You walked into the kitchen and have no idea why. You lost a word mid-sentence in a meeting (a word you’ve used a thousand times) and had to talk around the hole in your own vocabulary while everyone waited. You’ve…
It’s 3am and you’re awake again. Not anxious about anything in particular, just awake, heart going slightly too fast, staring at the ceiling and doing the maths on how many hours you have left before the kids are up. You’re…
You’ve had PMS for twenty years. You know the drill: the few rough days before your period, the irritability, the bloating, the mood that lifts the moment you bleed. So when things started feeling worse over the past year or…
You’re 38. Maybe 37, maybe 39. Something has been off for months: the sleep that breaks at 3am, the anxiety that arrived without an invitation, the moods that don’t match the day you’re having. You typed ‘why am I getting…
You snapped. At your partner over something small. At your kids over something you would have brushed off two years ago. Maybe at a colleague, or at yourself, standing in the kitchen wondering why you’re this angry about nothing. And…
Quick answer: Perimenopause and anxiety share nearly identical symptoms, but they have different mechanisms, different triggers, and different treatments. The key difference: perimenopause anxiety is hormonally driven, often follows your menstrual cycle, and typically arrives alongside sleep disruption and period…
It’s late. You’re tired, bone-tired in a way that sleep doesn’t fix anymore, and you’re Googling something you’re not entirely sure you’re allowed to Google yet. Because perimenopause is for women in their 50s, right? Older than you. Except something…