Women With ADHD May Be 4 Times Likelier To Have 'Risky' Condition

Recently, researchers from King’s College London and Queen Mary University of London started working on a project called the Measuring Adult ADHD and Menstruation (MAAM). 

This will be the first to track the symptoms of women who take ADHD medication throughout their menstrual cycle. Many women say their symptoms intensify and/or their medication becomes less effective, depending on their hormones, but we haven’t really investigated why in the past.

And speaking to HuffPost UK, psychiatrist Dr Elisabetta Burchi, Head of Research at Nurosym, said that those with ADHD seem more likely to experience another period-related condition – premenstrual dysphoric disorder, or PMDD – too.

What is PMDD? 

You might have heard of premenstrual syndrome (PMS). PMDD Read Entire Article