ADHD is more common than you may think.

However, this number is extremely disproportionate.

PerPsychology Today, women with ADHD express ADHD symptoms differently than their male counterparts.

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The top two most common of these areanxiety disordersanddepression disorders.

It can also lift the mental burden that those who are undiagnosed often live with.

This willingness to try and mask ADHD symptoms could lead to a bias for boys being diagnosed with ADHD.

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Development pediatrician Patricia Quinn M.D.

Once again, personality plays a large role.

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Child looking sad

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