Frustration with Medical Community's Understanding of Menstrual Cycles and ADHD

Anyone else feel really frustrated about how little the medical community understands about people with menstrual cycles in general, but especially the ways it affects ADHD?

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Cece7

1y ago

Now I’m curious. What are the connections between the two?

Chickpea75

1y ago

And the way ADHD affects menstrual cycles! I’ll even share medical journals (the few available) about it with my doctors and they just dismiss it.

Boston23

1y ago

people suck, glad I have this community

Boston23

1y ago

Hahah yeah exactly I'm like dude maybe you're the one with the issues✌️

Boston23

1y ago

My boyfriend, loves to tell me I am bipolar, because I get emotional 🤣 adhd and I'm a female who gets regular periods, yea I think my hormones are a little off, but I know it's def not bipolar

Jaspir

1y ago

lol I hate it when people are like "oh you have strong emotions? Must be bipolar!!" Like no ADHD also causes strong emotions 😂 plus it's just another way to invalidate women's emotions imo like "you're not upset because I did something wrong, you're upset because you have a mental disorder/your period" 😤

Mrs.Jess

1y ago

Absolutely! I don't have an ADHD diagnosis (but I'm almost certian I have it)

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