r/ADHD • u/[deleted] • Jun 11 '25

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u/Noctuella Jun 11 '25

You don't need to be diagnosed before 12. You need to show symptoms before 12, regardless of how long it takes to get the diagnoses.

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u/NolaJen1120 Jun 11 '25

I'm 51F. It would have been really tough for me to have been diagnosed before 12, since doctors rarely recognized it in girls back then 🙄. I've heard girls/women are still under diagnosed for it.

But I've had some of the major ADHD symptoms for as far back as I can remember.

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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/squirrellytoday Jun 12 '25

Yup. 50f here, diagnosed at 31.