by Brianna | Aug 1, 2023 | Perimenopause
This Perimenopause Bibliography will grow with time so check back.Names and Titles are links.There are several MDs that share a tremendous amount of information through their books, blogs, podcasts and social media accounts: Dr. Kelly CapersonDr. Mary Claire HaverDr. Louise Newsom Basic Scientific Breakdown of Perimenopause/Menopause: Mayo Clinic Its Harvard: MGH CENTER for Womens Mental HealthThis resource was created by a network of scientist and doctors dedicated to educating women about perimenopause/menopauseMy MenoPlan A great book to start with is: The Menopause Manifesto Podcast:The DailyYour Fifty and your body is changing its time for a talkAs Menopause Nears be aware that it can trigger depression and anxiety too Links to Articles and Abstracts: The Menopause Transition: Signs, Symptoms, and Management Options Symptom interference with work and relationships during the menopausal transition and early postmenopause: observations from the Seattle Midlife Women’s Health Study Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Menopause Depression and menopause symptoms go together Women have been mislead about menopause Hormone therapy, long shunned for a possible breast cancer link, is now seen as a short-term treatment for menopause...
by Brianna | Jul 31, 2023 | Perimenopause
Perimenopause is not something anyone told me about. These past few years I have been struggling with a constellation of symptoms. They seemed disparate – migraines, UTIs, racing heart, brain fog, anxiety, sleeplessness, overall tightness and joint pain. I went to doctors. I did the scans. Did the meds. The yoga. The meditation. The Ashwaganda. I stopped drinking. I gave up sugar. I still felt awful. And monthly I went through a rotation of medical appointments. Last summer – and I am safe now, I am fine – I started to have an extreme issue after ovulation and I would fall into a deep pit of despair to the point of suicide ideation. Then my period would come and it would lift like a fever dream. Then the next month the circle would start again. At the time this was happening to me a friend, a beautiful woman, killed herself in a shocking way and it snapped me awake. I called my new to me OB (the old one was fired because of piss poor postnatal care) and she fit me in that day. She said all of this was perimenopause and prescribed progesterone. And in that moment I was in despair but two days later (before my period came) I was fine. I was just fine. All of my symptoms were one thing and all of them are gone. I have not shared this before because it is very personal. But the thing is – my friends are suffering. I talk to random women and they are suffering. And there is no need. Perimenopause is puberty in reverse...
