Numbers of Women on ADHD Meds on the Rise

More women are using ADHD meds than ever before, and it continues to rise, according to recent information from gained from the records of health insurance companies. The use of drugs had increased by as much as 150 percent in women from 2001 to 2010. This trend is surprising, considering that more boys are affected with ADHD than girls in the United States. One contributing factor is that five medications are approved for use to the condition during the same period.
Though ADHD still affects more boys than girls, the former tend to exhibit more hyperactivity than the latter and therefore it’s the boys that tend to be noticed and medicated. Plus ADHD among girls is often unrecognized until adulthood, when attention problems became more prominent; inability to hold jobs, losing track of appointments and misplacing important documents – problems which are common in work and during parenthood. In some cases, the diagnosis only becomes to light when her child becomes diagnosed with the disorder.
The data also yielded that although more women are being treated for the disorder, a lot still don’t get enough treatment. Treatments for ADHD include medications alone or combined with psychotherapy. It is estimated that more than 4.7 million Americans have the disorder, with some continues to have ADHD until adulthood.

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