Yes! I was so young too when I was diagnosed...early 90s! I don't know if it was ADHD right off the bat, but they new something was up and I was regularly tested and re-tested to see what was up.

Right? Sigh, I fantasize about medication, which is funny, because I also hate the stuff, hate needing meds, and used to LOVE taking "vacations" from them so I could let lose and live a little!

Oh my god. When I was 17, a psychiatrist diagnosed me with ADHD. He asked me: "What's it like when you smoke weed?" and I said "Weed does nothing for me, I just like focus inward and can't speak". "You have ADHD".

Thanks for this post. Today I took my four year old daughter to see a doctor to discuss the possibility that she has ADHD. She's a wonderful and extremely bright little girl but I am concerned about some of her behaviour. I'm in a sticky spot to be honest - I am scared she might be labelled unnecessarily, and also…

Thanks Maria. This is a really important topic. I know several bright women whose lives were at a stand still for years until they were finally treated for ADHD in their late twenties. They were overlooked throughout their education because they conformed to social expectations and didn't act out. They were also…

Sometimes I feel like the guy in Memento. Seriously, I'm thinking about tatooing reminders on myself, because if I use post-its, I'll lose them.

I believe that there are plenty of people who genuinely need Adderall (or other similar drugs) to cope with real ADHD.

Yes, this. This is my life. I was not diagnosed until my mid-20's, after I had my first child. My house was a wreck, my marriage was a wreck, my mothering was non-existent. My complete lack of executive function was eroding every single facet of my life. I'd been diagnosed with depression multiple times, put on every…

Just, thank you. Really.

Yet to truly advocate for public health, we must remember to advocate for women and girls, for whom ADHD hysteria discourages from seeking the help they need.

Sigh, I'm pregnant, and so I went off my Vyvanse for the first time (on purpose, since there have been plenty of times I've run out and can't get my shit together enough to get a new prescription every damn month, since its illegal to get automatic refills) since I was 12. It has been rough. Very rough. Like, I've…

I've never understood that. The fever is not caused by the virus, it's part of your immune response. Why would you try to suppress it, to make yourself sicker?

Pfft. You broke it, you bought it.

It's insane isn't it.

I'm betting Bieber ends up deported. Sorry, Canada.

This. It would also help if the US would require employers to give paid sick leave. Many people have no choice but to take meds, suck it up and go to work sick.

It would help if a lot of employers these days weren't so against the taking of sick days, then. Everyone of them I've worked for in the past 6 years has been this way, and then if you come in really sick they just send you home anyway.