Survival Tips for Women with AD/HD

Terry Matlen made a smart structural choice here: instead of writing a linear book that women with ADHD would struggle to finish, she designed something closer to a flip-through manual organized by life area — meals, household management, relationships, work, personal health. The strategies come from hundreds of women with ADHD worldwide, which gives the advice a grounded, been-there quality that clinical texts often lack. Matlen also takes the emotional dimension seriously — the guilt, anxiety, and sense of falling short — and addresses it with genuine compassion. The honest caveat is that this is not a research-based text, and readers who have already done significant ADHD research may find some tips basic. It also predates more recent developments in ADHD understanding. For newly diagnosed women, though, it's exactly the right starting point.