Waking up in the middle of the night; unable to go back to sleep because of racing thoughts.
Your armpits reek like onions because the deodorant you use no longer works the same.
Walking into a room and forgetting why you came into that room in the first place.
Bone crushing fatigue.
New food sensitivities.
Unexplained weight gain, even though you aren’t doing anything radically different with your diet.
Anxiety that comes out of nowhere and drags you into a dizzying downward spiral.
Hairs in places you never thought you’d have them. Requiring car tweezers, because the light is so much better there.
Itchiness. Skin. Scalp. Ears. Lips.
Vacillating between no libido and being feral, sometimes within a very short amount of time.
Things like triglycerides, a1c and blood pressure rocketing up, again without doing anything drastically different.
Periods deciding to be shorter, longer, lighter, heavier and anything unexpected in between.
More migraines with aura.
Unrelenting joint pain.
Rage…did I mention the unexpected rage?!?

I give you the perimenopause journey: what fresh hell is this?

Comment what your worst symptom(s) have been.