'Women with ADHD are more vulnerable to challenges related to estrogen loss during menopause.' - Jeanette Wasserstein, Ph.D. 👉
The climacteric years, the transition from the reproductive years through menopause, is characterized by enormous hormonal fluctuations as overall estrogen levels gradually decrease. These fluctuations contribute to physical and cognitive changes.Before menopause is the perimenopause stage, when periods become irregular – in duration and flow – but have not yet stopped. The median age for the onset of perimenopause is 47, and it can last four to 10 years.
These fluctuating estrogen levels help explain the sometimes extreme mood and cognitive problems that many women, ADHD or not, experience in the lead up to menopause.During menopause, menstrual cycles stop due to declining levels of estrogen and progesterone. The onset of menopause is 12 months after the last period, and it signals the end of a woman’s reproductive years. The stage following menopause is referred to as postmenopause. The median age for menopause is 51.
Research has failed to establish scientific differences between perimenopause, menopause, and postmenopause, so we are forced to consider all three of these phases under the umbrella of menopause.Declining estrogen levels are associated with various changes across all menopause stages. These symptoms can worsen and improve over time, though most physical symptoms stop after a few years.
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