241 - Women, ADHD and hormones

The Dr Louise Newson Podcast

Dr Louise Newson

Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Medicine

4.8 • 798 Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Advisory: this podcast includes themes of mental health and suicide. Do you find yourself easily distracted, with your attention rapidly shifting between different things? If so, you could be one of the legion of women who are under-diagnosed for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Here, Australia-based psychiatrist and ADHD expert Dr David Chapman joins Dr Louise to discuss what ADHD is, how it affects women and the impact that female hormones – which have a powerful role in the brain – can have on symptoms. He talks about how ADHD symptoms can worsen for women just before their periods and around their perimenopause, and sets out the common treatment options, including increasingly the role of HRT and the Pill, and how lifestyle changes such as mindfulness can help women affected by ADHD. Dr Louise and Dr David also discuss how symptoms may only need treating if they are having an impact on a women’s life. Download balance’s ADHD and menopause booklet here. Click here for more about Newson Health. Contact the Samaritans for 24-hour, confidential support by calling 116 123 or email [email protected]

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Dr Louise Newsome. I'm a GP and menopause specialist, and I'm also the founder of the Newsome Health Menopause and wellbeing centre here in Stratford-Pon-Avon.
0:21.6	I'm also the founder of the free Balance app.
0:25.6	Each week on my podcast, join me and my special guests where we discuss all things perimenopause
0:31.6	and menopause. We talk about the latest research, bust myths on menopause symptoms and treatments,
0:38.2	and often share moving and always inspirational personal stories.
0:43.7	This podcast is brought to you by the Newsome Health Group,
0:46.9	which has clinics across the UK dedicated to providing individualised perimenopause and menopause care for all women.
1:02.8	Today on the podcast I've got someone with me who I actually heard lecture when I was in
1:07.3	Australia a few weeks ago but didn't manage to reach him because he was very busy answering questions from different people in the audience. And then I was in Australia a few weeks ago, but didn't manage to reach him because he was very
1:12.2	busy answering questions from different people in the audience. And then I reached out to him
1:16.1	for another reason and then realized that I'd listen to the most amazing lecture. So David Chapman
1:21.3	is in Darwin, in Australia, a long way away from me here in the UK. And he's a psychiatrist with a special
1:27.4	interest in ADHD and women's mental UK. And he's a psychiatrist with a special interest in ADHD
1:28.6	and women's mental health. But it's not his first career choice, which we'll hear more about
1:34.3	in a bit. So I'm really delighted that he's agreed to come and talk about his career, but also
1:39.8	importantly about ADHD and the role of female hormones as well in our brains. So thanks,
1:45.5	David, for agreeing under duress to come and join me today. Okay, thank you, Louise, and thank
1:51.4	you very much for the opportunity. It's all a bit terrifying. Yeah, so I'm Dave, I'm an adult
1:58.5	psychiatrist up in the top end of Australia.
2:02.8	I started out work in life as a teacher, secondary school teacher, and moved out of the
2:09.2	classroom to be a consultant in head office and a chief moderator in one of the year 12,
2:16.9	the equivalent of the British A-level exams,
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