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Just something i wanted to put out there for women i learned at the menopause clinic yesterday from the doctor she said that women with auhd have a much harder time with perimenopause which can happen actually in some cases after 30 but definitely anytime after 35. And bhrt can really help us. I wanted to share this as im on the forefront of it and trying to learn this information has only been available to women for about ten years and peri with auhd theres even less information. So it hit me out of nowhere the prime of it. Im 47 right before it i got the auhd diagnosis felt better and then started feeling like i was losing my mind and didnt know why i was grateful to get this information. Biggest first sign which came on early 40s was my sleep i was put on sleep meds and it was awful now i know it was the hormones. Just if your a woman i highly advise learning about this because we all get the joy of going through it and im writing notes im going to put into a book for my auhd daughter someday shes a teen but knowledge is power and as far as this topic its on you. Im choosing liberation in getting older over the suffering of women in my bloodlines. The medical field has done women wrong but changes are on the horizon and its ip to us to advocate for change. God bless you all and keep going!!

For any other woman out there in the lost generation of women as they call them i just want to add some positive support i have found in my journey since my diagnosis. 6/4/25 i was rescued from Xanax addiction of decades and alcoholism by the grace of God. Im now a walking living breathing testimony. but onto later i had perimenopause come along later last year out of nowhere i had done alot of inner child healing work through ifs trauma therapy which i know have heard and totally agree helps with adhd specifically RSD. Highly recommend it i did it for my cptsd but its helped so much for my other issues. I was misdiagnosed at 12 with anxiety and panic disorder and given xanax mostly because i had a Narcassist abusive mother who said i was put of control and i wasnt. I also cut contact with her finally after god saved me from the alcohol. In December i was diagnosed auhd ive only been given Adderall xr but it helps alit and ive learned so much that i can do to help me and do alot of awareness on auhd and cptsd. But what i want to say is i have had that rsd much of my life. And took things personal beat myself up that i was the problem y i would deal with rejection but tbh im not my brain just thinks differently. And the blessing is at perimenopause your energy reserves are low for bs and after ifs and with the hormones and sobriety realizing all those ppl were not friends and fake drinking at the bars with me i feel more free than i ever have my whole life. I had not known i was always so exhausted in the past from masking but i did it and i refused to anymore i ripped the mask off chose me chose authencity and if ppl dont like it whatever i love me and god loves me. Your peace becomes more important at 47 so choose u and protect ur peace.

Im really wondering this as i have really no one to ask. Im late diagnosed auhd and cptsd in the prime of perimenopause so ive only known since December only thing dr said was he put me on adderall which helps but i know i have big time issues with communication with people but not in person. On the phone business calls, insurance bs like that its like i will over explain in detail which i cannot stop but have dialed down. I want directness and realness.not vague read in between the lines responses. Its like im so fast and get silence like they cant keep up. It stresses me exhausts my energy and isolate and put calls off because of it its very distressing because i take it personal like something is wrong with me and its not im a very nice and smart person. Please let me know if anyone can relate? And what can i do to get them to understand me?