Posts Tagged ‘adhd’

Menopause and ADHD: How to navigate hormone flux and neurodivergence is a book by Helen Wall.

Wall is a GP and menopause specialist, and this book shares her professional expertise in an accessible wall. It is written with an ADHD/menopause brain in mind: under 200 pages divided into eight chapters, each one with a summary at the start and a bullet pointed summary at the end. It is written from a medical perspective and talks a lot about hormones and their impact, but in a way that is easy to follow and includes practical advice on identification, speaking to your GP, diagnosis and treatment options.

It doesn’t have the same depth as Autistic Menopause, which is based on lived-experience research and participant stories, and also provides a comprehensive introduction to menopause if you are new to the topic. But given how easy to read this book is, it is well worth getting both.

Last week, we can two more events for Leeds Autism Practice. The Science of AuDHD: Understanding Autism, ADHD, and How They Combine explored theories behind neurodivergence, including monotropism, double empathy, interest-based nervous systems, and many other theories. We then went onto explore what these looked like in a combined presentation of AuDHD.

Leeds Autism Practice is now officially offering AuDHD assessments. It is something we have been working with for a while so it made sense to publicly shout about it a bit more. Currently, our AuDHD assessment service is limited to adults which is ironic given the photo above. But Venla and I also look these lovely photos recently, so I’m sharing that, too.

Last weekend I attended the Neurodiversity Ireland Summit as part of my role working with a student counselling service. I was able to go to the neuroaffirmative practice talk and the autism in girls and non-sterotypical presentations. They were both fascinating and included a talk and a panel discussion. I was also impressed that a room full of people, many of whom were ADHD, sit still for three hours ?. I’ve come away with pages of notes and interesting stuff to look up.