04/06/2025
Growing interest, awareness, and understanding around perimenopause is so positive and helpful for women, myself included!
Perimenopause is a profound stage of hormonal transition for women, and has been described as a time of great hormonal instability & vulnerability.
It is often referred to as ‘the second puberty’, and in previous generations may have been mistaken for a ‘nervous breakdown’!
Perimenopause refers to the hormonal & physiological shifts that happen leading up to menopause. These changes can span about 10 years for most individuals, but can also begin in a woman’s late 30’s.
Early, subtle shifts in s*x hormones can have a profound impact on de-stabilising hormonal, neurological, and mental health, and contribute to symptoms such as heavy periods, flooding, fibroid growth, anxiety, and sleep disturbances. These changes can come on quickly and unexpectedly.
Here I explain 4 key changes that can occur, to a greater or lesser degree. I often explain these to patients, and it can be very relieving & helpful to understand what is driving some of their symptoms.
