I know this video is from 2 years ago, but I'm glad you mentioned period irregularity! I've always read in books and online that "period can very from person to person" (well, "women" would've been used, but I'm using more up-to-date language 😉), but I didn't know until I googled it that auties with uteri (uteruses?) can have irregular periods. And that having them 24 days apart isn't too unusual. (The book I had when I was a teen always said "every 28 days", and when I recently went to the doctor for UTI reasons she'd asked if my 26-day cycle was normal for me and I was like, "I think so...?") I keep a rough calculation in my bullet journal, but my cheapo dollar store bujo is almost all used up so I need to buy another dot grid notebook... or steal my mom's spare Leuchtturm... Anyway, I'm considering doing a year-long chart so I don't have to flip back-and-forth to check my monthly calendars.
i just switched to a menstrual cup and this may not work for some folks but they're sensory relief for me since it catches the blood before it exits the body and i always forget that it's there since it's entirely internal (which could be bad if executive dysfunction problems leads to issues with emptying the cup but setting an alarm could help)! it does mean more of a direct interaction with blood, but i find that if i remove and insert it in the shower it helps a lot.
They told you you can't use any pills to control your periods? Hi, I'm autistic, trans nonbinary, have migraines and probably endometriosis. I can't stand my periods and I had a pill for them. Then I got my first migraine with visible aura and my pills were just changes to another. I haven't had periods for three years now or died for stroke either. I should go and get a diagnose for endometriosis but being nonbinary, not like being naked or touched and those pills work for now, I haven't seeked a doctor yet. Also it's funny and sad when I ask for pills and they ask me about having kids and stuff. Please, I'm asexual, never having biological children and I'm just managing my endometriosis so back off.
Wow, I recently realised I’m autistic, I’ll be 28 this year and I identify as non binary, and I suffer so badly with my periods. I had to come home from work today and I was on UA-cam searching for something validating to how I feel right now, then I came across your video! I laughed out loud at many points, I love autistic brains 🧠
I'm autistic, nonbinary trans guy, and have severe stomach issues thanks to the A in vacterl, and I also have a large hemangioma on my right leg from knee to private area which increases my likely hood of a blood clot, which apparently so does the pills, and I appear to have PCOS. I only have one ovary left and yea ... I just want the whole uterus stuff gone, I don't want kids anyway and with my host of medical issues i'd be very high risk, unlikely to get pregnant, unlikely to carry it long enough if I magically did (and I also appear to have vaginismus so like, magically), and different issues make both ways to get a baby out very very bad. But what do doctors say? "Oh you must want kids" not hearing a word i've said, but I don't push it because the hemangioma is a mess in there too apparently making a hysterectomy high risk surgery. I'm really sorry i'm complicated. I don't want to be. Periods are a nightmare, and i'm currently on mine. I'm sorry for being TMI.
No such thing as TMI in an autistic crowd lol If it makes you feel any better, I've been a medical enigma since the age of 12 and most doctors are just kinda like "well... you have a system so just uh... yeh I'm just gonna let you do your thing" and never actually help me so I feel your pain on some level
@@disabled.autistic.lesbian I love how there is no such thing as TMI in an autistic crowd. My brain just refuses to understand the concept of TMI and it can be a bit much sometimes and i'm always trying to check myself with allistic people, but that's easier said than done.
Taking a class in NFP/FAM (natural family planning/fertility awareness method- both are very similar: NFP classes are largely lead by people who use no artificial birth control and FAM is by people who don't personally use the pill but aren't aginst other birth control methods) can also be helpful as they explain all the changes that the biological female goes through in a "month" including what they might notice physically. (And not just during periods.) While both NFP and FAM are more about using the info to either avoid pregnancy or achive it, just knowing that this seemingly weird thing means X and is normal (but not talked about) can be helpful.
Autism and endometriosis is an awful combination. My ovaries have been medically shut down for the last year after I had surgery for my endometriosis, and not having periods has been wonderful!
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A perfectly timed video, I just use Apple Health to track my period
Glad I found this channel. Great video, thank you.
