Phillips). Boys with ADHD are usually easy to spot in a class full of kids. Not only having problems paying attention and getting easily distracted, are a lot of the times hyperactive and impulsive, and tend to fidget and squirm in their seats. All of this just makes it much easier to jump into conclusions and diagnosing boys. Even though, ADHD affects a child’s self-esteem a great deal regardless of the child gender, boys rarely show strong emotional symptoms. That is why boys are commonly diagnosed with hyperactive-impulsive or the combined type of ADHD. Beginning to wonder whether this diagnosis is sometimes being applied inappropriately to what is normal boy …show more content…
Doctors Gaub and Carlson (PHD) found that girls with ADHD have more intellectual impairment than boys, which it can lead to difficulty in school. Because they are not disrupting the rest of the class or people, it may take longer for them to get diagnosed with ADHD and the help that they need. Girls are more likely to feel embarrassed about having ADHD than boys. Usually girls are always worrying about how they look and what people think and say about them. Doctors Rucklidge and Tanner found that girls with ADHD were more impaired on measures of depression, anxiety, self-esteem, overall symptoms of stress and distress. Including to having thoughts of suicide and past episodes of self harm, girls are nearly three times more likely to report antidepressant treatment prior to their ADHD diagnosis. Since girls symptoms are less noticeable and less troublesome to adults, ADHD is not recognized right away and consider girls to be suffering