Why Your Coping Strategies Stopped Working in Perimenopause - with Faye Lawrence
If you’ve spent your whole life feeling like you’re failing at things everyone else finds easy, your ADHD may only be surfacing now because perimenopause has pulled back the curtain on it.
Faye Lawrence, a counsellor, psychologist and ADHD coach who also specialises in grey area drinking, unpacks why so many women are only discovering they have ADHD in their 40s and 50s. She shares the lifestyle tools and supplements her clients lean on alongside or instead of medication. I loved this conversation because I know so many women listening are finally going to feel seen.
The big ideasKey Takeaways
- 01Falling hormones in perimenopause can strip away the coping strategies that masked ADHD for decades, which is why so many women are only diagnosed in midlife.
- 02There is a strong overlap between ADHD and addiction, and alcohol often becomes a way to quiet a busy, overwhelmed brain.
- 03Screening, lifestyle tools, supplements and understanding your cycle can all help, and an ADHD brain comes with real strengths too.
Jump straight inEpisode Chapters
- How Faye Lawrence Went From Addiction To ADHD
- Why Perimenopause Hormones Trigger ADHD Symptoms
- Why Doctors Missed ADHD In Women For Decades
- Why 43% Of ADHD Develop Addiction
- Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria Explained
- Why Late ADHD Diagnosis Causes Grief And Rage
- The 3 Types Of ADHD Explained
- Why ADHD Causes Time Blindness
- How ADHD Burnout Affects Your Physical Health
- How To Get Screened For Adult ADHD
- Best Supplements For Managing ADHD Symptoms
- How Your Cycle Affects ADHD Symptoms
- The Hidden Strengths Of An ADHD Brain
- Where To Find Faye Lawrence
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Meet your guestFaye Lawrence
Faye Lawrence is a counsellor, psychologist and ADHD coach based in Australia who also works as a grey area drinking coach. After her own recovery from alcohol in 2017 and a later ADHD diagnosis in 2022, she now specialises in helping women in midlife understand the overlap between ADHD, perimenopause and their relationship with alcohol, drawing on both lived experience and clinical training in psychology and counselling.
Sarah Rusbatch is an accredited Health and Wellbeing Coach and one of Australia’s leading experts on grey area drinking. Her podcast, Stronger, Bolder, Wiser, is the go-to space for women who are questioning their relationship with alcohol, navigating life alcohol-free, or simply curious about what life could look like on the other side of the bottle.
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