Are you feeling the effects of perimenopause?

Perimenopause is the time leading up to the day when your periods stop altogether. It often starts in your early 40s but can be much earlier for some. Eighty percent of women say they suffer more than one symptom, which can often affect work, relationships, mental health and family life.

Symptoms include:

  • Fatigue

  • Memory loss

  • Brain fog

  • Poor concentration

  • Irritability and mood swings

  • Loss of confidence

  • Palpitations

  • Hot flushes

  • Night sweats

  • Disturbed sleep

  • Insomnia

  • Chest pain

  • Incontinence

  • UTIs (water infections)

  • Dry eyes

  • Dry mouth

  • Headaches and migraines

  • Reduced spatial awareness / Increased clumsiness

  • Itchy ears

  • Joylessness

  • Pins and needles

  • Electric shocks

  • Formication (crawling under the skin)

  • Breathlessness

  • Depression

  • Anxiety

  • Low mood

  • Skin changes (acne/dry/itchy skin)

  • Oligomenorrhea (erratic periods)

  • Menorrhagia (heavy periods)

  • Low libido

  • Vaginal dryness

  • Aching joints and muscles

  • Weight gain (esp around your middle)

  • Hair loss or thinning

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The Perimenopause Solution: Take control of your hormones before they take control of you.

The perimenopause (the time leading up to the menopause) is often misunderstood. For some women, it lasts a few months; for others it consumes the best part of a decade.

This transitional period can be a time of emotional turmoil, shifting priorities and physical changes: from hot flushes, insomnia, low mood and anxiety, to itchy skin, thinning hair, weight gain and loss of libido . . . to name just a few!

Millions of women in their thirties and forties go through this without even realising they are perimenopausal. It's time they take back control.

In The Perimenopause Solution, Emma Bardwell, a registered nutritionist, and Dr Shahzadi Harper, a medical doctor, provide a blueprint to help women find a new balance in this important phase of their lives, so they can be prepared, not scared.

Akin to getting two expert consultations in one, this holistic and accessible guide combines practical, no-nonsense information on the physical and mental changes to expect, with powerful advice on managing symptoms and nutrition, as what you eat during the perimenopause can dramatically affect your experience of it.

Expert-led and forward-thinking in its approach, The Perimenopause Solution will not just help you survive the journey towards the menopause - it will ensure you thrive.

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