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Adult Women With ADD Face Daily Challenges Adult women suffering from ADHD face daily challenges. Many doctors still believe that ADD is a disorder only affecting men and boys. Many ADD symptoms in females vary with hormones. They become more prominent during puberty, and then diminish when estrogen levels drop during PMS or perimenopausal. Symptoms Women who suffer from adult ADD tend to be impatient, easily irritated and impulsive. They tend to be impulsive and jump into projects, such as relationships or careers without planning them in advance. Many also have rejection sensitivity which makes it hard to cope with real or perceived rejection. Women with ADD are more likely to engage in risky sexual behavior than women who don't have ADD like early sex, casual sex, multiple partners and unprotected pregnancies. Depression is often a co-existing disorder or a result of ADD and needs to be treated. ADD symptoms are more evident in girls who are puberty, PMS, and as estrogen levels decrease in perimenopausal and menopause. inattentive adhd in women Although ADD symptoms of women are similar to those of men, doctors might not recognize the symptoms due to misguided assumptions that ADD is more prevalent in boys. Women who suffer from ADD tend to be more emotional especially during puberty, PMS and in perimenopause and menopause as hormone levels change. They can become highly impulsive and jump into things with a flurry instead of arranging their lives properly. Depression often coexists with or is a consequence of the disorder.