Reply To: Women w/ ADHD Inattentive Type – anyone out there?

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@Jill, this sounds a lot like me ^^; I got diagnosed very recently, and my life isn’t exactly falling apart at the seams either 🙂

For me, the diagnostic process was easy once I complained to my GP and she set it in motion. I was referred to a neuropsychologist; she assessed me with a number of tests (took about 2 hours) and concluded that I was a textbook case of ADD. She said she had many patients who weren’t diagnosed as children but were like me: in their twenties or older, especially educated women, who ran into a number of issues and decided to seek help.

I then went to a neurologist for an eeg (an eeg of a person with ADHD looks perfectly normal; they do this to make sure you don’t have any underlying conditions that are causing your symptoms) and she then prescribed me meds. I’m not taking them to see if they make a difference 🙂

So based on my experience: no one will laugh at you. Worst case, you’ll have wasted some money & time if the test results don’t indicate ADHD.

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