Perimenopause

Perimenopause

Perimenopause for many women is symptomatic. Hot flashes, sleepless nights, night sweats, irritability, fatigue, the works! To help you better understand your body and the symptoms associated with the natural and normal changes that take place during perimenopause and menopause, use our symptom checklist.

Remember puberty?

Hormone levels fluctuated; sometimes wildly as they built toward the high levels of estrogen and progesterone the body needed to become pregnant. During perimenopause, estrogen and progesterone levels begin to fluctuate again and for many women hormone levels become erratic, triggering symptoms of hormonal imbalance. Some months hormone levels are high; other months they are low. That's why some months you might have a short menstrual cycle and other months you might have an unusually long one.

Most women enter perimenopause in their mid forties, but it can occur as early as your mid-30s. It typically takes between three to six years for your hormones to settle into a menopausal state but it can also take longer.

It doesn't mean you will have symptoms for years. Symptoms are transient, they come and go. Sometimes they are more annoying than other times, but this too shall pass and your body will find its new comfort zone.

Menopause is not a disease, so don't treat it like one.

Make basic self care a priority: eat right, get enough sleep, drink lots of water and exercise and you will feel better, look better and be healthier for years to come.

Solutions for Women has one mantra "your safety is paramount." It is why we do what we do. No woman needs to put her health on the line for a hot flash. Ever. It's that simple.

Menopause happens for a reason. Experts in breast cancer research explain that it is not natural for women to have estrogen and progesterone at reproductive levels circulating throughout her blood after she has moved into menopause. If these hormones are not made by the body naturally in menopause and post menopause, they most likely are not needed.