Dr. Asad Rafi
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If we look at the number one factor that we certainly saw from our research, we examined responses from over 1,300 women from the age of 18 all the way up to 65.
And the independent factor that drove ADHD symptoms getting worse and subsequently increasing mood, emotional symptoms, but also addictive behaviors was stress.
We've got to understand why.
Women face lots of challenges, lots of transitions in their life, further complicated by the hormonal impact as well.
If we think about their role in society and if they're working on top of that, they finish work, they're at home, they're the matriarch, they are the leaders of that household.
And it never stops.
They never complain.
They just manage.
They just cope.
They just survive.
And I don't know how they do it.
I can't relate to that.
I can't do it.
And I have to admit that.
I can go to work.
You can be there for hours, managing the household, doing everything else.
It's where I'll struggle.
And this is where there's a fundamental difference.
So absolutely would agree with Dr. Jacob.
If we look at