ADHD and Hormones in Women: Why Symptoms Change Across Your Cycle and in Perimenopause | Agnes K. Simone & Annika Joya
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ADHD and Hormones in Women: Why Symptoms Change Across Your Cycle and in Perimenopause | Agnes K. Simone & Annika Joya

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 6, 202652 min
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ADHD and hormones are deeply connected, and shifts in estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone may help explain why focus, mood, executive function, and even the experience of ADHD medication can change across the menstrual cycle and during perimenopause. View the full show notes and additional resources at https://drbrighten.com/podcasts/adhd-hormones-in-women/. In this episode of The Dr. Brighten Show, I’m joined by board-certified psychiatrist Dr. Agnes K. Simone, MD and ADHD nutrition researcher Annika Joya, MS, for a conversation about what happens when ADHD meets the menstrual cycle, PMDD, and perimenopause. We talk about why some wo...

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What is the best time for the ADHD brain in the cycle?

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I've seen so many women struggle during the luteal phase.

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What is the best time for the ADHD brain in the cycle? Definitely the follicular phase. I've seen so many women struggle during the luteal phase. One week out of the month,

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and I'm on fire outside of that week. I either, like, wow, I wish I could just quit everything. Or I'm like, it's just annoying. The closer we are to ovulation,

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so much easier because of those estrogen levels. And then they enter their forties. And suddenly nothing works anymore. their brain is not their own.

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