'I got the same diagnosis a week after my daughter - now everything finally makes sense'

Kate Moryoussef was always familiar with the term ADHD. The personality disorder runs in her family, and both her brothers were diagnosed when they were young boys.

Growing up, she sometimes wondered if some of her own traits could be explained by the condition, but at that time she was only aware of the signs in males.

She passed through adulthood battling anxiety, difficulty focusing and intense overthinking - believing it was just down to the stresses of being a busy working mum.

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It was only when she started noticing similarities in her own daughter during lockdown, that she realised that there might be a more obvious reason for her behaviour.

In 2020, the mum-of-four from Altrincham, booked her daughter in for an ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) assessment. For Kate, it was a no-brainer that she would do the same.

Within a week of each other, Kate, now 43, and her then nine-year-old daughter were both diagnosed with the personality disorder, which presents itself differently in men and women.

Kate, who was already running a successful wellbeing focus, shifted her focus to helping other women like her, and launched a podcast dedicated to coping with ADHD.

The show has been a huge success, with nearly 750,000 downloads to date, and has also been nominated for wellbeing podcast of the year, along with the likes of Fearne Cotton's 'Happy Place.'

Speaking to the M.E.N, she said: "I had always really struggled with overthinking and anxiety and I always had lots of ideas but found focusing really difficult.

"ADHD has always been in my family and my two brothers were diagnosed as young boys. I only knew what it was like in boys and