We have been talking to a number of people who have been diagnosed with various mental health issues in their adulthood. All of them have felt that their diagnosis changed their lives for the better, but this is the first time we have talked with a woman about how her diagnosis affects her life differently from men. We talk with Kriselle, who is the host of the Empowered in Color podcast, about why women tend to be underdiagnosed with disorders like ADHD (much like with physical diseases, mental disorders manifest themselves differently in men and women, which is why heart attacks, for example, are less commonly identified in women because the symptoms are different), what her experience going on medication has been like and the stigma associated with it, and the overall changes she has seen in her life since being diagnosed about a year ago.

Links: 

Empowered in Color, Kriselle's organization: https://www.empoweredincolor.co/

Empowered in Color podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/empowered-in-color-podcast-helping-people-color-thrive/id1368846486

Music is The Beauty of Maths by Meydän.

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