When people envision a child with ADHD they tend to think of a child who can’t sit still, blurts out answers, and tends to act without thinking. When the symptom criteria for ADHD was created, it is almost guaranteed that it was written by men, for men (boys). As it turns out, females also have ADHD, it just looks quite a bit different. Here is a quick cheat sheet for what a female with ADHD might look like, or have a history of. Of course, every individual’s presentation loo

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