Victoria Bagnall | ADHD diagnosis in midlife
Menopause brain fog symptoms or undiagnosed ADHD?
For women 40s plus, we're often the 'missed' generation in neurodiverse diagnosis. One finding estimates that the number of adult women with ADHD who go undiagnosed could be as high as 75%! ADHD affects everyone differently and medical practitioners have thought the depressed feelings and social anxieties were independent conditions or signs of mental illness - or even due to the menopause.
So we thought we should go and chat with an expert. Cue Victoria Bagnall, co-founder and managing director of Connections in Mind. We learned a lot - even about ourselves and our family. The great thing is there are so many strategies to help, not least looking after ourselves through yoga, massage and relaxation, and the huge benefits of working on connections with family and friends. You don't need to tell us twice to grab a cuppa and have a chat that's for sure! Now we know it's actual therapy (and there's a lot of truth to that).
Victoria is an expert in the field of executive functioning and has committed her life, to her "soul work", of raising awareness about these critical brain functions and how genetics and trauma can influence their development. She is committed to helping society unpick its unconscious bias towards neurodiverse people and help people to understand that executive function challenges are part of being human, and never something to be punished. She is committed to co-creating a new social system in which everyone feels nurtured, supported and valued so that they can flourish.
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