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What do you say after the word "hi"? Listened several times on various speeds and can't tell. 🙂 Neurospicy?

I’m 59 post menopausal woman diagnosed this yr started meds and hrt. Finally I feel peace and joy and the guilt and shame r starting to ease. Yes I have grief and anger but at least my golden yrs will b golden

I use a cup analogy to explain my cognitive deficit to others.

I'm 48 years old now, and I was diagnosed back in January of this year...I strongly suspected for a long time that I might have it, because I had all the symptoms of inattentive ADHD, or people posting the memes on FB, and I'm like "....I'm in that picture, WTF??" One of the biggest irks for me, is whenever my husband (or anyone, really) is talking to me, I'm looking right at them, I'm nodding my head and looking like I'm following along...but I'm not. Instead, I'm thinking of 20-30 other things going on in my head, all the while the someone in the back of my brain is singing The Farmer In The Dell! XD I'm on medication for it now, and while it helps with some things, it doesn't seem to help with others, but...then again, I'm fairly new on these things, and maybe I'll need a change of dosage. What I *have* noticed, is that before the medication, I would look at my art space and how cluttered is - I knew I had to tidy it, put things into their proper homes, etc etc., but...just looking at the amount of work I would have to do, was completely over-whelming, and I would just tell myself "maybe tomorrow", but "tomorrow" never came. Since being on the medication though, I've got a little under half of the room tidied up, I've not only bought shelves, but assembled them myself! I still have a lot more to go on my art room, but since cleaning and tidying up as much as I have, it's been making me want to go up there and actually DO art! Which is a good thing because before, my art desk was just cluttered with stuff, and I just couldn't do anything on there unless I moved things temporarily to one place...which didn't help with the situation.

Your story really resonates with me too. I wasn't diagnosed until the perimenopause. I found I was overstimulated all the time, couldn't sleep, zero focus etc. And the big one was that I get bored SO easily, which is how I found myself moving house all the time. HRT helped a bit but from my own research, the struggles I had were life-long. I haven't tried ADHD meds because I'm worried my autistic struggles will get a chance to shine hahaha

Thank you so much for sharing your story & synthesizing an overwhelming amount of research that my unmedicated, menopausal brain has resisted. You've given me hope. 🙏🏼🤯❤

Well explained. Thanks for sharing.

Good pointers to start with. Subscribed to your channel Have been diagnosed very late in life, a year back What meds are you on? And how do you deal with side effects? Some meds have adverse, long term impact unfortunately

I am 62 years old. I have had these symptoms and many, many others my entire life. My childhood was hell and this has lead me to compensate for not thinking like others throughout life. I am going for an official diagnosis next week but for me this is simply for confirmation. two of my adult sons have been diagnosed.

Can you work fulltime?

so good and helpful! thank you :)

I just assumed masking was something everyone did. I’m now realising that’s not the case. Thank you for sharing. I love your honesty (and the yellow brightness in your videos)!

I’m not diagnosed but I’ve been masking for 56 years sense kindergarten, and I’ve never felt included even though I have “friends “ in still feel like I don’t belong,my adult grandson is on the spectrum and he can’t mask he’s just him and that’s hard on everyone because he has anger issues and he doesn’t understand why he does,he’s verbal and physical abled he’s 21 but not 😢

I have always had to mask because, since early childhood, I was denied as a human being. Even today, despite the masking, I'm still considered as trash. I ran out of spoons.

I think an earlier diagnosis could have made my life easier. The neurotypical world is so cruel.

You made me laugh out loud when you started talking about clinicians being aware of masking during diagnosis. Loved your reaction ❤

As a level 2 autistic, undiagnosed during childhood, I have never had friends or acquaintances, so no one has ever supported me, but, instead, people threatened me.

The more of us talking, the better. Huge support to you for speaking out. You got a new follower.

I totally agree. We're keeping learning because the neurotypical world didn't allow us to be us. And the world still makes it harder anyway.

Hi, glad to meet you. I'm level 2 autistic, undiagnosed during childhood, and I'm still struggling for my legal recognition. Challenges are harder for us.

Did a clinician diagnose you?

1st question: Have you suspected that you might have autism or did another person like a psychiatrist suspect the possibility of you being on the spectrum? 2nd leading question: If you suspected it yourself, why, when, and how did you start looking into the possibility?

Glad to have found your channel. I've recently been diagnosed with ADHD at age 59. This explains so many experiences throughout my life. Trying to work out how to better manage life. Thanks for this!