Female Hormones and ADHD

Lotta Borg Skoglund is a certified specialist in family practice and psychiatry/addiction and the medical director of SMART Psychiatry, specializing in treatment and assessment of neurodevelopmental disorders. Lotta is a frequent guest on Swedish TV, radio shows and an active advocate for patient autonomy in social media and the press, and an internationally recognized ADHD expert.Helena Kopp Kallner is senior consultant at the Department of Obstetrics and Gyneology at Danderyds Hospital and senior lecturer at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm Sweden. Her research focuses on sexual and reproductive health and safe contraceptive methods to prevent sexual transmitted diseases, abortion, and unplanned/unwanted births. She is president of the family planning working and reference group of the Swedish Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology and former president of the European Society for Contraception and Reproductive Health. She is also a current member of the Committee on Contraception at the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) and has a media profile advocating for equal standard of care, gender informed policy making, women's health and women's rights.

I thought I knew a bit about women and ADHD but this book has opened my eyes. What an incredible exploration of the impact of hormones on neurodiversity, and the challenges women face as a result. It has huge breadth and depth, it covers the full female lifespan and the many different ways in which ADHD presents itself in different women, at different ages, and best of all it is wise and compassionate without being patronising or too scientific. Highly recommended for any woman - or man; I think this is a major contribution to a very under-researched and under-resourced field.