Dr. Yath Ramesh

We've let women down in both the diagnostic stage of ADHD but also in the support that we offer them.

We're looking in childhood for very clear symptoms of an impairment with hyperactivity or inattention.

Girls are more likely to develop emotional maturity and make efforts to conform to social norms during their childhood.

That invites itself for masking to start taking place.

Dr. Yathramesh is an ADHD specialist psychiatrist with a unique twist.

He's treated people with ADHD from ages 18 all the way to 100.

With ADHD, people often gravitate to fast reward, fast feedback mechanisms in order to help cope and regulate your emotions.

It could be alcohol, cannabis.

cannabis, shopping, various things that ultimately could lead to an addiction.

So, there are so many things that shock me about ADHD, but I should start off by saying that I guess the reason why I treat people within that range

is I'm a dual trained general adult and old age psychiatrist.

And as I went through my training, I essentially developed skills with treating neurodivergence in both the adult population, but I also took those skills into the work that I was doing in the older adult population.

I think what shocks me about ADHD at the most is the fact that the symptoms can still persist over the different age groups.

And in particular, I think what I've learned from working with people across those different age groups is that although the symptoms themselves can sometimes go away for some people, actually, as life gets more complicated, things can get more complicated for older adults.

So yes.

Absolutely.

So let me talk you through the different life stages.

Okay, so we're going to start with children.

Now, I'm going to call this the dependent stage, because at this stage, what we're looking at is the amount of dependence that you have on your parents or your teachers or whoever it is that provides support around you.

Now, with children,