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Divergent Menopause (previously The Autistic Perimenopause)

Fiercely advocating to raise awareness on temporary fluctuations and regressions in capacity during our neurodivergent menopause transition. A safe space for our community to unmask, co-regulate, and share knowledge to self-advocate. samgallowayaudhd.substack.com

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27:48

ADHD Meets Menopause: A Volatile Mix

Divergent Menopause (previously The Autistic... ·

2025/11/05

Hello and welcome to Divergent Menopause, previously known as The Autistic Perimenopause: A Temporary Regression.I’m Sam Galloway (she/her) and I am an AuDHD woman ten weeks into surgical menopause (hysterectomy).If you are interested about why I needed the surgery, you can read more here.Thanks for joining me on this wild midlife ride! 🎢October was World ADHD Awareness Month and World Menopause Awareness MonthAs you are here, chances are that you are already aware of both Attention Deficit

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12:58

🎧 1: What is creativity and why does it matter?

Divergent Menopause (previously The Autistic... ·

2025/11/04

I am delighted to be joined by Allegra Chapman (she/her) from Creative Fix!Together Allegra and I have created this four part mini series on the importance of creativity during the menopause transition and beyond.1) What creativity is and why it matters,2) How to fit it in around needs and what activities work for different needs3) Special interests and “accidental” creativity and stuff that’s creative that you don’t think about4) How your creative practice changes as your needs change... or how

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71:17

Neurodivergent peri/menopause, PMDD and...

Divergent Menopause (previously The Autistic... ·

2025/10/20

Content warning: Discussion of suicidal ideation.Themes 💕Hormonal literacy | Mental health | Neurodivergent self-advocacy | Medical gaslighting | Access inequality | Post-surgical recovery | PMDD symptom improvement“When I try to raise awareness — what IAPMD does — their mission is awareness and education.And I think that’s really where any woman or uterus owner should begin: with knowing.I know that’s hard — it’s executive function all over the place — but truly, information is everything.I’ll

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43:40

Happy World Menopause Day 2025!

Divergent Menopause (previously The Autistic... ·

2025/10/17

Hello and welcome to Divergent Menopause, previously known as The Autistic Perimenopause: A Temporary Regression.I am Sam Galloway (she/her) and I am an AuDHD woman seven weeks into surgical menopause (hysterectomy).If you are interested, you can read more on why I needed the surgery here.Thanks for joining me on this wild midlife ride! 🎢October 18th marks the annual event that is World Menopause Awareness Day! In this video and podcast episode, I take you through the advice (see the six posters

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21:10

Part 4: Nervous System Regulation in Neurodivergent...

Divergent Menopause (previously The Autistic... ·

2025/09/27

Hello and welcome to Divergent Menopause, previously known as The Autistic Perimenopause: A Temporary Regression. I am Sam Galloway (she/her) and I am an AuDHD woman four weeks into surgical menopause (hysterectomy). If you are interested, there is more on why I needed the surgery here. Thanks for joining me on this wild midlife ride! 🎢Hi All, Welcome to the final video of the mini series with Amanda Hanna from SomaPsych. I hope you have enjoyed it! Please let me know in the comments whether you

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14:08

Part 3: Nervous System Regulation in Neurodivergent...

Divergent Menopause (previously The Autistic... ·

2025/09/20

Hi Team Auti Peri, Welcome to the third video in the series with Amanda Hanna from SomaPsych. In this episode we explore how to:* identify our individual patterns of current or recurrent pain flares* be present at times of reduced pain or “good moments”* encourage the nervous system to imprint soothing and regulating patterns in our bodies.How does the nervous system get to know what is painful? What is uncomfortable? What’s tension versus tightness? Please share in the poll which techniques

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13:27

From Auti Peri to Divergent Menopause

Divergent Menopause (previously The Autistic... ·

2025/09/19

📣 Great news! The Autistic Perimenopause: A Temporary Regression has been renamed Divergent Menopause. Yay!! 💕It’s less of a mouthful, for sure. Only the name has changed, it is still me - Sam Galloway (she/her) and my faithful ragdoll cats Harry and Toby - steering the good ship Divergent Menopause. TL;DRWhy “Divergent”? Inclusivity.Why “Menopause”? Verb, not noun. To cover the entire menopause transition and beyond. Why the rename? For the sake of inclusivity for all our differently wired

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13:41

Part 2: Nervous System Regulation in Neurodivergent...

