October is an awareness month for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), depression and menopause.

Dealing with these can be challenging for many women.

The founder and president of Expert ADHD Coaching, Shanna Pearson, joined KCRA 3 to talk about how to cope with these issues in your day-to-day life.

She also talked about how menopause can bring out ADHD symptoms that weren't noticed before. And why ADHD in women often gets mistaken for depression or anxiety.

"When you're going through perimenopause and when you hit menopause, your estrogen levels decline, and we all know that," she said. "But what a lot of people don't know is that estrogen is what regulates dopamine. So when our estrogen levels lower, our dopamine levels also lower."

Pearson also outlined differences in h

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