children.

And I never for a long time even considered that I might be neurodivergent until perimenopause came along.

And everything just sort of fell apart really for me.

And I, at the time, assumed it was just the symptoms of perimenopause.

And...

So I sort of went down the route of pursuing HRT to see whether that would help.

And at the time I was told, you know, I was a little bit young and instead I was referred to a rheumatologist, actually a consultant rheumatologist, because I had very debilitating joint pain and there was a concern that I might have inflammatory arthritis.

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