Dr. Mary Claire Haver
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All of this is happening in the brain.
before your periods even become irregular.
By the time your cycles start changing, you are usually at the end of your perimenopause, in those last few years before the natural final menstrual period.
So perimenopause...
extremely chaotic, lasts seven to 10 years, culminates with the end of ovarian production of estrogen and progesterone and most of the testosterone that's produced there.
And it is a full body effect.
It's not just hot flashes.
It's not just cycle irregularity.
We have brain symptoms.
We have bone symptoms.
We have muscle symptoms.
We have gastrointestinal symptoms.
There is not an organ system in perimenopause
That is not affected by this change.
Why has medicine missed this for so long?
And why are we only talking about this now?
Because we didn't have a fucking voice.
We didn't have a seat at the table.
We were treated as small men.
And it's not working for us as we age.