Six things you need to know about perimenopause

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I know, you just blinked.

You were 25, and then suddenly … here you are. Your sleep is off, your moods are erratic, your body feels foreign — and you suspect you’ve landed in perimenopause. But no one told you this could happen now, or feel like this. And no one seems to be talking about it in any way that feels real or helpful.

Let me just say: you’re not alone. Not anymore.

Perimenopause — the often years-long transition to menopause — is a wild, mysterious, deeply individual time. It’s also one of the most misunderstood stages of a woman’s life.

When I entered it, I had no roadmap. I launched Hotflash inc five years ago to change that. I’ve interviewed more than 150 of the world’s top experts, sat on international panels, and consumed mountains of research. And while I often say I know less than when I started, there are six things I know for sure:

1. There is no one way to do this — and that’s the point

One of the biggest issues in the menopause world …