Is This ADHD?

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Despite researching this, despite being an expert in this, it took you a while to realise that you yourself might have some of these symptoms of ADHD. It demonstrates how ingrained our ideas about who has ADHD and who doesn't really are. That's 50% of the population, we've just basically not considered at all in the framing. And so it's very important that we highlight there are going to be lots of women in their 30s, 40s, 50s who are now getting diagnosed.

It’s estimated that 1 million women in the UK could have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder – but according to the ADHD Foundation, 50% to 75% of them do not know they have it. So why are women being left behind? In this episode, first broadcast in May 2022, Madeleine Finlay speaks to Jasmine Andersson about her experience of getting a late diagnosis, and asks Prof Amanda Kirby why the condition is so often missed in women and girls. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod