My Story

As a child, I was obsessed with Solid Gold. I’d pretend I was one of the dancers, make up routines and jump around the house until Mum and Dad told me to stop because the wooden floor underneath the carpet was thumping.

Then I’d drift off and get told off for daydreaming.

Then perimenopause arrived, and things started happening that had never happened before.

Brain fog. My hair started thinning. My skin changed. Dryness down below. Itchy earlobes.

I’d forget words halfway through a sentence or walk into a room and forget why I was there.

One day, I wore two completely different earrings to meet my husband for coffee. I didn’t even notice.

I remember thinking, “What is going on with my body?”

At first, I thought it was all perimenopause. But the more closely I looked at what was happening, the more I realised some of these patterns had been there for years.

ADHD explained a lot.

It hadn’t suddenly appeared. Perimenopause had made things much harder to manage and disrupted the ways I’d always compensated.

I sometimes joke that ADHD and perimenopause decided to have their own little party, and I was the last person to get the invitation.

I wanted to understand what was happening, so I read everything I could get my hands on.

But the real turning point came one day when I was spiralling over my finances.

Nothing terrible had happened. My brain had simply raced ahead to every possible worst-case scenario, and I couldn’t think my way out of it.

I didn’t need more information. I didn’t need another symptom tracker. And I definitely didn’t need someone telling me to think positively.

I needed calm, structured guidance. I needed help organising my thinking.

So I slowed everything down.

What had actually happened?

What did I know for certain?

What was I worried might happen?

What could I control?

What should I do next?

My situation hadn’t changed, but I could think clearly again.

That was the moment InTune was born.

I wanted something that could help me sort through the mess, see what was happening, work out what I needed and decide what to do next.

Something that could help me see patterns over time and organise the information so I could take a clearer picture to my doctor.

I built the app I wished I’d had on the days when my brain wasn’t cooperating.

If you’ve ever found yourself wondering, “What is going on with me?” I hope InTune helps you make sense of it.

One day at a time.

With love,

Danielle ♥