Many women and people of colour are only now learning, after years or even decades of difficulty, that they may meet the diagnostic criteria for ADHD, thanks in part to a wave of creators on social media trying to spread awareness.
‘No One’s Ever Talked to Me About This Before’
Social media creators are helping women and people of color identify possible symptoms of A.D.H.D., a disorder most often diagnosed in white boys.
Rach Idowu runs a newsletter called Adulting With ADHD, in which she has described the difficulties she faced in receiving a diagnosis for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.Credit.Adama Jalloh for The New York Times
By Nicole Clark
May 24, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET
“When I was a kid, I had the sense things were more difficult for me,” Tiffany Bui recalled. It was hard for her to focus in school, and she was often forgetful. Throughout her life, she said, members of her family criticized these traits as faults.
ADHD creators spreading awareness on TikTok, social media
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London: “When I was a kid, I had the sense things were more difficult for me,” Tiffany Bui recalled. It was hard for her to focus in school, and she was often forgetful. Throughout her life, she said, members of her family criticised these traits as faults.
In the autumn of 2020, when she was a final-year student at the University of Minnesota, Bui, 21, was struggling with anxiety and depression. She visited the school’s health clinic, where she was prescribed an antidepressant, but her attention troubles persisted.