According to the latest edition of thewhich is how health care providers formally diagnose ADHD, you can have one of three types: hyperactive/impulsive, inattentive, or combined. Although the criteria have been updated over the years, ADHD experts agree that the evaluation still skews toward typical male symptoms because for decades the research focused on boys.
“Anxious about being judged an impostor, they are consumed with shame,” says Dr. Littman. “They’re demoralized by their inability to conform, they compare themselves harshly to their peers, and they often isolate themselves.”most of us have experienced in our lifetimes and that anxiety can be unbearable. Dr. Littman says that since the pandemic began, she’s been “absolutely inundated” with people wanting to be evaluated, which psychologists can now do via telehealth.,” says Dr. Littman.
Meetings are another problem, which Zoom isn’t helping. When people with neurotypical brains are understimulated, they can often still motivate themselves to power through their meetings and remain engaged, says Dr. Littman. But this typically isn’t the case for people with ADHD, who, according to Dr. Littman, “will disengage and start scanning the environment for a higher-stimulation distraction.
Krista Broda, a 35-year-old mom of two young boys in the Canadian city of Regina, says she realized she had ADHD in March 2020, shortly after her province went into lockdown. Being stuck at home in those early weeks amplified some of things Broda already struggled with: disorganization, irritability, and an inability to sit still.
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