\[ **BT: [[health and wellbeing]] | [[neurodivergence]]** ] --- # ADHD [[ADHD is a real, medical, physiological disorder.]][^1] [[ADHD touches every aspect of the ADHD person's life.]][^2] --- ## General ADHD symptoms ### Object impermenance [[The ADHD brain struggles with object impermanence.]][^3] This can affect [[Note-taking#Note-taking and neurodiversity|ADHD note-taking methodologies]]. Also: [[relationship degradation]]. --- ## 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 sex ### Estrogen - *See:* [[estrogen]] [[ADHD symptoms are exacerbated by the ebb-and-flow of estrogen across the ovulatory cycle.]][^7] #### PMS [[PMS and PMDD tend to be more common (and worse) in women with ADHD.]][^8] #### Postnatal depresssion [[Estrogen increases during pregnancy (and then drops rapidly postpartum); because of the impact of estrogen on ADHD, pregnant people with ADHD are at much greater risk of postnatal depression.]] #### Menopause [[Because of estrogen's impact upon ADHD, there is correlation because an increase of ADHD symptoms and the onset of perimenopause.]] --- ## Food and nutrition - The ADHD brain’s hunt for [[dopamine]] will naturally lead it to all kinds of food and drink. - For example: - [[caffeine|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] --- ## ↬ External resources - [The Case for Hiding Your ADHD Diagnosis at Work](https://www.additudemag.com/adhd-work-self-accommodations/) (accommodations and self-accommodations) [^1]: Gina Pera, ‘[[Pera, ‘Wired, Tired, & 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, ‘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]: Roggli, ‘[[Roggli, ‘ADHD at the Center’, 2023|ADHD at the Center]]’. [^5]: Roggli, ‘[[Roggli, ‘ADHD at the Center’, 2023|ADHD at the Center]]’. [^6]: Roggli, ‘[[Roggli, ‘ADHD at the Center’, 2023|ADHD at the Center]]’. [^7]: Roggli, ‘[[Roggli, ‘ADHD at the Center’, 2023|ADHD at the Center]]’. [^8]: Roggli, ‘[[Roggli, ‘ADHD at the Center’, 2023|ADHD at the Center]]’. [^9]: Roggli, ‘[[Roggli, ‘ADHD at the Center’, 2023|ADHD at the Center]]’. [^10]: Roggli, ‘[[Roggli, ‘ADHD at the Center’, 2023|ADHD at the Center]]’. [^11]: Roggli, ‘[[Roggli, ‘ADHD at the Center’, 2023|ADHD at the Center]]’.