This week on The Moody Divergent, we’re talking about diagnosis — and what happens when it doesn’t come with clarity or peace.

I share how I was first diagnosed with ADHD at 30, but it wasn’t until I hit perimenopause — and everything started to collapse — that I began to question whether something deeper was going on.

That hormonal crash led me to fight for answers, and eventually, I was diagnosed with autism.

This episode is about the grief that comes after the diagnosis.
The kind no one prepares you for.
The kind where you realise your whole life was misunderstood — not just by others, but by yourself too.

We also talk about the science behind perimenopause, dopamine, and why so many neurodivergent women don’t break down until midlife — because that’s when the mask finally slips.

If you’re there right now — spiralling, grieving, unpacking — you’re not broken. You’re just waking up.

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The Autism checklist for females.
https://the-art-of-autism.com/females-and-aspergers-a-checklist/

Embrace Autism where they have tests such as RAADS

https://embrace-autism.com/raads-r/

Research Papers :

Perfect Storm: Autistic experiences of menopause.

https://app.scholarai.io/paper?paper_id=DOI:10.1177/13623613241244548&original_url=https%3A%2F%2Fjournals.sagepub.com%2Fdoi%2Fabs%2F10.1177%2F13623613241244548

https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2%3A1779514&dswid=4241

https://app.scholarai.io/paper?paper_id=DOI:10.1177/10497323241253412&original_url=https%3A%2F%2Fjournals.sagepub.com%2Fdoi%2Fabs%2F10.1177%2F10497323241253412

https://app.scholarai.io/paper?paper_id=DOI:10.1177/13623613211059721&original_url=https%3A%2F%2Fjournals.sagepub.com%2Fdoi%2Fabs%2F10.1177%2F13623613211059721

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