Understanding Perimenopause
The three women’s disparate symptoms would seem to suggest they’ve got totally different illnesses. But, in fact, they’re all on the same wild hormonal roller-coaster ride, and it’s called perimenopause. The body of a seventysomething man makes more than twice as much estrogen as that of a woman the same age. This is because small amounts of testosterone, which the testes produce throughout life, are converted to estrogen. If you like the prospect of menopause, you’ll love perimenopause....