Divergent Menopause (previously The Autistic... ·

2025/09/12

Hello to you, Welcome to the second part of this four part video series with Amanda Hanna from SomaPsych. You can watch Part 1 here. In the first video we discussed techniques to use in the margins of our day to regulate our nervous systems and feel restedThis time we focus on sleep, which can be so elusive to neurodivergent people in times of hormonal flux. Let’s face it, sleep can be hard for us throughout our lifespan. As children, we may have formed negative associations with sleep depending on

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15:59

Part 1: Nervous System Regulation in Neurodivergent...

Divergent Menopause (previously The Autistic... ·

2025/09/05

Hi Team Auti Peri!Well, here it is! The first part of four in this series on nervous system regulation, yay! I would like to take this opportunity to once again thank the lovely Amanda Hanna of SomaPsych for sharing her time and expertise with our community. At SomaPsych, we empower resilience and transformation through trauma-informed care and somatic practices - from individual restoration to collective social change.Amanda weaves science with embodied wisdom, crafting spaces where curiosity

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23:01

Burnout Prevention at The Autistic Perimenopause 💕

Divergent Menopause (previously The Autistic... ·

2025/07/25

Dear Team Auti Peri, Thanks for being here, your presence means the world to me!Contents summary* Why I am taking August off* Things you might like to do to contribute at The Autistic Perimenopause* Exciting plans for September on nervous system regulation in neurodivergent hormonal flux with sneak preview!* Recap of the Autism Adapted Suicide Safety Plan with links to the Newcastle University document, and my previous video and audio step-by-step guide* Bonus content only in this audio recording: A

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12:22

The Sensory Overload of Menstruation

Divergent Menopause (previously The Autistic... ·

2025/07/09

Hi, I’m Sam Galloway and I have been writing from the nuanced and complex intersection of neurodivergence and menopause for over a year now at The Autistic Perimenopause: A Temporary Regression. I am so glad you are here!Content warning: ectopic pregnancy, abortion, miscarriage, blood, surgery, chronic pain. Every week I forged a sick note for my high school physical education (PE) teacher that said I couldn’t do PE that week, because I was on my period. Every week my PE teacher told me that I

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25:56

Urinary Incontinence in Perimenopause and Beyond

Divergent Menopause (previously The Autistic... ·

2025/06/15

How has this happened?Birthing two big babies vaginally over a decade ago has finally backfired on me. It’s been a slow burn, with bumps along the path that have led me to a diagnosis of mixed urinary incontinence. It shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise because I experienced extreme fecal urgency shortly after having my first son. He was born weighing a mighty 9lbs 6oz, and required an episiotomy, where the doctor took a pair of scissors to my perineum to dislodge him from my birth canal. I had

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12:46

(Live) Unboxing Newt! 🦎 My handmade bespoke order...

Divergent Menopause (previously The Autistic... ·

2025/06/09

Thank you so much to the incredible Tamsin at 3 Red Cabbage Heads - poetry, knitting and essays of life on Substack! For more amazing bespoke knitted ambhibians and other creatures, check out Tamsin’s Art Makes section.Newt flew all the way from the UK to NZ. No - on a plane, silly! Newts can’t fly. If they could, I wouldn’t be such a fan of them. *shudders*My Nan’s house in Alperton, London was as urban as could be - the opposite of the rural village of Cornelistrum, Co. Galway in Ireland from

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20:09

Crone Goals: Why I’m Asking for a Hysterectomy and...

