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So not everyone feels like this..
91 upvotes, 7 comments. Sidechat image post by Anonymous in Autistic girl community. "So not everyone feels like this.."
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Anonymous 2w

Ohhhhhhhhhh oh my god I really had no idea why I was feeling like this

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Anonymous 2w
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Anonymous 2w

i need to verify this

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Anonymous 2w

….this explains a lot

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Anonymous 2w

What do I do when that happens? I am not diagnosed with PMDD but I have those symptoms during those days

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 2w

- an older study showed that 92% of inpatient autistic women with learning disabilities had symptoms of late luteal phase dysphoric disorder compared to 11% of women with learning disabilities who were not autistic - a newer study found no statistically significant increase in PMDD (14.3% in autistic women vs 9.5% in non autistic women) - so basically some autistic women do report PMDD symptoms but the 10x thing isn’t really true, and the claim that it’s because of a greater serotonin dip+

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 2w

+ and not just because autism symptoms react negatively with pre menstrual symptoms (shocker /s) is completely unsubstantiated. - actually, ADHD alone has strong evidence for association with PMDD (6.4x more likely to have it), ASD alone does not. so if you’re an audhd girlie there you go

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