Alex Partridge
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You were absolutely incredible last time you came on.
I think it was about eight months ago onto the podcast.
And I think it's important to ask, have you had any epiphanies since you were last on about ADHD and some of the challenges that come with that?
I have heard of that.
So interesting.
I had a brilliant psychiatrist on from America, Dr. Jacob, and he said, ADHD women are the most stressed group of people on the planet.
Do you agree with that sentiment and why do you think that might be?
Likewise.
And you made the point incredibly well.
85% of the people who listen to this podcast are women.
And I feel like they listen because after...
too many years of being let down and missed, they are finally hearing people like yourself explain their lives and adding colour and context to so much of their past, which without that is just a void of any understanding.
Why do you think women have been missed for so long in the ADHD space?
Do you think women deserve an apology from the medical community?
I spoke to a woman at an event recently, and she said she was incredibly angry, incredibly resentful, because she felt like she had wasted so many years to feeling misunderstood.
People just didn't get her.
She looked back after her diagnosis, and she understood why that relationship was so bad.
She understood why that particular job wasn't right for her.
And she felt so mad at... One of her doctors called her crazy, she shared with me.
And she was so angry at...