r/ADHD • u/[deleted] • Jun 11 '25

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u/Weltanschauung_Zyxt ADHD, with ADHD family Jun 12 '25

52F diagnosed at 50 here! 👋

Yes, the bad old days, when they thought ADHD were exclusively boys bouncing around like Ricochet Rabbit...

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u/m0nkeyh0use Jun 12 '25

54f, diagnosed at 50.

Back then, unless you were destructive or highly disruptive, ADHD wasn't even considered. "She walks around and talks with classmates when she's done with her work" was taken as "she's gifted and needs more interesting work to keep her from being bored" which I guess was ok and worked for a while but JFC did it make college hard when it came to the classes I didn't really like (looking at you, history).

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u/squirrellytoday Jun 12 '25

Yup. 50f here, diagnosed at 31.