Brian Hawthorne1d ago
Laura Langdon

To my fellow #neurodivergent folks with ovaries: you know how your brain and body can work one way when estrogen is the dominant hormone, and a totally different way when estrogen drops? And by your 30s you don't love it but you're sort of used to it, and might even have gotten to a point where you mostly don't blame yourself for it anymore? 🫂

Perimenopause is coming. It can last a decade or more, and begin in your 30s. It can mess with the neuro of it all, too, and *because* you've done so much to work to understand and optimize around your usual hormone cycle you might be less inclined to think it's a hormone thing, and start the blaming yourself cycle all over again.

So just an fyi, and please try to be gentle with yourself. ❤️

#AuDHD #ActuallyAutistic #ADHD #autism

Apr 30 at 3:43pmWeb
Show threadAriaflame1d ago
@LauraLangdon Thanks. So far the ride hasn't been too bad, but it's still not exactly fun.
Show threadCheese_is_nice 🇺🇦1d ago
@LauraLangdon I'm on that journey right now and I swear I'm so much more autistic than I was in my 30s. For example the labels on clothes thing seems worse than ever!
And the tenuous equilibrium i thought i had with socialising has completely gone out of the window. 😔
But i really do have a thing for cake. Cake gets me through.
Show threadCattz   1d ago
@LauraLangdon I am 45 and I still can't understand my cycles. My husband is more perceptive than myself 😅
Show threadLaura Langdon1d ago
@Cattz I have a friend whose husband tracks her cycles himself so that when she's like "Why is everything awful?" he can say "Would it be helpful to know your period should start soon?"
Show threadCattz   1d ago
@LauraLangdon I always have problems with my cervical screenings appointments as I don't know when I am on my cycle and usually I need to cancel several times 😅
Show threadChroniques autistes 🇨🇦1d ago

@LauraLangdon Oh yes! Be aware because it’s not an easy road… And it makes it harder because so many of us learn about their neurodivergence being right in a middle of this hormonal storm.

#ActuallyAutistic

Show threadJB 🐎 1d ago
@LauraLangdon Thank you so much for sharing this important message 💗
Show threadSteggy18h ago
@LauraLangdon I’m in my early 50s (and yes, still having regular cycles) For the past few years it’s like the hormones have turned up to 11. Never had issues before but whew! Why am I so cranky and can’t sleep? *checks calendar* OHHHH! It’s like reverse puberty lol
Show threadLaura Langdon15h ago
@steggy I've heard that! I'm not there yet myself, but my sister's ten years older and fills me in. Why do we have to do puberty twice?!
Show thread🍵 holly18h ago
@LauraLangdon Since they've finally started researching the estrogen-dopamine connection, we're finally starting to get some solutions. There's boosting meds as necessary during the cycle, although for me that was always like throwing darts at a moving board. My favorite solutions is getting on and staying on the pill with no off weeks. Evens things out nicely. #adhd
Show threadLaura Langdon15h ago

@holly I'm so glad you have something that works for you! Unfortunately progesterone is a nightmare for me; it does even things out but it does so by making things consistently bad, like every day is a worst day.

If I could have estrogen all the time to even things out that would be AMAZING! But I have a uterus, so I can't get an estrogen prescription. 🫤