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Brain Fog, Dementia, and Menopause? How Hormones Affect Your Brain
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Are You Depressed? Or Is It Perimenopause?
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How to Approach Your Doctor About Getting Compounded Medication
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Thyroid Disease and Menopause: Are They Linked?
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Anti-Inflammatory Foods to Fight Inflammation During Menopause
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Should You Fear BHRT? Ask the Pharmacist!
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Ask the Pharmacist: Maybe it’s Menopause, Maybe it’s More? Women’s Sexual Wellness Edition
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It’s Not You, it’s Menopause.
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Menopause: Are We There Yet?
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Learn moreThe Change is Personal
The Change Is Personal is the go-to resource for women navigating the milestones of perimenopause, menopause, and women’s wellness. Expect to find everything from scientifically supported articles to book reviews and recommendations, plus personal stories (and humor!) about the challenges of perimenopause and menopause. We are committed to sharing honest, reliable, and relatable experiences and clinical information about perimenopause, menopause, and longevity.
Commonly Asked Questions About Menopause
Menopause is actually just one day in a woman’s life that marks 12 consecutive months without a period. The time leading up to menopause is perimenopause, and the rest of a woman’s life beyond menopause, is postmenopause.
Some of the most common symptoms of menopause include hot flashes, night sweats, insomnia, joint pain, weight gain (especially around the belly), brain fog, fatigue, and vaginal dryness/painful sex.
Hot flashes can temporarily be relieved by making lifestyle adjustments, such as controlling room temperature at night, dressing in layers, and avoiding triggers like caffeine and alcohol. However, to address hot flashes long term, in perimenopause, menopause, and postmenopause, women may want to consider bioidentical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT). Personalized BHRT may help address the root causes of hot flashes, which during perimenopause is often due to sporadic hormonal changes.
BHRT offers hormonal support when ovarian production of hormones is declining (during perimenopause) or stopped (after menopause). Bioidentical hormone replacement therapy with compounded dosage forms of estradiol, progesterone, or testosterone can help women manage menopausal symptoms. Providing symptom relief by addressing downstream effects of hormonal changes is not the same as delaying or prolonging menopause. Menopause is a biologic event that cannot be changed by the presence of HRT.
