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A study that was recently published by scientists from the Queen Mary University of London, published in the British Journal of Psychiatry, suggests that women with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have “significantly more common” a preliminary dysphoric disorder (PMDD).
The research based on the questionnaire resulted from 700 women in Great Britain who were asked about the ADHD diagnosis and the signs of the participants, PMDD symptoms and information of a combined fear and depression.
From these surveys, the researchers found that women experienced PMDD three times more often with a clinical ADHD diagnosis.
Those whose answers pointed out that they had many ADHD symptoms, although they were not officially diagnosed, were PMDD four times more often.
The risk was also high for those who had combined depression and anxiety.
What is PMDD?
PMDD is a more extreme version of the premenstrual syndrome (PMS). It can be so serious that it is “deactivated”, wrote the Mayo clinic.
It can lead to despair, hopelessness, fear, tension, mood swings, anger and even increased suicide risk.
Queen Mary University calls the state “overlooked”; The BBC reports that PMDD affects around 8% of women, but remains “poorly understood”.
The superior of the study, Dr. Jessica Agnew-Blais, said: “Since ADHD was historically regarded as a condition that mainly affected boys, many problems that were specifically overlooked for women, including associations between ADHD and times of hormonal changes.
“Our results emphasize the need to take into account problems that affect adult women with ADHD, and especially how women with ADHD have a higher risk of experiencing PMDD.”
You should see a GP if your mental health affects your daily life.
Further research is required
Although these results are certainly convincing, do not find out why ADHD may be associated with PMDD.
The researchers ask the clinicians to check those with ADHD on PMDD symptoms.
Dr. However, Broughton, part of the research team, added: “Our results also suggest that further research is necessary to understand the understanding of the connection between ADHD and the times of hormonal changes, including the menstrual cycle, and to reduce health inequalities and diagnostic distortions in women and girls with ADHD.”
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