Episode 52: Understanding PMDD: The Link Between Hormonal Imbalances and Neurodivergence [featuring Jes Hagen]
Divergent Conversations
Estrogen, Dopamine Receptors, and ADHD
The chapter explores the intricate relationship between female hormones, like estrogen, and ADHD through dopamine receptors. It emphasizes the impact of estrogen levels on dopamine receptors, especially in different reproductive stages, and addresses the challenges in diagnosing ADHD in females.
Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD) is an often misunderstood and misdiagnosed condition, and yet it has a profound impact on the lives of the women experiencing it.
In this episode, Patrick Casale and Dr. Megan Anna Neff, two AuDHD mental health professionals, talk with Jes Hagen, a renowned nutritional therapist and NBC-HWC board-certified integrative menstrual health educator and coach, to explore the interconnectedness of hormonal imbalances, their profound impact on mental health, including conditions like ADHD and bipolar, and the empowering potential of integrative approaches to these issues.
Top 3 reasons to listen to the entire episode:
- Gain an in-depth understanding of the hormonal cycles and how fluctuations specifically affect conditions like PMDD and ADHD, which can drastically impact day-to-day living and mental health.
- Learn about the challenges and limitations of traditional medical approaches to these hormonal and neurodevelopmental conditions and the potential for integrative medicine to offer more tailored and effective management strategies.
- Discover practical insights and tools from Jes Hagen on how to manage these conditions through dietary choices, lifestyle changes, and symptom tracking, providing a roadmap to a more stable and healthier life.
As you reflect on the influence of hormones on your mental health and well-being, consider how a deeper awareness and proactive management of these natural processes might enhance your quality of life, and perhaps even begin your own journey towards hormonal and mental health empowerment.
More about Jess Hagen:
Meet Jes, a nutritional therapist and NBC-HWC board-certified integrative menstrual health educator, and coach, who is also the founder of Her Mood Mentor, a virtual premenstrual clinic. My own experience of PMDD which nearly cost me my life, has fueled my determination to guide thousands of students towards reduced symptom duration and severity.
- Free Symptom Mapping Kit: Experience mood swings, irritability, or depression premenstrually? These symptoms may be initiated by a hormonal imbalance/disorder, preexacerbation of another condition like ADHD. Your menstrual cycle and symptoms are an indicator of your overall health. Symptom mapping can help you assess your menstrual health, aid you in diagnosing hormone disorders/imbalances, & prepare you to better manage premenstrual symptoms.
- Free Symptom Mapping Kit: courses.hermoodmentor.com/symptommappingkit
- Website: hermoodmentor.com
- Instagram: @hermoodmentor
- Youtube: youtube.com/@hermoodmentor
Jes’s PDF Resources
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