Could your daughter have ADHD?

ADHD can look different in girls - meaning that often, they are missed for ADHD diagnosis.

Fill out our questionnaire to find out if your daughter is showing signs of ADHD.

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The mission of this project is to give all girls who have ADHD
a fair start in life by getting them diagnosed by age 8.

Hi, I’m Cynthia, the FINDtheADHDgirls Founder!

As a young girl, I always felt different, but I could never understand why. My parents were so concerned I was ‘unusual’, they sent me for a hospital evaluation. It was the 1950’s and the understanding of ADHD was practically non-existent.

Fast-forward to age 49, when I was finally diagnosed with ADHD, the doctor told me I was going to have a totally new life – and I did. Now, age 80 – I’m on a mission. Over 70 years later, little has changed. Many young girls are getting missed for ADHD diagnosis just like I did.

I started FINDtheADHDgirls to make sure every young ADHD girl won’t feel different or alone again.

Why early diagnosis is
so important

It can be difficult to distinguish between ADHD and normal “kid behavior.” It is normal for children to have trouble focusing and behaving at one time or another. However, children with ADHD do not just grow out of these behaviors. The symptoms continue, can be severe, and cause difficulty at school, home, or friends. If you spot just a few signs, or the symptoms appear only in some situations, it’s probably not ADHD. On the other hand, if your child shows several ADHD signs and symptoms that are present across all situations, it’s time to take a closer look. ADHD has a true biological basis. Brain scans show that when a person with ADHD uses certain medications, there are changes in how the brain functions. When medication works properly, the brain is “normalized,” becoming indistinguishable from the brain of someone without ADHD.

ADHD is a brain disorder

It is a lifetime disorder

Untreated, it leads to serious life impairments

Untreated, it affects the whole family

ADHD: Facts and Fictions

ADHD:
Facts and Fictions

Research shows that untreated ADHD is one of the most highly impairing disorders to live with.
www.smartkidswithld.org/getting-help/adhd/treating-adhd-a-comprehensive-strategy

Research suggests medication should be the mainline treatment for ADHD, with adjunctive therapies and education interventions used for residual impairments.
www.adhdevidence.org/resources#videos – ADHD: Facts and Fictions

A few dozen studies reveal that kids with ADHD who take prescription stimulants actually have brains that look MORE normal than those with ADHD who avoid these medications. This flips the worry about brain damage on it’s head – we may be relegating some kids to lifelong problems from ADHD by not treating them with stimulants when they are young.  ~ Dr. John Kruse, psychiatrist

Click here to watch "ADHD: Facts and Fictions"

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This is a project of the

www.iadhd.org

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