those who treat women in menopause, the interactions of ADHD symptoms with estrogen levels are not yet widely known or appreciated. It is not unusual for a physician treating ADHD to have little information on this stimulant-hormone interaction. As a result, it may be necessary for a woman with ADHD to help educate her physician about these interactions in order to receive effective medical treatment.
Interpersonal Transitions: Renegotiating Relationships in Mid-Life
A woman in mid-life may feel entrapped by the expectations of others. You may be the primary caretaker of an aging parent, oversee your young adult children, a new entrepreneur or a career woman whose workplace demands tend to take over your personal life.
Because people with ADHD tend to be “reactive” to their environment, women with ADHD may face a particularly difficult challenge when they try to stop focusing on the expectations of others and focus more on their own needs and desires.
Lower your daily stress level by changing your expectations and those of others.
Finding A New Balance
The challenge for you is to slow down the merry-go-round you’ve been on for so long. The primary mid-life goal for a woman with ADHD is to create a new sense of balance in your life, balance within yourself and between significant others. Slow down so that you can