{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6884be8a3781311f9174ddcc/6a02d74237a1e7308ddbb0e6?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Bitesize Moment: \"She Wasn't Lazy. She Was Drowning.\" — Dr Sarah Carty on ADHD in girls","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6884be8a3781311f9174ddcc/1778571423787-0ac432fa-4c9f-43fe-8d1e-cba3dc5e8822.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>In this bitesize moment pulled from the Laura Dowling Experience back catalogue, GP Dr Sarah Carty explains why ADHD looks so different in girls and women — and why so many only recognise it years, sometimes decades, after it first showed up.</p><p><br></p><p>She tells Laura how the \"quiet\" presentation — daydreaming, internal restlessness, working twice as hard to look fine — slowly turns into anxiety, perfectionism, and a quiet erosion of confidence. It's a clip that gives language to something a lot of women have silently carried for years.</p><p><br></p><h3><strong>🔑 Key Points</strong></h3><ul><li>Why girls are diagnosed much later than boys — and what gets missed</li><li>Masking, and how it shows up as perfectionism, daydreaming, or \"just being quiet\"</li><li>The link between unrecognised ADHD and anxiety, panic and exhaustion</li><li>How girls end up labelling themselves as \"stupid\", \"lazy\" or \"not academic\" — and why that's so far from the truth</li><li>Why the right diagnosis can change a person's whole self-story</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>🎧 </strong><a href=\"https://open.spotify.com/episode/7sRRiN8PNbX4IkISD30rqy?si=956e803a6e4d4a32\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>Listen to the full episode here.</em></strong></a></p>","author_name":"Laura Dowling"}