PERIMENOPAUSE DIARIES: My first symptoms, HRT journey, and what I wish I knew sooner
LATE BLOOMERS
Rich & Rox Pink
5.0 • 599 Ratings
🗓️ 29 April 2026
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of LATE BLOOMERS, Rox opens up about her perimenopause journey — from her very first symptoms at to recently starting HRT. She talks honestly about the brain fog that felt like being underwater, the exhaustion nothing could fix, and the moment she was convinced her life was over.
They unpack why perimenopause hits ADHD women harder, why nobody warned us this was coming, and the year Rox left her HRT unopened in the cupboard out of fear. Plus the male doctor who tried to talk her out of taking it.
Then comes the turnaround. Eight weeks into HRT, Rox describes getting her life back — her sleep, her energy, her confidence, her creativity. If you've been feeling weird in your body and wondering what's wrong with you, this one is for you.
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| 0:00.0 | You're noticing more brain fog than usual. You're forgetting things. You're suddenly feeling a little |
| 0:05.9 | bit hot when you didn't used to be. You're not enjoying the things that you used to love and you find |
| 0:11.3 | yourself wondering why can I no longer cope. The truth is you might be in perimenopause. |
| 0:17.7 | Like everything else, it's going to hit us ADHD ladies harder. So today I'm going to share |
| 0:24.1 | with you my perimenopause journey from my very first symptoms, thinking my life was over, to recently |
| 0:31.3 | starting HRT, in the hopes it might bring some comfort and make you feel a little bit less alone. |
| 0:38.2 | Welcome to late bloomers where we are getting our lives together. |
| 0:43.6 | Eventually. |
| 0:44.6 | Can I just say? |
| 0:46.4 | Bought you by loop here plugs. |
| 0:47.9 | Yeah, you can. |
| 0:48.5 | After you've said that, I was sitting here. |
| 0:51.7 | So this episode is going to work with me interviewing you about perimenopause, right? |
| 0:56.8 | Now, I am, I think, the perfect person to interview about perimenopause. Do you know why? |
| 1:03.3 | Why? Because I am going to ask you questions assuming I know nothing about it. |
| 1:09.3 | But I think that's perfect. Honestly, I didn't know anything about it. But I think that's perfect. |
| 1:11.4 | Honestly, I didn't know anything about it until it happened to me. |
| 1:15.1 | And I wish I'd known a little more. |
| 1:16.7 | So ask me anything. |
| 1:19.3 | No question too silly. |
| 1:21.3 | And of course, guys, we aren't doctors. |
| 1:23.7 | I'm just an old ADHD person who happens to be going through perimenopause and this is my story. |
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