Endometriosis
Endometrioma: What It Means for Your Fertility, Ovaries, and Treatment
Endometrioma explained: what it means for fertility and ovarian health, how it’s diagnosed, whether it can shrink or rupture, and treatment options.
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Search hundreds of evidence-based guides on ADHD, thyroid, PCOS, and perimenopause — written by Dr. Jolene Brighten and reviewed by clinicians before publication.
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Dr. Jolene Brighten is a board-certified naturopathic endocrinologist — reaching millions through clinical practice, published research translation, and books that have changed how women understand their bodies.
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Deep libraries on the conditions women are most often dismissed for — each guide reviewed, cited, and kept current.
ADHD & Hormones
How estrogen and dopamine interact across your cycle — and why focus, energy, and mood shift with it.
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Perimenopause & Menopause
Symptoms, hormone therapy, and metabolic support through the transition — with evidence, not hype.
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Thyroid Health
Hashimoto's, hypothyroidism, and the subclinical patterns standard labs miss.
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PCOS
Insulin resistance, androgen excess, and root-cause management beyond the pill.
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Birth Control Recovery
What happens after the pill — post-birth control symptoms and how to support your body through them.
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Gut-Hormone Connection
The estrobolome, estrogen metabolism, and the gut's role in hormone balance.
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Perimenopause/ Menopause
PMDD or Perimenopause? How to Tell the Difference
PMDD or perimenopause? Learn how to spot the differences, understand overlapping symptoms, and find the right treatment.
Perimenopause/ Menopause
Can Creatine Help With Perimenopause Brain Fog? Benefits, Dosage, and Research
Can creatine help with perimenopause brain fog? Learn what research says about memory, mental fatigue, dosage, benefits, and safety for women.
Period
ADHD and Periods: Why Symptoms Get Worse Before Your Period
ADHD symptoms can worsen before your period due to estrogen, dopamine, and luteal-phase hormone shifts. Learn why mood may change.
Endometriosis
Can Endometriosis Cause Weight Gain?
Can endometriosis cause weight gain? Learn how inflammation, hormones, and endo belly affect weight and metabolism.
Sleep
Apigenin Benefits: Sleep, Anxiety, Healthy Aging, and More
Apigenin benefits include better sleep, reduced anxiety, healthy aging support, and brain health. Learn the science and safety.
Sleep
Apigenin for Sleep: Benefits, Dosage, Safety, and Research
Learn whether apigenin for sleep works, its benefits, dosage, safety, side effects, and what the latest research says.
The New Book
ADHD and Women
Penguin Random House · Out now
A groundbreaking guide to optimizing hormones and thriving with ADHD — the book that finally connects what your brain experiences with what your cycle is doing.
- The hormone–ADHD connection: how estrogen, progesterone, and dopamine interact
- Why ADHD in women is missed — and the questions to bring to your provider
- Cycle-aware strategies for focus, energy, and mood at every stage
The Dr. Brighten Show
Conversations that decode your body
Long-form conversations with leading researchers and clinicians — the people doing the studies everyone else quotes.
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ADHD and Hormones in Women: Why Symptoms Change Across Your Cycle and in Perimenopause | Agnes K. Simone & Annika Joya
ADHD and hormones in women can affect focus, mood, and symptoms across the menstrual cycle and during perimenopause.
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