Health & Wellbeing

We generally associate Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) with middle-aged women. But going through menopause is not always a straightforward event for women and hormones can start to wreak havoc on our system at any age. Perimenopause is the period when the body starts to withdraw from estrogen in preparation for menopause, and can begin years before the menopause is officially diagnosed, causing a host of symptoms including fatigue, irritability, insomnia and brain fogginess. These hormone changes are not always recognized or taken seriously by women and are often dismissed as being caused by stress, poor lifestyle choices or being simply run down.