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You're lying awake at 2am, heart pounding for no reason, sheets damp, brain running a highlight reel of every embarrassing thing you've done since 1987. You're 41. Your doctor said your labs look "totally normal." And yet something feels genuinely off — like your body is operating on a different frequency than it was six months ago. If this sounds familiar, you might be in the early stages of perimenopause,...

You're sitting in traffic, and someone cuts you off. Normally, you'd sigh, maybe mutter something under your breath, and move on. But today? Today you feel a white-hot surge of fury rising up from nowhere, your hands gripping the steering wheel so hard your knuckles go pale. Later, you snap at your partner over something completely trivial — dirty dishes, a misplaced remote, a question asked at the wrong moment...

You're standing in the bathroom, staring at what looks like a crime scene, wondering if this is actually normal — or if something has gone seriously wrong. You used to breeze through your period in four days with regular tampons. Now you're on day six, doubling up protection, and setting alarms at night just to avoid accidents. If this sounds familiar, you're not alone, and no, you're not imagining it. Heavy...