
Understanding Girls with ADHD
Children and Adults with ADHD (CHADD)
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The Effects of ADHD Medicines on Girls
This question now comes from Deborah and she was wondering if ADHD medicines affect symptoms differently in girls rather than boys. We are finding that even stimulants which you know were thought to be in function pretty much the same everyday for everyone don't work as well when there is very low estrogen levels. So it's about an acceptance of the self and there's a lot of great things about this. ADD people often have strengths in terms of an interesting and sort of a novel vision of things.
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