Author: Lisa Keller
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Perimenopause Itchy Skin and That Crawling Sensation
Itchy skin and the sensation of insects crawling where nothing is crawling are both documented parts of the transition, and both are far less well measured…
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Waking Up at 3am Perimenopause: Why You Are Not Even Hot
The 3am wake with no sweat and no trigger is sleep maintenance insomnia, the most common sleep complaint of the transition. What the evidence shows, and…
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Perimenopause Heart Palpitations: When to Get Checked
Palpitations in midlife are usually benign, but the published evidence is narrower and more contested than the standard reassurance suggests. What four primary sources actually found,…
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Perimenopause Joint Pain: Why It Is Not Just Getting Older
Aching hands, stiff mornings and a shoulder that froze for no reason get blamed on age. The pooled research disagrees, and the numbers behind the famous…
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Cold Night Sweats: Why You Wake Up Freezing and Soaked
Waking up cold and damp rather than hot is the second half of a hot flash, and the half almost nobody writes about. Here is the…
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Sore Breasts in Perimenopause: Why Now and When to Check
Breast pain sits on the NHS list of hormonal causes and is missing from its menopause symptom list. What erratic oestradiol does, and what gets checked.
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What to Actually Write Down in a Perimenopause Symptom Diary
Cycle start dates, not mood ratings. What the STRAW+10 arithmetic actually needs, why recalled irregularity is unreliable, and the two pages worth taking to an appointment.
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Why Perimenopause Symptoms Come and Go, Then Come Back
Feeling fine for three weeks and then not is the pattern, not the exception. What the measured hormone data show, and where the evidence runs out.
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No Periods to Track: Recognising Perimenopause on the Pill, a Coil, or After Surgery
The usual advice is to track your cycle. That is no help with a hormonal coil, a pill packet or no uterus. Here is what the…
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Perimenopause Rage and Irritability: What the Research Actually Shows
Irritability was reported by 79.3% of participants aged 35 and over in the largest global perimenopause survey. But measured anger falls across midlife, and irritability tracks…
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Your Hormone Test Came Back Normal. Here Is What It Can and Cannot Rule Out
FSH rises and falls from one cycle to the next. A single normal reading captures one day of a system that does not hold still, and…
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Best Perimenopause Supplements: What the Evidence Supports
Most perimenopause supplements are marketing. A handful have real evidence, and most of those simply correct something you are actually short of.