@Home With The Blues: 4 Feminine Flavors Of ADHD

What does it mean for a woman to have Attention Deficit with or
without hyperactivity (ADHD)?

Much public talk around ADHD centers on the hyperactivity part, but
the hyperactivity is the lesser of the two problems. Early research
focused on the disruptive behavior in school so early statistical
evaluations concluded that boys were more often affected than girls.

More recent research has focused on the attention problems, and now
doctors know that girls and women are more often affected by the
attention deficit problem. Furthermore girls, even when hyperactive,
don't present the same public symptoms as boys.

How do girls differ from boys?

Girls with attention deficit with or without hyperactivity tend to fit
into one of four profiles, none of which rivals the boys in their
noisy, disruptive behavior.

* Julia likes to play with her brothers, climb trees, and run about,
but at home she is generally calm and likes to please her Daddy.
People call her a "tom boy". She tries hard, though she is messy and
often incomplete, and her mediocre school results are accepted as the
best effort she is capable of.

* Donna sits at the back of the class room and is often staring out
the window, but when her teacher calls on her she smiles sweetly and
makes a big effort to do as she is told. At other times she appears to
be paying attention, but in reality she is quite lost. She works more
slowly than others in her class and usually fails to finish work
assigned. But because she is cooperative and sweet, no one suspects
that she has a problem. She is just naturally "dreamy" or "spacey".

* Susan talks and talks and giggles, often thinking about the next
recreation or a weekend party. When she tries to relate a happening,
she tends to be very disorganized, jumping about from the beginning to
the end and back again. She is fun to be with because she bubbles

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