Understanding menopause
Menopause is a natural stage of life. That doesn’t mean you have to put up with how it feels. Good information is the first step to good decisions.
The three stages
Perimenopause is the transition before your last period. Hormone levels rise and fall unpredictably, often from your mid-40s, so symptoms can come and go and periods usually change before they stop.
Menopause is your final period, confirmed once you have gone 12 months without one. In the UK the average age is 51.
Postmenopause is everything after. Some symptoms ease, others such as vaginal dryness can continue, and bone and heart health matter more.
- PerimenopauseThe years of change before periods stop, and why it is often missed.
- SymptomsMore than hot flushes: mood, sleep, joints, skin, bladder and more.
- HRT explainedTypes, benefits and risks, put into honest context.
- Non-hormonal optionsWhat helps if you can’t take HRT, or would rather not.
- Early menopause and POIMenopause before 45, and why treatment matters more.
- Anxiety and low moodHow hormones affect mood, and what helps.
- SleepWhy sleep breaks down, and how to get it back.
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