Published on 12, July, 2020
I don't know why but I feel more lonely and anxious as a woman of fifty two, than I did within my thirties and forties, when I had a fewer mental health difficulties. However then
I was not diagnosed as autistic but thought I was like everybody else and not realising I was different, except in company. Now I feel more alone as I grew older and am going through
the change, wondering if that has an effect on my wiring in my brain. Has anyone else wondered what hormones and ageing has upon autism, I am sure that it does not help matters.
I had struggled to relate to other people all my life and had huge problems because of it, and had increasing problems with sensory over load. It wasn't until I got menopausal that I even considered that…
Hi, I came across this: https://research.ncl.ac.uk/adultautismspectrum/
I'm not sure how helpful it will be, but it might be worth a look. It seems that autism hasn't been very well recognized until recently…
One thing is for sure - the older you get, the more you will get to experience significant losses. My father died in 2015, my mother now has vascular dementia, for example. These could be difficult relationships…
Hi Bardic Poet,,,I just resurrected a thread from long ago,(Help! Are there any women in this community with ASD.),,it is very long but was intended to discuss many of the issues relating to later diagnosed females...it has very useful information. Treat it as a nice book to read as it did stray off topic often. But overall it had many things discussed primarily by women. I was the interloper being a Male,,,,sssshhhh I sneaked in,,,But was made an honorary female Lol.
It became very popular and indeed new updated versions were started to make it easier to read,,,when threads get long it means a lot of scrolling and hunting to find nested replies.
good luck,,,
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