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We Demand Attention on How Medication Adjustments During the Monthly Menstrual Cycle and Menopause Could Improve Treatment Outcomes for Women - additudemag.com - city Sandra
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A small study suggests that menstruating people with ADHD may achieve more effective and consistent symptom control by increasing the dosage of their prescribed stimulant medication in the luteal phase, when estrogen levels hit their lowest point.There is a dearth of research examining the changes in ADHD symptoms and medication efficacy during all phases of the menstrual cycle, and during other times of hormonal change.However, one 2023 study published in Front Psychiatry found that increasing a patient’s dosage of stimulant medication during the week prior to menstruation can significantly improve cognitive and emotional symptoms of ADHD during this notoriously difficult phase in the menstrual cycle.1 The study was the first of its kind to examine the impact of adjusting stimulant medication dosages during the menstrual cycle for women with ADHD and co-occurring depression and premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) – a severe form of PMS.Prior to the study, these women experienced “diminished response to amphetamines in the late luteal phase” and an “exacerbation of their ADHD and depressive symptoms in the premenstrual week” that was not helped by their regular ADHD medication. This experience was echoed in ADDitude’s 2023 survey of nearly 2,000 women with ADHD, two-thirds of whom said they experienced intense symptoms of premenstrual syndrome (PMS) or PMDD, beginning, on average, at age 14 and lasting for up to 40 years.
3 Things You Need to Stop Doing to Live a Simpler Life - positivityblog.com
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“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.”ConfuciusThis article is about a few mistakes I’ve made.About a few destructive habits that can make life quite messy and unhappy.And it’s about what you can do instead to replace those mistakes and habits with something better.This article is all about uncovering simplicity if you find yourself having overcomplicated your life.Few habits and mistakes are as common as getting stuck in overthinking.I used to do it all the time.And it led to a lot of analysis paralysis, to little action being taken on what I deep down wanted and to so much time and energy wasted.What to do instead:Set short deadlines.When you have all the time in the world to consider something then that can often wind up in you spending a lot of time thinking about the situation at hand from every conceivable angle.I have found that learning to set short deadlines is really helpful for this, although it take a bit to practice.So for small decisions like if should go and do the dishes or go and work out I usually give myself 30 seconds or less to make a decision.For somewhat larger decisions that in the past would have taken me days or weeks to think through I set a deadline for 30 minutes or for the end of the workday.Say stop in a situation where you know you can’t think straight.I know that I’m more vulnerable to negative thinking and overthinking things when I’m hungry or when I’m close to my bedtime.And so I have learned to stay away from thinking about anything important during that time.And if such thoughts with a negative twist still pop up then I tell myself: No, no, we’re not going to think about this now.Because I know that I will be back to thinking clearly and optimistically again

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