There is not convenient timing for perimenopause

0:00 Is it some cruel joke that a lot of us go through perimenopause at the exact time our kid is going through puberty? It's like having triplets, you know, the whole house is hormonal, you're you're and aging parents, you know, on top of that a lot of women are parenting their parents. You're really on the struggle bus. Like your resilience, your ability, first of all, you're having brain fog. So, the parts of the brain responsible for memory aren't getting as much glucose, basically. Here you are, you know, trying to you've got a kid who's going through their own hormonal upheaval with, you know, and and testing boundaries and all the thing. Plus, a lot of us who are in our career are at really crucial points in our career.

0:48 It's like a perfect storm. So, what we do in our clinic, I'm just trying to give them their resilience back. I can't fix that they have teenagers or, you know, give them a skill set to deal with aging parents, but I have resources. What I'm trying to give them back is if this is hormonally related, we can try to give you back some resilience. First of all, you need to sleep. We've got to have restful sleep. Nothing's going to work well, okay? And if the hot flashes are waking you up or progesterone loss is waking you up, we can fix that.