57 - When PMS and ADHD Collide

Mindset and empowerment coach Lani Lecielle wants other fellow ADHD women to be nicer to themselves near that time of the month. In this interview, she gives her best advice on shifting your mindset while you're navigating PMS symptoms that exasperate ADHD. Is it anxiety & depression? Lani shares she started therapy at the beginning of 2019 for anxiety and depression. She was starting to feel better but she had a sense there was something more going on. She started reading research about ADHD. After her therapist dismissed her concerns, Lani pursued a second opinion. After taking a test Lani thought the doctor would tell her she didn't have ADHD. But the doctor confirm Lani does have ADHD and had scored high on the scale.  ADHD & PMS Lani describes feeling like she's turning into a completely different person about 11 days before her period starts. She remembers the first time she experienced a bad depression was when she was 16 before her period came on.  Now she knows there is a connection Lani has found it important to let go of expectations for herself when she has PMS. Honour where you are Lani has learned she needs to be easier on herself when she has PMS. She gives an example of having 10 tasks to do in a day, in the past she would have beaten herself up for not getting them done. She has found letting go and trying again the next day a much more loving way to be.  About The Adulting With ADHD Podcast It’s not just you – we aren’t talking enough about ADHD and hormones. There are so many things I wish I had known about hormones and ADHD earlier. They play such a fundamental role in the human body, deeply impacting a person’s life at all of their life stages. As a former journalist and current ADHD’er, I unpack this topic through patient stories, expert interviews, and personal narrative. With new episodes biweekly on Wednesdays, The Adulting With ADHD Podcast covers a variety of ADHD hormone topics including puberty, menopause, perimenopause, PMS, PMDD, and more. Why aren’t we talking about this more? What do you do if you find yourself struggling with ADHD and hormones? We discuss this and much more. Need basic info about ADHD and hormones? Get the free quick guide at https://adultingwithadhd.com/hormones.     If you liked this interview, be sure to subscribe to the podcast and leave a review! You also can support the show at https://patreon.com/adultingwithadhd.