I know this video is from 2 years ago, but I'm glad you mentioned period irregularity! I've always read in books and online that "period can very from person to person" (well, "women" would've been used, but I'm using more up-to-date language 😉), but I didn't know until I googled it that auties with uteri (uteruses?) can have irregular periods. And that having them 24 days apart isn't too unusual. (The book I had when I was a teen always said "every 28 days", and when I recently went to the doctor for UTI reasons she'd asked if my 26-day cycle was normal for me and I was like, "I think so...?")
I keep a rough calculation in my bullet journal, but my cheapo dollar store bujo is almost all used up so I need to buy another dot grid notebook... or steal my mom's spare Leuchtturm... Anyway, I'm considering doing a year-long chart so I don't have to flip back-and-forth to check my monthly calendars.
i just switched to a menstrual cup and this may not work for some folks but they're sensory relief for me since it catches the blood before it exits the body and i always forget that it's there since it's entirely internal (which could be bad if executive dysfunction problems leads to issues with emptying the cup but setting an alarm could help)! it does mean more of a direct interaction with blood, but i find that if i remove and insert it in the shower it helps a lot.
They told you you can't use any pills to control your periods? Hi, I'm autistic, trans nonbinary, have migraines and probably endometriosis. I can't stand my periods and I had a pill for them. Then I got my first migraine with visible aura and my pills were just changes to another. I haven't had periods for three years now or died for stroke either. I should go and get a diagnose for endometriosis but being nonbinary, not like being naked or touched and those pills work for now, I haven't seeked a doctor yet. Also it's funny and sad when I ask for pills and they ask me about having kids and stuff. Please, I'm asexual, never having biological children and I'm just managing my endometriosis so back off.
Wow, I recently realised I’m autistic, I’ll be 28 this year and I identify as non binary, and I suffer so badly with my periods. I had to come home from work today and I was on UA-cam searching for something validating to how I feel right now, then I came across your video! I laughed out loud at many points, I love autistic brains 🧠
Yay! Welcome :)
I'm autistic, nonbinary trans guy, and have severe stomach issues thanks to the A in vacterl, and I also have a large hemangioma on my right leg from knee to private area which increases my likely hood of a blood clot, which apparently so does the pills, and I appear to have PCOS. I only have one ovary left and yea ... I just want the whole uterus stuff gone, I don't want kids anyway and with my host of medical issues i'd be very high risk, unlikely to get pregnant, unlikely to carry it long enough if I magically did (and I also appear to have vaginismus so like, magically), and different issues make both ways to get a baby out very very bad. But what do doctors say? "Oh you must want kids" not hearing a word i've said, but I don't push it because the hemangioma is a mess in there too apparently making a hysterectomy high risk surgery.
I'm really sorry i'm complicated. I don't want to be. Periods are a nightmare, and i'm currently on mine. I'm sorry for being TMI.
No such thing as TMI in an autistic crowd lol
If it makes you feel any better, I've been a medical enigma since the age of 12 and most doctors are just kinda like "well... you have a system so just uh... yeh I'm just gonna let you do your thing" and never actually help me so I feel your pain on some level
@@disabled.autistic.lesbian I love how there is no such thing as TMI in an autistic crowd. My brain just refuses to understand the concept of TMI and it can be a bit much sometimes and i'm always trying to check myself with allistic people, but that's easier said than done.
@@LiteraryStoner I've personally dealt with it by avoiding neurotypical people at all costs, highly recommend ;)
Taking a class in NFP/FAM (natural family planning/fertility awareness method- both are very similar: NFP classes are largely lead by people who use no artificial birth control and FAM is by people who don't personally use the pill but aren't aginst other birth control methods) can also be helpful as they explain all the changes that the biological female goes through in a "month" including what they might notice physically. (And not just during periods.)
While both NFP and FAM are more about using the info to either avoid pregnancy or achive it, just knowing that this seemingly weird thing means X and is normal (but not talked about) can be helpful.
Autism and endometriosis is an awful combination. My ovaries have been medically shut down for the last year after I had surgery for my endometriosis, and not having periods has been wonderful!