Dr. Louise Newson

And it might be that their symptoms are just being uncovered more because of the hormonal chaos that's going on. But it just seems really wrong to me that people are given a label. when you haven't looked at the bigger picture. And it's, I mean, I don't need to tell you, you're an expert in ADHD, but no two people with ADHD are the same.

And it might be that their symptoms are just being uncovered more because of the hormonal chaos that's going on. But it just seems really wrong to me that people are given a label. when you haven't looked at the bigger picture. And it's, I mean, I don't need to tell you, you're an expert in ADHD, but no two people with ADHD are the same.

So it's all very well having a diagnosis, but in my mind as a doctor, the most important thing is getting the right treatment. And treating the underlying cause looking very holistically. And it really worries me when I see these clinics that are just a conveyor belt. They're just sort of a number really in a queue and you're just treated in a certain way. And it's very formulaic.

So it's all very well having a diagnosis, but in my mind as a doctor, the most important thing is getting the right treatment. And treating the underlying cause looking very holistically. And it really worries me when I see these clinics that are just a conveyor belt. They're just sort of a number really in a queue and you're just treated in a certain way. And it's very formulaic.

I'm not sure that's helpful for people.

I'm not sure that's helpful for people.

I totally agree. I mean, I did a podcast with one of our doctors, Sumi, who's, she's incredible. I don't know if you've heard it. She's got ADHD and she was self-medicating herself. And when she was actually a doctor in America, she didn't know what was really going on. And she started to take some antidepressants and thought, well, maybe that will help a bit.

I totally agree. I mean, I did a podcast with one of our doctors, Sumi, who's, she's incredible. I don't know if you've heard it. She's got ADHD and she was self-medicating herself. And when she was actually a doctor in America, she didn't know what was really going on. And she started to take some antidepressants and thought, well, maybe that will help a bit.

And then she took a bit more and just thought this isn't right. But she had no one to talk to, absolutely no one to understand at all. And it was only really when she was... trying to get pregnant and realized that some of it could be related to hormones. And it wasn't actually until she, she started with HRT, then added testosterone. And then she was like, this is transformation.

And then she took a bit more and just thought this isn't right. But she had no one to talk to, absolutely no one to understand at all. And it was only really when she was... trying to get pregnant and realized that some of it could be related to hormones. And it wasn't actually until she, she started with HRT, then added testosterone. And then she was like, this is transformation.

I've never been able to think like this before, but you don't know what you're missing until you have it back. And that's, that's the real travesty that the only the minority of women are Globally, who are menopausal are prescribed HRT and even less are prescribed testosterone. And, you know, there is data testosterone in men and women with ADHD can really make a difference.

I've never been able to think like this before, but you don't know what you're missing until you have it back. And that's, that's the real travesty that the only the minority of women are Globally, who are menopausal are prescribed HRT and even less are prescribed testosterone. And, you know, there is data testosterone in men and women with ADHD can really make a difference.

And you're like, well, in medicine, you can try something. I'm not saying that everybody's going to get better with hormonal treatment, but a lot of them do. And it's just madness that they're not able to access that.

And you're like, well, in medicine, you can try something. I'm not saying that everybody's going to get better with hormonal treatment, but a lot of them do. And it's just madness that they're not able to access that.

So if you think, you might have done it in biology many years ago, but the sort of average cycle, and not that anyone was average, is 28 days. And in the first half of the cycle, you get an increase of estradiol progesterone. And then in the middle, there's like a peak where women ovulate, produce an egg. And there's a peak of estradiol progesterone and testosterone, actually.

So if you think, you might have done it in biology many years ago, but the sort of average cycle, and not that anyone was average, is 28 days. And in the first half of the cycle, you get an increase of estradiol progesterone. And then in the middle, there's like a peak where women ovulate, produce an egg. And there's a peak of estradiol progesterone and testosterone, actually.

And then the second half of the cycle, progesterone goes very, very high. Estradiol goes a little bit high. And then they both fall off a cliff. And then that triggers a period. So often with the brain, as you know, the brain likes homeostasis, everything the same, everything calm.

And then the second half of the cycle, progesterone goes very, very high. Estradiol goes a little bit high. And then they both fall off a cliff. And then that triggers a period. So often with the brain, as you know, the brain likes homeostasis, everything the same, everything calm.

So any change, so some women find as they ovulate in the middle of the month, they might find that their symptoms change. But it classically is just before their period when they've got that big decline. Because the hormones work to... Improve the way the cells work in the brain, the energy production, you know, we've got receptors on mitochondria that produce energy in every single cell.

So any change, so some women find as they ovulate in the middle of the month, they might find that their symptoms change. But it classically is just before their period when they've got that big decline. Because the hormones work to... Improve the way the cells work in the brain, the energy production, you know, we've got receptors on mitochondria that produce energy in every single cell.