While many people don't recognise symptoms like headaches, rage and 'brain fog' to be related to perimenopause, frustratingly they're often missed by health professionals too.
Vivienne O'Shea says she was met with laughter when describing mood swings, that she now knows were related to perimenopause, to a GP.
She says there is a lack of awareness and education around perimenopause — the long transition into menopause — and that's not limited to the general public. Professor Kulkarni says the fluctuation of symptoms also makes it trickier for women and health professionals to recognise. Dr Morton was 42 at the time, and took what she'd learnt about the mental health symptoms of perimenopause — a process made easier by having access to medical studies — and presented it to her GP.
She says little is known about perimenopause for white, cis, middle-income, metropolitan-based women — and even less for everyone else.She was able to focus at work again, and get outside to exercise.
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