MORE BLOG POSTS — Perimenopause
Our Sentence is Finally Over
Posted by Lena Edwards MD on
Freedom from Menopause Prison After 25 years Menopausal women rejoice! Weβve finally been unshackled. All that unnecessary suffering-- navigating hot flashes, weight gain, brain fog, and that stubborn fatigue that makes you feel like gum on the bottom of a shoeβwas completely unnecessary. For more than two decades, women have been denied release from βmenopause prisonββtold it was safer to stay locked in even while the key dangled inches from our fingers.Β But now, twenty-five long years later, the cell doors have finally swung open. On November 10, 2025, the FDA announced it will remove the black-box warningβthe mostΒ severe caution...
Perimenopause: How to Navigate Mother Natureβs Crash Course
Posted by Lena Edwards MD on
Youβre cruising through your 40s, finally in your grooveβand then one morning you wake up inΒ a body thatβs gone rogue. Welcome to perimenopause: Where hormones rule the roost andΒ predictability packs its bags. Your periods start playing hide-and-seek, midnight ceiling stare-Β downs become the norm, youβre convinced youβre getting early-onset Alzheimerβs, and yourΒ waistline seems to be the only thing sticking around for comfort. The kicker? Most women donβt even realize whatβs happening. They wonder: Am I stressed? Depressed? Just getting old? Nope, nope, and nope. The truth is, once your baby-making daysΒ are behind you, Mother Nature decides your ovaries are ready for...