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Perimenopause can be bad for your health. It’s not just the physical symptoms like weight gain, insomnia, exhaustion and loss of sex drive that can knock women sideways, the mental health impacts can be immense as well.
Hormone fluctuations during this period can lead to mood swings, anxiety, brain fog and depression. To make matters worse, these symptoms are often misdiagnosed and mistreated.
Help is at hand though! Yumi Stynes becomes an honourary member of the club and gets the 411 on all things perimenopause and mental health.
Featured in this episode:
Professor Jayashri Kulkarni, director of Monash University’s Health Education Research Centre
Lifeline: 13 11 14
Menopause Friendly Australia
HER Centre Australia
By ABC Australia4.7
227227 ratings
Perimenopause can be bad for your health. It’s not just the physical symptoms like weight gain, insomnia, exhaustion and loss of sex drive that can knock women sideways, the mental health impacts can be immense as well.
Hormone fluctuations during this period can lead to mood swings, anxiety, brain fog and depression. To make matters worse, these symptoms are often misdiagnosed and mistreated.
Help is at hand though! Yumi Stynes becomes an honourary member of the club and gets the 411 on all things perimenopause and mental health.
Featured in this episode:
Professor Jayashri Kulkarni, director of Monash University’s Health Education Research Centre
Lifeline: 13 11 14
Menopause Friendly Australia
HER Centre Australia

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