Perimenopause 101

You did everything right. You advocated for yourself, got the prescription, started your HRT — and then your hair started […]

You finally got your blood work back. Your GP glanced at the results, looked up, and said something like “Everything

You open your eyes. It’s 5:47am. And before you’ve even remembered what day it is, your heart is already hammering.

You’re mid-sentence and you just… stop. The word is gone. Not on the tip of your tongue — just gone.

You’re eating the same way you always have. Maybe even less. And yet you’re starving. Not peckish. Not “could go

You wake up at 3am. Heart pounding. Thoughts already spiralling before you’ve even fully opened your eyes. A wave of

You’re still getting your period. Maybe it’s a little different than it used to be — heavier, lighter, earlier, later

You got your labs back. Your estrogen is undetectable — like, actually undetectable — and you’re sitting there thinking, surely

If you’ve been following the hormone therapy conversation for any length of time, you probably felt it too — that

You’ve probably seen it. The wellness influencer with the flawless skin and suspiciously flat stomach talking about her “peptide protocol.”