Tired at two in the afternoon, brain like wet concrete, and not sure whether you need a hug or the floor? In this episode, Danielle shares what she wishes her husband knew about living with ADHD in perimenopause: the extreme tiredness, the need for space, the hormone rage, the body changes, and why saying exactly what you need beats making your partner guess.

She also goes through what the research says about sleep, ADHD and perimenopause, and she’s upfront about where the research is thin or missing. You’ll hear a few things worth asking your doctor about, plus what helps in her own life.

This episode is a follow-up to the most popular one on the show, what women wish their partners knew about ADHD. It’s for women with ADHD going through perimenopause, and for the partners who want to understand.

This episode shares lived experience and general information. It isn’t medical advice, so please talk to your doctor about your own health.

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Danielle shares what she wishes her husband knew about ADHD and perimenopause, from the exhaustion to the hormone rage, with honest research on what’s known and what isn’t, and what you can try.

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Waking up hungover without a drink, aching like you’ve got the flu, and losing the ability to solve problems you once nailed? In this episode, Danielle shares her story of a brutal year and a half: grief, perimenopause flare-ups that landed her in hospital, and a late ADHD realisation at fifty-three. She then walks through the self-care strategies that have helped other women with ADHD, and what a clinician says about how ADHD and perimenopause overlap and what that could mean for treatment. If you’ve been wondering what the hell is wrong with you, this one’s for you.

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Grief, perimenopause, untreated ADHD and a few drinks too many: this is the story of my worst money stretch, and what the research can and can't tell us about it. I look at studies linking ADHD to impulsive buying, debt and difficulty waiting for a reward, and at the documented link between alcohol and online shopping. I'm also upfront about the gaps. I couldn't find research on ADHD, perimenopause and money together, or on grief and spending, so I share my wonderings as wonderings, not findings. I finish with what the evidence says might help, and what I actually do now: a simple three-column notebook, a 24 to 48 hour rule before buying anything, and no more lay-by apps. If you'd rather poke a fork in your eye than look at your finances, you're not broken, and this one's for you.

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Straight talk on ADHD and perimenopause on substack: https://substack.com/@adhdmenopausehub