"Perimenopause" is one word for at least four different hormone pictures — and they need different things. Tap everything that's true for you lately and I'll decode the pattern underneath.
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Clinically, the most common mistake I see in perimenopause is treating the wrong pattern — oestrogen support for a woman whose oestrogen is still high, or "calming" herbs for a woman who actually needs her adrenals fed. Knowing your pattern is the whole game.
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Start Herbal Foundations — £29This decoder sorts symptoms into patterns I see in clinic. It isn't a diagnosis. Some of these symptoms overlap with thyroid, iron and other conditions — a GP blood panel is always a sensible first step, and I'll say so where it matters.