Attention Deficit Hyper(sexual?) Disorder - En kvantitativ studie om hur medicin och samsjuklighet påverkar hypersexuella tendenser hos kvinnor med ADHD

Sammanfattning: The purpose of this study was to investigate whether there are differences in hypersexual tendencies when comparing women with ADHD who are taking medication for their ADHD with women with ADHD who are not taking any medication. Knowledge of how a condition like ADHD can affect sexuality is of relevance to social work since this is a target group for a lot of organizations employing social workers. The questions this study aimed to answer were: Is there a difference in the levels of hypersexual tendencies between women with ADHD who take medication and those who don’t? Does comorbidity affect the level of hypersexuality in women with ADHD? How can we understand hypersexuality in combination with ADHD from the perspective of having sex as a person with a disability? To answer these questions, a web-based survey was constructed using questions from the Hypersexual Behaviour Inventory. No diagnostic tools were used in the study to establish a diagnosis; instead, the respondents were asked if they had received a diagnosis from a medical professional. The questionnaire was posted in two Swedish Facebook groups, one specifically aimed at women with ADHD and one without a gender-specific target group. A total of 22 responses were collected, one of which was excluded as an outlier due to extreme values. Out of the 21 valid responses, there was only one case where the respondent had not received a diagnosis from a medical professional and 13 women reported that they were currently taking medication. On average, the women using medication scored lower on the questions regarding hypersexuality compared to the women not using medication. Surprisingly, however, according to the analysis, comorbidity seemed to have a larger impact on hypersexuality than the usage of central stimulating medication. To investigate this result, further analysis was made using dummy variables to analyze the differences between groups with both medication and comorbidity, only comorbidity, only medication, and neither medication nor comorbidity. The result remained and comorbidity still had a larger impact on hypersexuality scores.