If you’re a woman who is or may be living with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), it can feel like everyone else got the script for life and you’re stuck improvising. Characterized by an ongoing pattern of symptoms that fall into one or more categories: inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity, many women with ADHD spend years masking or overcompensating for their symptoms, trying to “be it all.”

This “masking” phenomenon is common in women, and for those with ADHD, it can result in a delay in diagnosis or a misdiagnosis. Many women aren’t even diagnosed until their late 30s or 40s, and even then, it can be by happenstance. In fact, one of the most common pathways for a woman with ADHD to receive a diagnosis begins when her child is diagnosed and she recognizes the symptom

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