ADHD and Women
A Guide to Optimizing Your Hormones and Thriving with ADHD
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Pub Date Oct 6 2026 | Archive Date Dec 6 2026
Convergent | Rodale Books
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Description
“With clarity and warmth, Dr. Jolene Brighten speaks to the real shifts in mood, focus, and mental clarity that can arise across hormonal transitions, and offers a supportive path forward for anyone seeking better answers.”—Lisa Mosconi, PhD, New York Times bestselling author of The XX Brain and The Menopause Brain
Many women unknowingly live their entire life with ADHD (often highly masked and quietly overwhelmed) until hormonal shifts in their late 30s and 40s make symptoms impossible to manage. Board-certified naturopathic endocrinologist and bestselling author Dr. Jolene Brighten uncovers the real reason ADHD symptoms often get worse during transitions like PMS, pregnancy, perimenopause, menopause, and beyond: hormones.
Drawing on clinical research, patient experience, and her own lived journey as a neurodivergent woman, ADHD and Women illuminates ADHD as a dynamic brain–body condition. Anxiety, PMDD, focus and memory struggles, lack of motivation, brain fog, sleep disruption, sensory sensitivity, and emotional dysregulation are not personal failures—they are symptoms of dysregulation that ADHD women are more likely to report when hormones fluctuate.
Dr. Brighten helps you discover your unique ADHD-Hormone profile and personalized plan for regaining focus and ending overwhelm.
Inside, readers will find:
- A 14-day reset meal plan designed to optimize hormones
- Comprehensive hormone strategies, including guidance on hormone replacement therapy specific to the neurodivergent woman’s needs
- Movement and sleep strategies tailored to the neurodivergent nervous system
- Mind-body tools to improve emotional regulation and support mental health
- A personalized ADHD blueprint to manage each hormonal phase of a woman’s life
ADHD and Women is your guide to learning how your brain and hormones work together, so you can finally make them work for you—not against you.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9780593981603 |
| PRICE | $35.00 (USD) |
| PAGES | 464 |
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Featured Reviews
Reviewer 1716044
This book was written for me. I loved the ways the author explained the connections between ADHD and hormones, menstrual cycles, different stages in life, diet, you name it! ADHD is not just a brain condition but truly impacts and is impacted by the whole body. This connected so many dots for me and gave me insight into how all my symptoms are related.
Coming from a family in which every woman, from mid 60s to as young as 5, has been diagnosed with ADHD or other neurodiversity’s, this was so validating to read. There is so much to learn about the way our bodies work. The medical field has a lot of catching up to do but this book was more informative and empowering than anything I’ve come across so far.
I want to buy this book for every neurodivergent woman I know.
I have been following Dr. Jolene Brighten for years and have loved her other books, so I was really excited to read this book! As a woman myself, I absolutely love that she's bringing more attention to how differently ADHD can show up in women because it truly is not talked about enough.
One of my favorite parts was how much she focuses on the connection between hormones, our menstrual cycles, PMDD, perimenopause, and menopause. These are conversations we desperately need to be having, and I learned so much. I also really appreciate that Dr. Brighten takes a holistic approach with nutrition, gut health, and supplements while also recognizing that Western medicine absolutely has its place when it's needed. It's such a balanced and practical perspective.
This is such an informative, empowering, and validating read. Whether you've just been diagnosed or you've known you have ADHD for years, I think there's something valuable here. I honestly think this book could be life changing for so many women trying to understand themselves and finally feel like they have a roadmap. Highly recommend!
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