The Perimenopause Symptoms No One Warns You About (And When to Ask for Help)

Most of us think perimenopause means hot flushes and heavier periods. That's maybe 20% of the story.

In this episode I sit down with Dr Kelly Teagle — GP, founder of WellFemme, and someone who went through early perimenopause herself at 42 without realising what was happening, even with a medical background. We get into the full, genuinely surprising range of perimenopause symptoms — the brain fog, the mood swings, the migraines, the sudden anxiety that was never there before — the ones almost nobody connects back to hormones.

We talk about why blood tests are often unreliable at this stage (Kelly calls the graph "spaghetti"), what actually happens in a WellFemme consult, the real difference between body identical and bioidentical hormones, what the evidence says about HRT risk today, and where to start with sleep, movement and nutrition before you even get to a hormone conversation.

If you've been wondering whether what you're feeling is "just stress" or something more — this one's for you.