Pregnancy
ADHD Medications and Menstruation
Question: My daughter has taken a variety of medications for ADHD since she was five. Currently, she is on Adderall. Can this medication affect the onset of her menstrual cycle?
Answer: This is something to talk with your doctor about. There could be many reasons that your daughter's onset for menstruation is delayed and it is certainly something you should check out with her physician.
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For more than 20 years, Eileen Marzola has worked with children and adults with learning disabilities and attention deficit disorders, and with their parents and teachers. She has been a regular education classroom teacher, a consultant teacher/resource teacher, an educational evaluator/diagnostician, and has also taught graduate students at the university level. Marzola is an adjunct assistant professor of education at Teachers College, Columbia University, and Hunter College of the City University of New York. She also maintains a private practice in the evaluation and teaching of children with learning disabilities and attention deficit disorders.
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