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Perimenopause, explained properly
Long reads on the six things women report most, written in plain language, with every source named and every personal medical decision left where it belongs, with you and your doctor.
Why can't I sleep? What perimenopause does to your nights
Sleep often breaks in the years before menopause, and there are physical reasons why. What changes, what the research says, and what women commonly try.
Waking at 3am: why it happens in perimenopause and what helps
Falling asleep fine, then wide awake at 3am with a racing mind. The physiology behind the small-hours waking, and what women commonly change to soften it.
Magnesium and sleep in perimenopause: what the evidence actually says
Magnesium is the supplement women hear about most for midlife sleep. What the research supports, what it doesn't, and how to read a label without being sold to.
Questions to ask your doctor about sleep and perimenopause
Broken sleep deserves a proper appointment. The questions worth asking your doctor, how to describe the problem so it lands, and a free tool that preps the whole conversation.
Why am I so tired? Perimenopause exhaustion, explained
Exhaustion is the most commonly reported change of perimenopause, ahead of hot flashes. What is actually behind it, what is worth ruling out, and what women commonly change.
Exhausted, but the blood tests came back normal
You went, you were tested, you were told everything is fine, and you are still exhausted. What normal actually rules out, what it does not, and what to ask next.
How long does perimenopause fatigue last?
The honest answer to how long midlife exhaustion goes on for, what tends to change it, and why the timeline is less useful than it sounds.
Questions to ask your doctor about exhaustion and perimenopause
Exhaustion is easy to wave off and hard to describe. The questions worth asking, how to describe it so it lands, and a free tool that preps the whole conversation.
Why am I so angry? Perimenopause rage, explained
The sudden fury that seems to come from nowhere is one of the most commonly described experiences of perimenopause and one of the least discussed. What is behind it, and what women find helps.
Anxiety that arrives without a reason
The feeling turns up first and your brain goes looking for something to attach it to. Why anxiety is so common in perimenopause, and what women find helps.
Is this perimenopause, or is it depression?
Low mood in your forties is commonly put down to hormones, and sometimes it is something that needs treating. How clinicians tell them apart, and why you do not have to decide alone.
Questions to ask your doctor about mood and perimenopause
Mood is the thing women most want to talk about and the thing least likely to reach the notes. How to describe it so it lands, and the questions worth asking.
Brain fog in perimenopause: why it happens
Losing a word mid-sentence, walking into a room with no idea why. What is understood about midlife brain fog, what makes it worse, and what women find helps.
Is perimenopause brain fog permanent?
The question most women are really asking, including whether this is the start of dementia. What the research says, how the patterns differ, and when to be seen.
Brain fog at work, and how to protect the job you are good at
Losing a word in front of a client is not the same problem as losing it at home. What protects the work, what to say, and what you are not obliged to explain.
Questions to ask your doctor about brain fog
Brain fog is easy to describe badly and easy to dismiss. How to describe it so it lands, what is worth ruling out, and the questions worth asking.
Why am I gaining weight in perimenopause?
Same food, same habits, different body. What actually changes in these years, what the evidence supports, and why most of what is sold for this does not work.
Perimenopause belly fat: what is actually going on
Weight moving to the middle is one of the most reliably reported changes of this stage, and one of the most heavily marketed to. What causes it and what genuinely helps.
Protein and strength: the two things that actually change this
If you only change two things in these years, the evidence points at these. How much protein, what strength training actually means, and where to start.
Questions to ask your doctor about weight in perimenopause
Weight is the conversation most likely to end with advice you have already tried. How to make it a useful appointment, including on the injections.
Why your digestion changed in perimenopause
Digestive problems are reported as often as broken sleep in perimenopause and mentioned a fraction as much. What changes, why, and what tends to help.
Perimenopause bloating: what helps and what to watch for
Flat in the morning, uncomfortable by evening. Why bloating shows up in perimenopause, the changes that tend to work, and the version that needs a doctor.
What to eat when your gut has become fussier
How to change what you eat for a midlife gut without cutting out half your diet, and how to find out what is actually causing it.
Questions to ask your doctor about gut symptoms in midlife
Gut symptoms get put down to diet, stress and the menopause. How to describe yours so they are looked at properly, and what to ask.
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