3 Devastating Costs Of Undiagnosed Female ADHD | Kate Moryoussef

ADHD Chatter

Alex Partridge

Education, Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 636 Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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This week, Alex chats to Kate Moryoussef, the host of the ADHD Women’s Wellbeing Podcast and the author of The ADHD Women’s Wellbeing Toolkit book. She's had thousands of conversations with ADHD experts and late diagnosed ADHD women and she's here to share her biggest learnings. 00:00 Trailer 02:45 What’s your mission in the ADHD space? 05:50 Kate’s personal diagnosis story 11:41 The common areas of struggle for ADHD women 18:15 the affects of feeling misunderstood 20:51 Tiimo advert 25:23 The consequences of not feeling “enough” 30:02 The hidden costs of people pleasing 36:24 The reality of being an introverted extrovert 37:37 3 ways to recharge the ADHD brain 39:56 Advice for young undiagnosed ADHD women 42:28 When in your life did you feel most heard? 44:15 Kate’s ADHD item 47:56 The ADHD agony aunt 50:48 A letter from the previous guest Find Kate on Instagram 👉 https://www.instagram.com/kate_moryoussef/?hl=en-gb Pre-order Kates book 👉 https://www.adhdwomenswellbeing.co.uk Get 30% off an annual Tiimo subscription 👉 https://www.tiimoapp.com/adhdchatter Buy Alex's book entitled 'Now It All Makes Sense' 👉 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Now-All-Makes-Sense-Diagnosis/dp/1399817817 Producer: Timon Woodward Recorded by: Hamlin Studios Trailer Editor: Ryan Faber DISCLAIMER: The content in the podcast and on this webpage is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your doctor or qualified healthcare provider. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard on the podcast or on my website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	With ADHD women, what do you see as the common threads of struggle?
0:03.7	Worrying, judgment, anxiety.
0:06.4	A massive common thread that I see is physical issues.
0:10.2	And like you say, they've been gaslit by doctors.
0:12.3	They've been passed from pillar to post.
0:14.1	They've had unnecessary surgery.
0:16.1	You know, hysterectomies.
0:17.5	Maybe if they looked at hormones or take different supplements or nutritional help
0:22.0	or just being able to understand the stress that they're holding their body from feeling different,
0:26.3	not being understood, not being validated.
0:28.8	Like, I know that pain.
0:30.5	This has to be looked at and taken very seriously.
0:33.5	Kate Moore-Yuseth is a renowned author.
0:35.7	ADHD coach specializing in women's well-being.
0:38.4	And host of the award-winning ADHD Women's Well-Being Podcast.
0:42.2	Through lived experience, speaking to global experts, neuroscientists and psychiatrists.
0:46.7	She is an expert in all things female, ADHD.
0:49.5	If they are in that crisis point, they really do need professional help.
0:53.8	They need someone who understands
0:55.0	psychological support, who really understands the impacts of what neurodivergence has on mental health,
1:01.7	because that junction in life of where they don't feel like they're going mad anymore, that
1:06.4	someone's listening, that they're not imagining all of this. And there is a reason. It's not because they are
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