Episode 18: ADHD and the menopause
The ADHD Adults Podcast
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The Role of Hormones in ADHD
Hormonal change may be a trigger for women who are undiagnosed to realize, in fact, they may have ADHD as the symptoms might quite suddenly become just utterly unmanageable. The deficiency in the action of dopamine is probably largely responsible for many, many ADHD symptoms that we have grown to know and hate. So estrogen drops and dopamine drops, perhaps not surprising then that you might face even greater difficulties with focusing and concentration. Liz Daxon-Fetamine has been shown to improve executive function, which are the higher thinking skills we talked about last week, in menopausal women who do not have ADHD. And atom exotene, which is the single drug that isn't
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