When perimenopause hits the ADHD brain, everything in life that has previously felt manageable can begin to fall apart. Many women describe no longer recognising themselves.

Sarah West is an ADHD coach and nurse who specialises in supporting women who are late diagnosed with ADHD and navigating perimenopause and menopause, and these are experiences she hears regularly in her work.

Perimenopause has a profound effect on ADHD, and many women are only just discovering that the two are intrinsically connected.

Hormones are essential for how the brain produces and regulates dopamine. When they fluctuate and drop during perimenopause, the impact goes far beyond night sweats and brain fog.

For women with ADHD, it can disrupt the systems they have been relying on to function. Focus becomes harder, emotional regulation is impacted, anxiety increases, sleep is disrupted, and strategies that worked for years suddenly stop working.

Many women spend months or years being told they are depressed or anxious, without anyone explaining the hormonal link or recognising how much ADHD is being affected.

In this session, Sarah will be covering:

• Why and how our hormones affect us so significantly when we have ADHD

• Why so many women first recognise their ADHD during perimenopause

• The key areas of life most affected when ADHD and perimenopause collide

• Practical steps and strategies to support yourself through this stage

This talk is for women who are late diagnosed with ADHD and are finding perimenopause is making everything harder to manage.

Understanding what’s happening is crucial, both to get the correct support they need and deserve, and to make sense of it all.

This event is an external hire.

Venue: The Workshop, Exeter Phoenix

*Subject to a £1.50 ticketing system charge. We don’t charge this to make a profit. Find out more >>