ADHD Care in Wethersfield, CT — For Women Who Were Never the Hyperactive Kid

The research is clear and the harm is real: ADHD in women has been missed, dismissed, and misdiagnosed for decades. The hyperactive boy who couldn't sit still got the attention. The girl who daydreamed through class, forgot her homework, and talked too much got called spacey, sensitive, or just not applying herself. That girl is now an adult in Wethersfield — maybe holding things together on the surface, maybe exhausted from doing it. If you've been anxious your whole life, struggled with organization, felt like your brain works harder than everyone else's for the same results, or been told you have anxiety or depression when something never quite fit — ADHD is worth looking at. Sindhia Shyras, APRN is a board-certified Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner with nine years of experience who understands how ADHD actually presents in adult women.

Why ADHD Looks Different in Women

Girls with ADHD are more likely to internalize. They learn early to mask — to compensate with extra effort, extra lists, extra apologies. They develop coping strategies that hide the ADHD from the outside world while quietly exhausting them on the inside. So they don't get flagged. They don't get referred. They get told they're fine, maybe a little scattered, probably just stressed. Meanwhile the actual ADHD keeps running in the background — affecting their jobs, their relationships, their sense of self. Women are also more likely to present with the inattentive type, which is subtler and easier for providers to miss. That's exactly why a thorough evaluation — not a quick checklist — matters so much.

How Hormones Make It More Complicated

ADHD symptoms in women often shift across the menstrual cycle, pregnancy, and menopause — because estrogen affects the dopamine systems that ADHD medication acts on. A lot of women notice their ADHD is significantly worse in the week before their period, or that things that used to be manageable became impossible after having a baby. These patterns are real, they're not imagined, and they matter to how treatment gets built. Sindhia takes a complete picture of what's happening so the plan she works with you on actually accounts for your specific experience — not a generic adult-ADHD protocol.

Starting Care in Wethersfield

You can get started without leaving home — telehealth is available for all Connecticut residents. If you'd rather come in person, the New Britain office at 1 Liberty Sq, Suite 301 is about ten minutes from Wethersfield. Sindhia speaks English, Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu, and she accepts Aetna, Cigna, Husky Health, Medicaid, United Healthcare, Anthem, ConnectiCare, and self-pay. The first step is just a conversation — and after years of not quite getting the right answers, that conversation tends to feel long overdue.

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