ADHD looks different in women and poses unique health risks
ADHD looks different in women and poses unique health risks July 26, 20265:00 AM ET Maria Godoy Nicole Xu for NPR School used to be pretty easy for Kate Jarvis when she was a little girl, back in the 1980s. She was a straight-A student, creative, and so organized that she'd even prep her toothbrush with toothpaste each night before school. She says her mother used to call her "bright-eyed and bushy tailed." Life Kit: Health 4 myths about women's health Then puberty hit, and everything started to fall apart.
- ▪ADHD looks different in women and poses unique health risks July 26, 20265:00 AM ET Maria Godoy Nicole Xu for NPR School used to be pretty easy for Kate Jarvis when she was a little girl, back in the 1980s.
- ▪She was a straight-A student, creative, and so organized that she'd even prep her toothbrush with toothpaste each night before school.
- ▪She says her mother used to call her "bright-eyed and bushy tailed." Life Kit: Health 4 myths about women's health Then puberty hit, and everything started to fall apart.
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ADHD looks different in women and poses unique health risks July 26, 20265:00 AM ET Maria Godoy Nicole Xu for NPR School used to be pretty easy for Kate Jarvis when she was a little girl, back in the 1980s. She was a straight-A student, creative, and so organized that she'd even prep her toothbrush with toothpaste each night before school. She says her mother used to call her "bright-eyed and bushy tailed." Life Kit: Health 4 myths about women's health Then puberty hit, and everything started to fall apart. She found it harder to focus in school, and her grades slipped. "It really hit my self-esteem badly. I felt pretty awful about myself," she says. In high school, she was diagnosed with anxiety and depression. She struggled to fit in.
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