Divergent Menopause (previously The Autistic... ·

2025/06/02

Welcome to The Autistic Perimenopause: A Temporary Regression. I’m Sam Galloway and I have been documenting my despair fiercely advocating here for over a year now. Time flies when you are dissociating having fun! The Autistic Perimenopause is a safe community space for sharing our lived experience of our neurodivergent menopause. Together, we explore how hormonal flux affects us day to day, how safely unmasking helps us to self-regulate, and how to hang on when it all feels too much. Cat photos

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20:26

A Uterus Full of Stories

Divergent Menopause (previously The Autistic... ·

2025/05/25

Trigger warning: Discussion of suicidal ideation, depression, gynaecological healthcare, chronic pain, pregnancy loss, death, cancer, surgery, blood, medical misogyny, mental health conditions. Please take care when reading. If you make it to the end, cute cat photos await you. But no pressure. 🐈 🐈Art therapy is a recent and later in life addition to my emotional toolkit. And thank goodness, because I need all the help and catharsis I can glean right now. So when my art therapist, EJ, texted me to

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24:32

My Gum Graft, My Third Child: What Perimenopause Did...

Divergent Menopause (previously The Autistic... ·

2025/05/11

Content warning: if you experience fear of the dentist, please take care when reading. TL;DR*Fluctuating/reduced estrogen in perimenopause can mean bone density reduces in jaws, jaw changes, exposed teeth/receding gums leave us vulnerable to loosening/losing teeth. Prevention is definitely better than cure, especially in the case of periodontal disease.Avoid over brushing and under brushing. The Goldilocks Effect may just help you avoid a gum graft. *Guess what? I have no dentistry training, but my

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15:47

Why Anti-Goals Work Best For Neurodivergent People:...

Divergent Menopause (previously The Autistic... ·

2025/05/06

Wowee, this post I released in the perineum festive break between Christmas and New Year 2024 has now had 10k+ views, 800+ likes, 100+ comments, and 100+ restacks:I am delighted it has resonated with so many people! I am still receiving comments on the post - although annoyingly not receiving notifications for them all…Thanks to demand avoidance, I have held out months before finally recording and releasing the audio voiceover. How apt!There are loads of comments in the original post if you would

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23:18

The Mind-Blowing Symptoms of Perimenopause... 🤯

Divergent Menopause (previously The Autistic... ·

2025/05/03

Hi Team Auti Peri, My autistic perimenopause is an absolute shitshow right now. How is yours treating you? This week I have had bodily aches and last night I convinced myself to do the five minute evening yoga flow that used to be habitual. I don’t know if my body was aching because I hadn’t been doing it but, just as I was gently finishing triangle pose a muscle below my left hip absolutely wrenched itself! I couldn't breathe, whilst *trying* to breathe into it (those hypnobirthing sessions I took

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64:01

Rest and Creativity in Neurodivergent Menopausal...

Divergent Menopause (previously The Autistic... ·

2025/04/26

Thank you to Kristi Keller 🇨🇦, Tamu Thomas and many others for joining my live video with Allegra Chapman!Bonus! Scroll to the end of post for a gratuitous cute cat photo... 🐈 ⬇️Let's talk about creativity, rest, and why you are doing better than you think — even on the hard days.TL;DR: Rest, Creativity, and Self-Compassion* Creativity looks different for everyone, especially if you're neurodivergent, disabled, menopausal or raising kids.* You don't need to create every day. Rest is part of the

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15:26

Happy World Hormone Day: A Peek Inside My Medicine...

Divergent Menopause (previously The Autistic... ·

2025/04/24

Hello! I just found out that today, April 24th, is World Hormone Day! It is already getting late into the evening here in Aotearoa NZ. But better late than never. I recorded a last minute video to share with you, where I talk about my hormone replacement therapy (HRT) regimen. There is no attempt to persuade you to try it (although vaginal Ovestin cream is the best!), but more of a run through of my regimen, and I share tips I have picked up to make application and absorption as unmessy and icky as

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