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Justine Field's avatar

Like you say, it would have been so much more beneficial to have this knowledge earlier in life. I easily tick every box yet had to deal with an internal hell for a week every month and deal with the consequences of it for the other three weeks. And I think those diabolically heavy perimenopausal periods were their own special hell. One good thing about late-stage perimenopause is no longer being a slave to my menstrual cycle now that it is all but faded out.

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Sam Galloway (she/her) πŸ’•'s avatar

Oh that’s giving the rest of us hope! Can’t wait to share your Q&A this week, Justine!

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Helen Nesburg's avatar

Holy shit Sam, I’ve been assuming the two days of freaky depression right before my period was another fun part of being ADHD and 40. How have I not heard of this??

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Sam Galloway (she/her) πŸ’•'s avatar

I didn’t know either. It’s ridiculous isn’t it how we are either left to feel crazy, or taken aside, told we are crazy and get slapped with the wrong diagnosis.

It would be so much easier if we were all told this stuff upon starting puberty and knew what symptoms to look out for 😭

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Helen Nesburg's avatar

Well women are so bored, what would we even do without the lifelong healthcare scavenger hunt?

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Sam Galloway (she/her) πŸ’•'s avatar

I’ve no idea! I can’t imagine lacking this level of introspection to entertain myself, ha ha!

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Helen Nesburg's avatar

πŸ˜‚

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Tamsin's avatar

Came for the cats and wasn’t disappointed ☺️😜

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Sam Galloway (she/her) πŸ’•'s avatar

Ha ha, love it! 😻

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Angela Gunn's avatar

Thank you for this post! I hate that others suffer from this but am so relieved I’m not alone in my inability to sleep, stay awake, hold down a job, hang out with friends, eat food, prep food, clean, etc all those life things we need to do. I’m in the middle of med trials and that is helping but it’s not plain sailing at all. I have been waiting for my period to come for about a month and had my first panic attack. Wondering when my next good week will come is my new normal. Sending all my love out to my fellow auDHDers suffering from periPMDD symptoms. πŸ’–πŸ«‚

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Sam Galloway (she/her) πŸ’•'s avatar

It’s a nightmare, isn’t it?! I hope the med trials are a success for you. It’s all a bit much at the moment 😒

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