For women
ADHD and hormones: why it gets louder.
Your ADHD doesn't stay the same while your hormones change. The week before a period, after having a baby, in perimenopause: a lot of women find their focus, mood and reactions get harder to manage at exactly these times.
Many women with ADHD seem fine all day. Then they have no energy left at home. That's masking, and it can lead to burnout.
This page is for that. Start with whatever matches what's happening for you right now.
Seeing your GP
Your cycle
Free tracker
ADHD and Cycle Tracker
Log focus and mood in three taps. See the week before your period, and print a summary for your GP. No email needed.
Open the tracker →Free guide
ADHD and your cycle: why the week before your period hits harder
Why focus, mood and meds can change across the month, PMDD or PME, and how to track it.
Read the guide →Meds and PMDD
Never change your dose, or when you take it, without talking to your prescriber.
If you get thoughts of suicide in the days before your period, tell your GP. PMDD is treatable. If you're not safe right now, find help now.
What else gets missed
Masking and late diagnosis
Free guide
Late-Diagnosed ADHD
Years of holding it together, then a diagnosis that explains it. What happens next, and the grief nobody warns you about.
Read the guide →Free tracker
Burnout Moment Tracker
Couldn't face work, or felt nothing at all. Log it in a few seconds and see the pattern. No email needed.
Open the tracker →Card pack · £2
Masking cards
For when you've been "fine" all day and there's nothing left by the time you get home. Five minutes to stop performing and recover.
See the cards →Free tracker
RSD Moment Tracker
For when a flat reply or a look ruins your whole day. Log it in a few seconds and see what sets it off. No email needed.
Open the tracker →Card pack · £2
RSD cards
For when one comment keeps replaying. Helps you separate the feeling from the story, and wait before you reply.
See the cards →Perimenopause
Free tracker
Perimenopause Symptom Tracker
Rate today's symptoms. See the trend build month on month, so you've got something to show your doctor. No email needed.
Open the tracker →Free guide
ADHD and Perimenopause: The Survival Guide
Why your ADHD got worse in your late 30s or 40s, and what to say to your doctor.
Read the guide →Card pack · £2
Perimenopause cards
For when everything got louder. Helps you make sense of the change and track it, so you've got proof to show your doctor.
See the cards →Want to talk it through?
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If it's got heavy
If you or anyone else is in danger, call 999.
Samaritans: 116 123, free, any time.
Prefer to text? Text SHOUT to 85258, free, any time.
Need help fast but it's not an emergency? Call NHS 111 and choose the mental health option.
18 or under? Childline: 0800 1111.
Not in the UK? In an emergency call 911 (US, Canada), 000 (Australia), 111 (New Zealand) or 112 (Ireland and Europe). To talk to someone: call or text 988 (US, Canada), 13 11 14 (Australia), call or text 1737 (New Zealand), 116 123 (Ireland). All countries, and lines for young people.