To better serve postpartum mothers with ADHD, clinicians should understand the unique facets of ADHD in women, how symptoms change in the weeks after childbirth, and how to help new parents make decisions around medication use and ADHD symptom management.
New mothers with ADHD face distinct postpartum challenges that are as ubiquitous as they are unstudied. Despite the executive functioning strains exacerbated by ADHD medication cessation during pregnancy and nursing, postpartum women must learn to provide steady care for their newborns. All the while, hormonal changes cause ADHD symptoms to spike and mental health and wellbeing to plummet.
Overall, this is reassuring data when, historically, the default medical position has been to interrupt a mother’s “non-essential pharmacologic treatment” during breastfeeding. A patient’s improved functioning on ADHD medication should be weighed against potential risks that medication in breast milk might pose.It’s important to encourage postpartum women to get regular exercise, sufficient sleep, and proper nutrition.
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