Women and ADHD

Since I’ve become an ADHD coach, I am not only meeting people who proactively seek out my help, but also meeting people via a number of other circumstances, and even just at the pub who have either recently been diagnosed or are waiting to be diagnosed. 

These people tend to be women which could be pure chance, the fact that I am a female coach, or actually just because more women are finally seeking out the help and support they need. 

The real answer is complex, whilst there are more men than women who have had an ADHD diagnosis (about 3:1), there is evidence to suggest that due to the difference in women’s and men’s behaviour, that isn’t due to ADHD being more prevalent in men. Women are just incredibly good at masking to a point where they are often misdiagnosed.