Founder @TheADHDCo. Social enterprise supporting adults with #ADHD through online learning, therapy, accountability, group coaching and peer support.
Jul 21, 2023 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
ADHD, food, and eating 🧵
CW: eating disorders
#ADHD
Those of us with ADHD can struggle with many different aspects of food and eating, including:
Disordered eating
Meal prep and planning
Sensory sensitivities
Lack of impulse control
Self-medicating through food
Inattention
Using food as stimulation
Forgetting to eat
Mar 8, 2023 • 9 tweets • 8 min read
Most people have very little idea of the huge and dangerous impacts that #ADHD can have on women and girls.
A thread 1/9 #ADHDWomen#IWD2023#InternationalWomensDay2023#InternationalWomensDay#WomensDay#WomensDay2023
It is now clear from diagnoses in later life that #ADHD occurs just as often in women and girls as it does in men and boys.
But women and girls are diagnosed FAR less often, and frequently misdiagnosed 2/9