting below, please DM me. I spoke about the following topics, but know it’s limited to my experience:

Rejection sensitivity Feeling like I’m “too much” which creates insecurity within me because I knew I “wasn’t like other people” Time Blindness Overstimulation How most women I know received their diagnoses as mothers because they’d finally hit a limit to some degree How most of my peers (white men) were diagnosed with ADD/ADHD as children but I didn’t know a single woman diagnosed How building routines is absolutely crucial in addition to proper diagnosis and medication

…..but there’s so much more to cover that’s outside of being a 33 yr old white female. This physician is incredibly eager to give us this microphone and wants to share it with the world. Let’s make some changes y’all 🥹

Some other things to touch on: • I will ABSOLUTELY share the interview here whenever it’s completed. Right now we shot an interview that spanned about 15-20 minutes, but they want to film more. They haven’t updated me on when that’ll be, but I’ll continue to update our group and will let you know the next time we film. • I would love for people have a watch party 🥹 the news station is WWL New Orleans (I believe channel 4 for locals) and the physician’s name is Corey Hebert. I have his permission to share this information/the photos from the set. I’ll post the picture of him and I together at some point because this man deserves his face to be plastered everywhere for the good he does in not only our community, but so many others that are marginalized. • Lastly, and very important, they’re planning on getting the LEAD PHYSICIAN of the diagnostic criteria committee to speak on this interview!!!!! I could cry. Change really feels like it’s going to come.

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[u/pegolasgreenleaf]

I was diagnosed after 50. Perimenopause wreaked havoc on me. Everything was turned up to 11 in the worst way. I wasn’t able to juggle and pretend things were fine anymore.

[u/NathalieHJane → u/pegolasgreenleaf]

Yes this! I recently learned that ADHD medication is usually only tested on younger people, and doesn't take into account the hormonal changes faced by women not just re their menstrual cycle but also as they age, which is INSANE considering what happens to most of us physiologically starting in our 40s.