[ **up: [[Human body]] | [[Human behaviour]] | [[Neurodiversity]]** ] --- # ADHD [[2024-0815. ADHD is a medical, physiological disorder.|'ADHD is a medical, physiological disorder.']][^1] [[2024-0815. ADHD is more than the sum of its symptoms; it touches every aspect of one's life.|ADHD is more than the sum of its symptoms; it touches every aspect of one's life.]][^2] - *See also:* - [[Diagnoses, labels, validation]] - [[Note-taking#Note-taking and neurodiversity|Note-taking and neurodiversity]] --- ## Object impermanence The ADHD brain struggles with object impermanence.[^3] (This is the “things in the back of the pantry are invisible and therefore never eaten” issue!) This can affect [[Note-taking#Note-taking and neurodiversity|ADHD note-taking methodologies]]. Also: relationship degradation. --- ## ADHD and sex hormones ### Estrogen [[2024-0815. As estrogen levels rise and fall with the monthly cycle, they affect a person's ADHD; the lower the estrogen, the worse the ADHD symptoms become.|'Estrogen levels rise and fall during the monthly cycle. We focus best when estrogen levels are at their highest. When estrogen levels bottom out, all hell breaks loose. We’re unable to focus and our ADHD symptoms become more severe.']][^4] [[2024-0815. There is a correlation between PMS (and it's more serious form, PMDD) and ADHD; they tend to be more common and severe in people with ADHD.|There is a correlation between PMS (and it's more serious form, PMDD) and ADHD; they tend to be more common and severe in people with ADHD.]][^5] Since estrogen jumps during pregnancy—and then drops considerably postpartum—pregnant people with ADHD are at greater risk of [[postnatal depression]]. Likewise, there is a connection between an increase of ADHD symptoms and [[perimenopause]]/[[menopause]]. --- ## ADHD and gender [[2024-0815. Women and girls with ADHD tend to be people-pleasers; they try really hard to mask their symptoms and perceived flaws (and often blame themselves harshly).|Women and girls with ADHD tend to be people-pleasers; they try really hard to mask their symptoms and perceived flaws (and often blame themselves harshly).]][^6] --- ## ADHD and sleep - [[Sleep#Sleep and ADHD|Sleep and ADHD]] - [[Circadian rhythms#Circadian rhythm and ADHD|Circadian rhythm and ADHD]] --- ## ADHD and nutrition - [[Nutrition#Nutrition and ADHD|Nutrition and ADHD]] --- ## Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD) - [[Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria]] ## ADHD and the workplace - [The Case for Hiding Your ADHD Diagnosis at Work](https://www.additudemag.com/adhd-work-self-accommodations/) - Also about self-accomodations [^1]: Gina Pera, ‘Wired, Tired, & Sleep Deprived’, *[['ADDitude Magazine'|'ADDitude Magazine']]*, updated 12 March 2022, https://www.additudemag.com/wired-tired-sleep-deprived/. [^2]: Linda Roggli, ‘ADHD at the Center: A Whole-Life, Whole-Person Condition’, *[['ADDitude Magazine'|'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. [^6]: Linda Roggli, ‘ADHD at the Center: A Whole-Life, Whole-Person Condition’, *[['ADDitude Magazine'|'ADDitude Magazine']]*, updated 12 December 2023, https://www.additudemag.com/areas-of-life-health-relationships-career-adhd/. [^4]: Linda Roggli, ‘ADHD at the Center: A Whole-Life, Whole-Person Condition’, *[['ADDitude Magazine'|'ADDitude Magazine']]*, updated 12 December 2023, https://www.additudemag.com/areas-of-life-health-relationships-career-adhd/. [^5]: Linda Roggli, ‘ADHD at the Center: A Whole-Life, Whole-Person Condition’, *[['ADDitude Magazine'|'ADDitude Magazine']]*, updated 12 December 2023, https://www.additudemag.com/areas-of-life-health-relationships-career-adhd/.