I think the author has not suitably made her point about the symptoms expressed by female vs. male sufferers of ADHD.<p>I am a young male suffering from ADHD. I&#x27;ve never exhibited hyperactive symptoms.  By all measures, my symptoms are very similar to the authors.  I too had a very difficult time expressing my illness to my family and friends (I did not tell my parents for years in fear of being ridiculed, or worse, cut off from my medication). When I did come out, I found the same reactions the author did.<p>My experience is just one of many, and it&#x27;s impossible to tell how many other sufferers there are out there that face the same challenges as I did.  I think the author crossed a bridge too far by characterizing it as a gender issue when her arguments can apply equally to male sufferers of the passive inattentive variant of ADHD.