{"id":2841,"date":"2024-01-14T10:11:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-14T07:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psychiatry-cy.com\/?p=2841"},"modified":"2024-01-14T10:11:11","modified_gmt":"2024-01-14T07:11:11","slug":"high-and-low-estrogen-exacerbate-adhd-symptoms-in-females-new-theory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psychiatry-cy.com\/el\/high-and-low-estrogen-exacerbate-adhd-symptoms-in-females-new-theory\/","title":{"rendered":"High and Low Estrogen Exacerbate ADHD Symptoms in Females: New Theory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The impact of rising and falling hormone levels on ADHD symptoms is compounded for females beginning in puberty, according to a review article published in&nbsp;<em>Hormones and Behavior.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ADHD symptoms correlate with hormonal fluctuations, especially&nbsp;declines in estrogen, argue the review authors, who present a new two-phase theory of hormonal sensitivity that asserts ADHD impairments spike during two points in the menstrual cycle:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Periovulatory (mid-cycle)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Perimenstrual (end-of-cycle)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Per the theory, females may be more likely to engage in risk-taking and reward-seeking behaviors in the days leading up to ovulation. These behaviors coincide with a steady rise in estrogen levels that drops off during ovulation. In contrast, withdrawal and\/or depletion of estrogen at a cycle\u2019s end may be characterized by increased negative affect, avoidant behaviors, and reduced\u00a0executive functioning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Read the whole article by the original source through the link below:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www-additudemag-com.cdn.ampproject.org\/c\/s\/www.additudemag.com\/low-estrogen-adhd-hormones-theory\/amp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www-additudemag-com.cdn.ampproject.org\/c\/s\/www.additudemag.com\/low-estrogen-adhd-hormones-theory\/amp\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The impact of rising and falling hormone levels on ADHD symptoms is compounded for females beginning in puberty, according to a review article published in&nbsp;Hormones and Behavior. ADHD symptoms correlate with hormonal fluctuations, especially&nbsp;declines in estrogen, argue the review authors, who present a new two-phase theory of hormonal sensitivity that asserts ADHD impairments spike during&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rs_blank_template":"","rs_page_bg_color":"","slide_template_v7":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[71],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adhd-el","entry","no-media"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p87S9d-JP","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychiatry-cy.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychiatry-cy.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychiatry-cy.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychiatry-cy.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychiatry-cy.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/psychiatry-cy.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2841\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/psychiatry-cy.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychiatry-cy.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/psychiatry-cy.com\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}