Each woman will experience menopause differently. The symptoms of menopause such as hot flushes, mood swings, sleep disturbances and anxiety can make everyday life more challenging.
Women handle a lot. They juggle families, aging parents, losing loved ones and often in combination with busy jobs. But all of a sudden in their late 30s-40s they start feeling discombobulated. Bursting in to tears at the drop of a hat or feeling rage towards a partner.
They start to second guess themselves….battling brain fog, judging themselves and others harshly and feeling a sense of isolation, not sleeping, stuck in ‘fight or flight’ mode. Feeling frazzled and overwhelmed. Little things all of a sudden become big things.
These are the shifting sands of perimenopause. Its difficult to see the hormonal and nervous system changes going on in their bodies, but they can certainly feel them.
During this transitional phase, emotions are on a roller coaster ride as hormones fluctuate and then ultimately plateau. The body has been used to functioning with these hormones and it takes some time for the brain to find another pathway.
There’s a lot that can be done to smooth out this transition period.
Acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine can help regulate neurotransmitters, reduce stress and provide support through this perimenopausal transition.