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Late Diagnosed AuDHD/menopause/single mum

Kali_54Casual Contributor

Late Diagnosed AuDHD/menopause/single mum

It's a lot! And yeah, it happens in cycles. For a while there I'm doing great, masking, doing all the stuff that a mum needs to do, then wham! I burn out can't mask anymore. All the while I'm trying to process the autism and ADHD that I spent my whole life not knowing about but looking back can see it so clearly. And the menopause, oh my goddess, that just puts a whole new spin on it and I'm trying to navigate all this while home educating two ND kids. Any others relate? I feel so very alone with all this.

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scorpiomoon21New Contributor

Re: Late Diagnosed AuDHD/menopause/single mum

I can sort of relate! I've just been diagnosed with ADHD as well and Im a single mum of 3! The burn out is real as a single mum... I feel like we hold it together for so long and then something else adds to our load and we completely crash! Are you on anything for the ADHD? [Edited by moderator] You should be proud of yourself for everything your doing 🙂 forgive yourself for being human and slipping sometimes!

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Kali_54Casual Contributor

Re: Late Diagnosed AuDHD/menopause/single mum

Hi Scorpiomoon21,

No, I'm not on any medication just trying as much as I can to do it holistically. Most of the time I am proud of myself, and I hope you treat yourself the same? I just found a really great podcast https://emrusciano.com/anomalous/

So, hoping to give it a go after my current listen.

Thanks for responding to my very late night message.

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ManeTeddyContributor

Re: Late Diagnosed AuDHD/menopause/single mum

same...

i feel like i was stuck in a stuck...lol

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Kali_54Casual Contributor

Re: Late Diagnosed AuDHD/menopause/single mum

OMG Yes!

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Captain24Senior Contributor

Re: Late Diagnosed AuDHD/menopause/single mum

I’m not a mum but I have the rest of it @Kali_54. I have 2 dogs though that are my babies and one is diabetic. But that’s nothing compared to what you have going on!

Just know that I hear you.

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