Symptom guides
Plain-English guides to what's happening.
No fluff, no fear-mongering. What changes in your body, what actually helps, and when to call your doctor, for the symptoms members ask about most.
Written for the page we wished we'd found. Each guide explains what's physiologically happening, what helps, and when a symptom deserves a real workup.
Free, and staying free. Every guide is open. Premium nudges live inside individual guides, never gating the hub itself.
"I finally had words for what was happening. I stopped second-guessing whether it was 'just me'."
Joanne, 47
Three ways in
Mood
Body
- Joint pain & stiffness
- Frozen shoulder
- Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) in perimenopause
- Phantom cycles
- Long-haul hot flashes
- Panic attacks
- Intrusive thoughts
- Perimenopausal depression
- Bone health
- Hair thinning
- Heart & blood pressure
- Weight & insulin
- Bloating & gut
- Skin
- Mouth & teeth
- Voice changes
- Fatigue
- Loss of confidence
- Heart palpitations
- Tinnitus & ear fullness
- Itchy skin & formication
- Itchy ears
- Phantom smells
- Burning mouth
- Dry eyes
- Electric shocks
Cognitive
Perimenopause and menopause touch almost every system in the body, sleep, mood, joints, skin, heart, brain, sex. Most women navigate them with whatever scraps of information they can find on forums, friends-of-friends, and a 10-minute doctor appointment. That's not enough.
These guides are written for perimenopause and menopause, but a lot of the symptom territory overlaps with endo, adenomyosis, premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD), surgical menopause, post-pill, and other hormone-driven conditions. If that's you, you're welcome, most of what's here will still earn its keep.
These guides are written to be the page we wish we'd found. Each one lays out what's actually happening physiologically, what helps (medical, evidence-based, and lived-experience options, labelled clearly), what's worth tracking, and when a symptom deserves a real medical workup. They're free, they'll always be free, and they're updated as the evidence shifts.
Note on the labels: 44 of our 44 guides have been rewritten in our newer structured format, look for the Updated badge. The rest are still our original editorial layout, being migrated one at a time.
No original guides yet.
We're working through the migration one symptom at a time.
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