The early signs rarely look like hot flashes. They look like broken sleep, a shorter fuse, a foggy afternoon and a cycle that's suddenly "off". This checklist helps you recognise the pattern before a doctor confirms it — and walk into that appointment prepared.
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Three findings from the research that this checklist is built around.
A persistent difference of seven days or more between consecutive cycles is the recognised marker of the early menopausal transition.
Harlow et al., STRAW+10 · 2012Hot flashes and night sweats lasted a median of 7.4 years in the SWAN cohort — and often began well before the final period.
Avis et al., JAMA Intern Med · 2015For women over 45, NICE advises diagnosing perimenopause from symptoms — hormone levels fluctuate too much for a single test to be reliable.
NICE guideline NG23Designed to be printed, ticked off over a few weeks and taken to your appointment.
Twelve signals grouped by body system, with what each one usually feels like in real life.
A simple grid to log frequency and intensity, so you show patterns — not impressions.
What guidelines say about hormone testing, and the checks worth asking for to rule out look-alikes.
A one-page summary and the exact questions to ask, so a ten-minute appointment actually leads somewhere.
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