ep 168: Cycle Syncing for ADHD: Why Your Focus, Motivation, and Emotions Change Each Week
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🎙️ Episode Recap: How Your Cycle Impacts Your ADHD Symptoms

If you’ve ever felt like your ADHD symptoms fluctuate wildly throughout the month, you’re not imagining it. Your hormone cycle plays a massive role in your emotions, and your emotions heavily influence your ADHD symptoms. That’s why understanding your cycle can be such a powerful tool for self-regulation, time management, and planning.

In today’s episode, we dive into:

🌿 The connection between your hormones and ADHDADHD is already closely tied to emotional regulation, energy levels, and mental clarity. Your cycle adds a whole other layer to the mix—and knowing your phases helps you work with your brain instead of against it.

🌀 A quick breakdown of the four phases of your cycle:

- Menstrual Phase (Days 1–7)

- You’re bleeding. You’re tired. You probably want quiet and alone time.

- Energy starts low but tends to increase by the end of this phase.

- Follicular Phase (Days 8–13)

- Your energy is rising! You’re thinking clearly, ready to be social, and starting to gain momentum.

- Great time for brainstorming, planning, or starting big tasks.

- Ovulation Phase (Days 14–17)

- This is your superwoman window. You feel confident, energized, and magnetic.

- Perfect for recording content, pitching ideas, batch-working, deep cleaning, etc.

- Luteal Phase (Days 18–28)

- Your energy gradually dips again. You might start to feel foggy or irritable.

- If you have PMDD, this is likely the hardest part of your month.

- Best time for maintenance, admin tasks, or wrapping up projects.

⚡ **Why syncing matters for ADHD:**You don’t have to force productivity. You can plan for it based on your natural rhythms. We love *gentle productivity around here.*Instead of burning out or starting over constantly, cycle syncing gives you a way to move consistently—with flexibility and self-compassion.

📌 **Quick tip:**Don’t try to overhaul everything right away. Just start noticing. Track your energy, focus, and mood. See if any patterns emerge. That alone is a huge win.

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Other episodes about menstrual cycles and ADHD:

Ep 123: Pain Free Period? PMDD and ADHD, Tips for PMDD Period Pain)

Ep 103: PMDD and ADHD, Why Do So Many ADHDers Have PMDD?)

Ep 71: PMDD and ADHD Medication, My Experience with PMDD as a Neurodivergent Woman)

Ep 13: Interview with Ash McDonald)