Anna's back after a massive hiatus and she's got a lot to say. This is the transition episode where she's updating us on everything that's been happening over the last two years — and spoiler: perimenopause nearly killed her. She's going to be brutally honest about what the last 18 months have really been like, running on cortisol, adrenaline, and coffee, thinking her health decline was just stress from her son's school refusal and mental health struggles, when actually it was perimenopause unravelling her entirely.

If you've got PMDD or you're hormonally sensitive, this one's for you. Anna breaks down exactly what perimenopause has done to her — crushing fatigue that meant needing three days recovery after a makeup job, debilitating anxiety that never let up (unlike PMDD's cycles), and the physical toll on her body she never expected to talk about. We're talking vulvovaginal atrophy, loss of libido, loss of feminine sexuality — all the stuff nobody warns you about.

She's started HRT now (Mirena coil from April 1st, Estrogel for the last three weeks) and there's already been significant changes. Not out of the woods yet, but finally starting to come back to life. This episode is her saying what she wishes someone had told her: if you have PMDD, perimenopause is not going to be easy, and you deserve to be honest about how shit it gets.

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