I agree.

But, it was concurrent with her starting ADD meds, and hanging around with this new group of women.

It became a way to assert her power and independence. Passing a long line of traffic and cutting in quickly to an exit ramp, and flipping people off when they blew the horn, was all her being "a powerful assertive woman". She told our kids that people wouldn't have honked if she was a man. People just don't like seeing a strong, assertive woman.