A Lady’s Guide to Her ADHD

Or why I have pretzels in my purse

pikwizard

Content Warning: brief mention of self-harm and child abuse

It took me thirty years to receive a diagnosis of ADHD, and only then because I had, a year prior, began treating my own patients and recognized myself in the screening questions. I took my self-report to a psychiatrist who concurred and started me on a stimulant medication.