Parenting and Sleep: How it Hurts ADHD Women
Kristen McCLure MSW LCSW
Fragmented Sleep Is Harder to Recover From With ADHD Parenting often involves years of interrupted sleep. For ADHD women, returning to sleep after an interruption can be especially difficult. Once…
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Why Common Sleep Advice Often Fails ADHD Women
Many ADHD women follow sleep advice carefully and still struggle to sleep. When sleep does not improve, the experience often leads to frustration, self-blame, or the belief that something is…
How to Document Workplace Harm when you Have ADHD
Documentation helps create clarity when work becomes confusing, unsafe, or destabilizing for you. For ADHD women, documentation is about protecting yourself, tracking patterns, and supporting informed decisions. Many ADHD women…
Workplace Boundaries for ADHD Women: What Is Possible When Leaving Is Not
Many ADHD women want better boundaries at work. Advice often focuses on confidence, assertiveness, or saying no, but these strategies do not fit every environment. Some workplaces are unsupportive or…
Workplace Exploitation and Burnout in ADHD Women
ADHD women often reach a point where work becomes difficult to manage.Burnout and workplace exploitation can look similar, but the response and level of risk are different. Burnout is a…
ADHD and Jealousy: Why It Feels So Intense
Jealousy is a universal human emotion — the fear of losing attention, love, or recognition to someone else. For most people, jealousy is uncomfortable but manageable. For women with ADHD,…
Beyond CBT: What ADHD Women Actually Need From Therapy
# # Why “fixing your thoughts” isn’t enough — and what to look for instead If CBT has ever made you feel like therapy was another test to fail… you're…
How ADHD Leads to Depression
# Why Do People with ADHD Often Develop Depression? A 2025 Study Has New Answers A major new study published in 2025 in the *(https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2024.11.015)* looked at an important question:…
How ADHD Shows Up DIfferently in Women New 2025 Study Reveals Key Gender Gap
# Understanding ADHD Through a Gender Lens ADHD isn’t just a childhood disorder—or a “boy’s diagnosis.” A new study analyzing over 2,200 adult patients reveals that ADHD symptoms and impairments…
Enhanced Creativity in Autism: The Role of ADHD Traits
Can ADHD Traits Enhance Creativity? Exploring AuDHD and Neurodivergent Strengths Creativity is often celebrated as a strength in people who think differently, but what causes it? A new study, Enhanced…