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14 hrs agoLiked by Sam Galloway

I watched this video this morning moments after you posted it. I happen to be getting up and going to the restroom and I saw your name pop up. I have become wildly invested in everything that has to do with ADHD, autism, perimenopause etc. You video was wonderful. I was with a friend. I am unmasking. I cracked my brain wide open one day with a simple sentence I read. I realized neurodivergent completely encapsulated me. So, since then I have been analyzing every single thing. The whole while having hot flashes and I’m out of my mind with being out of my mind. I have been so dysregulated. With that being said you are someone I’m globbing on to for the journey. Thank you friend. I’m Lindsay, 43 and I’ve been going through perimenopause symptoms for almost 2 years. I am on hormone replacement therapy patch. That has helped the hot flashes. My diagnosis are for anxiety and depression, once they had bipolar, but they took that away at some point. 🤷🏼‍♀️😩🫠 I just wanted to say thank you and your content means everything to me and so many!!!!!

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13 hrs agoLiked by Sam Galloway

Let’s just keep it real… alcoholic 3/18/18. Gastric bypass Surgery 3/1/21. I’ve also lost over 200 pounds and I think that catapulted me into perimenopause and all of this BS!!! 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🫠🥴😵‍💫🤯🤗🤩✌️🙌😱

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13 hrs agoLiked by Sam Galloway

I’m in Kansas, USA 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙

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Hi Lindsay, thanks so much! Your message really means a lot to me! 🥰

I’m also 43 and I have the anxiety diagnosis too..! Such a shame you were misdiagnosed for so long. Did you end up wrongfully medicated for bipolar? I’d love to know what the sentence was that you read and subsequently self-diagnosed as ND!

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Hi Sam, nothing practical to add here other than to say I'm sorry your experiencing this. Also laughter because I'm exactly like you on camera all the sideways looking. And Hail to the captions. Use them all the time much to my husband's annoyance. But democracy rules..two Autis in one house!

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Hi Julie, thanks I appreciate the empathy! I’m glad the closed captions helped, my speech is not great when I’m feeling broken. I’ve just had my next Zoladex implant injected two weeks early so hoping that helps ASAP as I’m feeling dreadful. Left my keys in a shop and took me an hour to notice and find them today. Word finding is challenging. Eye contact on top of all that? Nope 😹

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That sounds awful and I feel for you. It took me a long time to get prescribed HRT and I'm well into menopause proper now. Also have the Mirena coil after episodes of cramping and bleeding, I distill occasionally get cramping. I use the gel, and it is good, but I have noticed hot flushes creeping back into my sleep occasionally, if they get worse I will have to go back to the docs. I struggle a lot of the time to separate menopause symptoms from ME/CFS symptoms from autism burnout symptoms, there are huge overlaps especially with the first two.

My main tip is to ask for help if you can, if you can't access that and can afford it, pay for help (I have a cleaner for example), and then be kind to yourself.

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Thanks, Tamsin. Yes, so many overlaps. My Mirena is doing a good job with stopping the bleeding and pain. I just got back from my GP practice nurse who gave me the Zoladex implant two weeks early. Hopefully I’ll be back in (chemical post-)menopause before the weekend is over 😢

Good advice. I have a wonderful cleaner who also does support work for me. I get my hair washed and dried at a salon and have a personal trainer. I fund them all use my disability Individualised Funding here in Aotearoa NZ. The government has made lots of rule changes and limitations so it’s much harder to get support.

I think daily domestic support and regular respite from parent caring duties would make an enormous difference, but would demand a lot from me in terms of organising it. I don’t have the executive functioning for it right now 😢

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