Episode 7: BREAKING THROUGH THE GENX ADHD PERI/MENOPAUSE HELLSPIRAL with Andi Zeisler

⚡️DOES THE PATRIARCHY FEAR THE UNF*CKABLE CRONE? 🧙🏻🖕⚡️ On this weeks episode Host Alicia & Andi Zeisler - Bitch Media founder and Senior Culture Writer at Salon.com - have a rollicking conversation about adult onset ADHD and the rollercoaster of being a neurodivergent peri/menopausal woman in 2025. They dive into how the patriarchy’s fear of women aging into their power has been fueling criminal systemic disempowerment, how the ADHD peri-meno brain drain is REAL, and how reclaiming/restoring gender affirming hormonal health care FOR ALL HUMANS MUST be GENX’s legacy. ⁠MORE FROM ANDI ZEISLER⁠ ⁠⚡️SUBSCRIBE ❤️‍🔥SHARE❤️‍🔥AMPLIFY ⚡️ ⁠ ⚡️ ⁠MENOPUNKS ON YOUTUBE⁠⚡️ ⚡️MENOPUNKS IS A MISINFORMATION SHATTERING FEATURE DOCUMENTARY AND PODCAST ABOUT PERI/MENOPAUSE AND THE CREATIVE PROCESS SEEN THROUGH THE LENS OF DEFIANT GENX MUSICIANS, TRAILBLAZING DOCTORS AND OPINIONATED CELEBRITY CULTURE BEARERS⚡️ ⚡️GET ON THE LIST: ⁠www.menopunks.com⁠⚡️ CREATED/HOSTED BY: ⁠ALICIA J. ROSE⁠ DESIGN: ⁠JEN SBRAGIA⁠ DISTRO: ⁠RUINOUS MEDIA⁠ Theme Song: ⁠PARTY WITCH⁠ ⚡️❤️‍🔥⚡️❤️‍🔥⚡️🤘⚡️❤️‍🔥⚡️❤️‍🔥⚡️ Chapters 00:00 Introduction and Background 01:57 Exploring Gen X Women's Mental Health 05:43 The Impact of Hormones on Brain Health 09:53 Navigating Hormone Replacement Therapy 13:51 Coping with Aging and Mental Health 17:52 The Future of Hormonal Care for Women 22:01 Embracing the Present: Women Thriving in Midlife 26:42 The Structural Inequalities: Women and Mental Load 33:46 The Women's Health Initiative: A Turning Point in Women's Health 38:58 The Backlash: Hormone Therapy and the War on Women 47:43 The Generational Impact: Boomers, Gen X, and Hormonal Health 50:45 The Cultural Perception of Aging Women 53:52 The Impact of Misinformation on Women's Health 56:50 The Need for Knowledge and Self-Advocacy 59:44 Pop Culture's Role in Women's Health Awareness 01:02:31 The Hormonal Journey and Future Perspectives