Perimenopause made my ADHD unmanageable at 46. Is HRT part of the conversation?

Perimenopause can make ADHD feel unmanageable for some people in their forties, and hormone replacement therapy may come up in the same appointments. HRT is a treatment discussion for menopausal symptoms. It is not an ADHD indication and it is not an ADHD treatment. Related reading: https://www.fastreat.com/HRT References: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng23 https://www.fastreat.com/HRT https://www.nhs.uk/medicines/hormone-replacement-therapy-hrt/ https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/menopause/

At 46 I was dropping balls I used to juggle, and I asked the ADHD clinician whether hormones were even part of the conversation. They did not hand me HRT as an ADHD fix. I still had to book menopause care separately, which took months on my provincial plan. I keep a list of night sweats versus lost keys. Only my forties, and I would not tell anyone HRT will quiet their ADHD.

Honestly HRT came up with my GP first, for sleep and flushes, not because anyone promised it would treat ADHD. I still needed the stimulant conversation on a different day. Some weeks I feel more like myself on both tracks, some weeks I do not. I did not start or stop anything from a thread. Just my overlapping appointments, and I would not tell anyone their forties will look like mine.