How Girls With Adhd Are Different Summary

The Emotional Turmoil of Undiagnosed ADHD in Girls
Rae Jacobson’s Child Mind Institute article, “How Girls With ADHD Are Different” explores Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in girls and the effects that come with being undiagnosed. She begins by recalling a memory of an argument she would often have with her parents about her inability to do the work she was assigned. She then gives a brief description of the disorder and tells how it was commonly known as a boys’ issue, which leads into an explanation on the toll that is taken on mental well-being and low self-esteem that develops in a young girl’s mind with ADHD. Jacobson identifies the struggles that she faced and the harm that can come with this condition not being taken care of properly.

She states that she would often be caught daydreaming in class and would often forget, lose, or turn in late assignments. As she read her assignments over and over again, she would feel frustrated when she was unable to take in and focus on what was being read or what was supposed to be done for her assignments and insist she was defective. A few months after her 21st birthday, she finally discovered the cause of this frustration was ADHD.
Jacobson gives a brief description of ADHD, explaining how it was typically a boys' issue. Boys are given a diagnosis for this disorder much more often than girls are because, in general, boys are usually more hyperactive. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) explains that girls with ADHD usually have less profound symptoms and do not normally fit the average behaviors of a boy with the same disorder. Absentminded young girls do not draw as many eyes as a young boy jumping around with energy to