ADHD and Defiance

About Hormones, PMDD & Perimenopause in ADHD Women

Hormones, PMDD & Perimenopause in ADHD Women: Understanding the Hidden Connections

Are hormonal changes making your ADHD feel impossible to manage?
Join us for this essential webinar exploring the complex relationship between hormones and ADHD in women – a topic that’s finally getting the attention it deserves.
Many ADHD women notice challenges and strengths fluctuate dramatically throughout their menstrual cycle, with some experiencing severe mood and attention changes that go beyond typical ADHD challenges. Others find perimenopause brings unexpected intensification of difficulties they thought they had under control.
In this comprehensive session, you’ll discover:
✓ Why ADHD challenges can worsen during certain phases of your cycle
✓ The connection between PMDD and ADHD – and why they’re often misunderstood
✓ How perimenopause uniquely affects ADHD women
✓ Evidence-based strategies for managing ADHD fluctuations
✓ When to seek additional support and what treatments may help
✓ Practical tools for tracking and predicting your patterns
Perfect for:
• Women with ADHD experiencing cyclical changes
• Those wondering if hormones are impacting their ADHD management
• Women entering perimenopause with ADHD
• Partners, family members, and healthcare providers seeking to understand these connections
This isn’t just about managing symptoms – it’s about understanding your body, validating your experiences, and finding practical solutions that honor both your ADHD brain and your hormonal health.

About Karise McNamee

Karise is a qualified Social Worker and Clinician with a Bachelor of Social Work (Honours) from Charles Sturt University. She has over 12 years’ experience working across the public and non-government sectors in mental health and wellbeing, counselling, trauma-informed approaches, reproductive & sexual trauma, disability and casework. She is trained in ACT, CBT, DBT, and somatic trauma therapies and her approach is informed by SFBT and IFS. She is passionate about being a neuro-affirming practitioner.

Karise, herself, is also neurodivergent and has lived experience with ADHD, so she knows how deeply this can impact how you feel about yourself and the world. She is registered with the Australian Association of Social Workers and is strongly committed to the AASW Code of Ethics. Karise regularly stays up to date with best-practice research and intervention methods through continuing professional development, and teaches a number of mental health and social work subjects at Charles Sturt University, as well as sits on the Australian Association of Social Workers Ethics Council.

 

The webinar will run from 5.30pm until 8.30pm AEDT, will include a couple of breaks, as well as a Q&A session.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a leading expert on this topic that is important to many. This truly is a remarkable  opportunity to gain a tremendous insight, knowledge and learn strategies that will be life changing to you and the child you support.

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