\[ **BT: [[health and wellbeing#neurodivergence]]** ] --- # ADHD - see also: - [[AuDHD]] - [[autism]] - [[focusing! toolkit|neurospicy survival kit]] --- [[ADHD is a real, medical, physiological disorder.]][^1] [[ADHD touches every aspect of the ADHD person's life.]][^2] --- ## ADHD symptoms ### ‘object impermenance’ [[The ADHD brain struggles with object impermanence.]][^3] This can affect [[knowledge#note-taking|note-taking methodologies]]. --- ## ADHD and gender [[Women and girls with ADHD tend to be people-pleasers (to a fault).]][^4] [[Women and girls with ADHD exert a lot of energy masking (hiding their symptoms).]][^5] [[Women and girls with ADHD are likely to experience shame, self-hate, and self-blame.]][^6] --- ## ADHD and biological sex [[ADHD symptoms are exacerbated by the ebb-and-flow of estrogen across the ovulatory cycle.]][^7] - see also: [[hormones#estrogen]] #### ADHD and PMS (and PMDD) [[PMS and PMDD tend to be more common (and worse) in women with ADHD.]][^8] #### ADHD and postnatal depresssion [[Estrogen increases during pregnancy and drops rapidly postpartum. Because of the impact of estrogen on ADHD, pregnant people with ADHD are therefore at much greater risk of postnatal depression.]] #### ADHD and menopause [[Because of estrogen’s impact upon ADHD, there is correlation because an increase of ADHD symptoms and the onset of perimenopause.]] --- ## ADHD and diet/nutrition - The ADHD brain’s hunt for [[hormones#dopamine|dopamine]] will naturally lead it to all kinds of food and drink. - For example: - caffeine boosts dopamine levels.[^9] - simple carbs break down rapidly into sugar, which stimulates dopamine release.[^10] - People with ADHD are likely to engage with dysregulated eating.[^11] ## ADHD and sleep - see: [[sleep#sleep and ADHD]] --- ## ADHD and medication ### perceived pros and cons of ‘pathologisation’ of ADHD [[Some have suggested that the medicalisation of ADHD encourages a 'pill for life's problems' attitude; in other words, a dependence on doctors and inability for those with ADHD to solve their own problems.]][^12] --- ## ↬ external resources - [The Case for Hiding Your ADHD Diagnosis at Work](https://www.additudemag.com/adhd-work-self-accommodations/) --- [^1]: Gina Pera, ‘[[Pera, ‘Wired, Tired, and Sleep Deprived’, 2022|Wired, Tired, & Sleep Deprived]]’, *ADDitude Magazine*, updated 12 March 2022, [https://www.additudemag.com/wired-tired-sleep-deprived/](https://www.additudemag.com/wired-tired-sleep-deprived/). [^2]: Linda Roggli, ‘[[Roggli, ‘ADHD at the Center’, 2023|ADHD at the Center: A Whole-Life, Whole-Person Condition]]’, *ADDitude Magazine*, updated 12 December 2023, https://www.additudemag.com/areas-of-life-health-relationships-career-adhd/. [^3]: Bryan Jenks, ‘[[Jenks, ‘Object Impermanence in ADHD’, n.d.|Object Impermanence in ADHD Affects Preference for Top Level Structures]]’, *Welcome To My Mind*, accessed 2 December 2022, https://notes.bryanjenks.dev/Z/Object+impermanence+in+ADHD+affects+preference+for+top+level+structures. [^4]: Linda Roggli, ‘[[Roggli, ‘ADHD at the Center’, 2023|ADHD at the Center: A Whole-Life, Whole-Person Condition]]’, *ADDitude Magazine*, updated 12 December 2023, https://www.additudemag.com/areas-of-life-health-relationships-career-adhd/. [^5]: Linda Roggli, ‘[[Roggli, ‘ADHD at the Center’, 2023|ADHD at the Center: A Whole-Life, Whole-Person Condition]]’, *ADDitude Magazine*, updated 12 December 2023, https://www.additudemag.com/areas-of-life-health-relationships-career-adhd/. [^6]: Roggli, ‘[[Roggli, ‘ADHD at the Center’, 2023|ADHD at the Center: A Whole-Life, Whole-Person Condition]]’. [^7]: Roggli, ‘[[Roggli, ‘ADHD at the Center’, 2023|ADHD at the Center: A Whole-Life, Whole-Person Condition]]’. [^8]: Roggli, ‘[[Roggli, ‘ADHD at the Center’, 2023|ADHD at the Center: A Whole-Life, Whole-Person Condition]]’. [^9]: Roggli, ‘[[Roggli, ‘ADHD at the Center’, 2023|ADHD at the Center: A Whole-Life, Whole-Person Condition]]’. [^10]: Roggli, ‘[[Roggli, ‘ADHD at the Center’, 2023|ADHD at the Center: A Whole-Life, Whole-Person Condition]]’. [^11]: Roggli, ‘[[Roggli, ‘ADHD at the Center’, 2023|ADHD at the Center: A Whole-Life, Whole-Person Condition]]’. [^12]: Sami Timimi, ‘[[Timimi and Taylor, ‘ADHD Is Best Understood As A Cultural Construct’, 2004|ADHD Is Best Understood As A Cultural Construct]]’, *British Journal of Psychiatry*, vol. 184, no. 1 (2004), pp. 8–9, https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.184.1.8.