As Seen on NBC4 Washington
Perimenopause, menopause, and how to actually feel better through it — from Dr. Lynne Lightfoote’s conversation with News4 Today.
I sat down with the women of News4 Today on NBC4 Washington to talk about what I cover with patients every day: perimenopause, menopause, and how to actually feel better through it. If you missed it, here is what I most want you to know.
Your hormones can begin shifting in your late 30s or early 40s. That is often what is behind the thinning hair, the poor sleep, the mood changes, and the vaginal dryness. You are not imagining it.
What we knew years ago was incomplete. We understand it far better now, and it is an individual decision. It may be right for you or it may not, but you deserve to talk it through.
About 60 percent of women notice changes in memory and focus during this transition. It is not in your head, and for many women, estrogen helps.
I am not here to sell you a cabinet full of pills. Get your vitamin D, around 800 IU a day, along with calcium and magnesium. Those are the essentials.
In our 20s and 30s we build families. In our 40s we master multitasking. By our 50s, we have learned the power of no, and I think that is a good thing.
Here is the truth I keep coming back to: we can feel so much better. You do not have to just push through it.
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