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40. HORMONES: The Perimenopause Crash – Progesterone, Stress, and the Rage Nobody Warned Us About
Episode Description
Perimenopause can feel like being blindsided by a hormonal crash no one prepared you for. Mood swings, rage, insomnia, and anxiety get dumped in the ‘mum stress’ basket — as if biology crashing is just bad attitude.
For ADHD mums, the mix of perimenopause and neurodivergence is like juggling knives while the floor gives way. This episode calls out the silence around perimenopause, explains the real biological shifts at play, and validates the lived experience of being dismissed when your body is in crisis.
What We Cover in This Episode
- How plummeting progesterone and rising stress hormones fuel rage and anxiety
- Why ADHD + perimenopause is a double hit to emotional regulation
- The invisible cost of being told ‘it’s just motherhood’
- Why the system ignores women’s health at this stage of life
- The importance of recognising biology, not blaming character
This Episode Is For You If…
- You’ve felt overwhelming rage or mood swings that don’t make sense
- Doctors, family, or friends have minimised your perimenopause symptoms
- You’re an ADHD mum exhausted by exhaustion, sleepless nights, and slammed doors
- You need language that validates your experience instead of pathologising it
- You’re ready to understand what’s really happening to your body
🎧 Listen now: The Perimenopause Crash — on Spotify, Apple, or adhdmums.com.au
📚 Related Resources:
- Kylie Smart (ADHD & women’s health naturopath) — DIY Your ADHD course with ADHD Consultation Package
- Dr Lara Bryden’s book on perimenopause — one of the few that actually explains what’s happening instead of gaslighting you
- ADHD Mums Shop — resources and free assessment tools for ADHD and autism
🎧 Other Episode with Kylie Smart:
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Topics Covered
ADHD and perimenopause, ADHD mums and hormones, progesterone crash, perimenopause rage, neurodivergent women and menopause, stress hormones and ADHD, insomnia perimenopause, ADHD women’s health, hormone regulation in neurodivergence, menopause anxiety and rage, women’s health dismissal, ADHD mums podcast hormones series