Common symptoms of ADHD include trouble concentrating or sitting still, which can create challenges at work. Photo: Peter Hamlin/AP Illustration
Jeremy Didier had taken her son to a psychologist for a possible ADHD evaluation when she spotted an article about women with the condition. As she read it in the waiting room, she thought to herself: They’re describing me.
“Lots of risk-taking, lots of very impulsive behaviour growing up,” Didier said. As the magazine described, she’d excelled in school but gotten in trouble for talking too much. She’d amassed too many speeding tickets as an adult. She turned to her husband and said, “I think I might have ADHD.”
