Hormone therapy for ADHD? There’s an app for that
Estrogen helps ADHD women’s brains function better, but when ADDivas enter perimenopause, estrogen waxes and wanes, wreaking havoc on our memories, our concentration and our moods. Estrogen therapy sounds like the answer, but hormone therapy is fraught with potential dangers. That’s why I was so happy to discover an app (there’s an app for everything!) that helps you narrow down your risk as you decide whether ET is appropriate for you.
It’s the hormones, guys. Duh!
Neuroimaging studies indicated that the menstrual cycle impacts a neural network that is connected to cognitive control of emotion. When you draw a line between the work of Dr. Thomas Brown who now believes that emotion plays a major role in the ADHD brain and this new research, it begins to make sense that women’s ADHD brains are at the whim of forces beyond voluntary control..