ADHD and Your Menstrual Cycle

SOURCES:

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience: “Cognitive functions of women who cycle regularly may vary throughout the month depending on sex hormone status; a possible explanation of conflicting results of studies of ADHD in women.”

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