Namaskaram and welcome to Cycle and Season. I am Dr Aishwarya Menon, a gynaecologist here in Kochi, and this show is my answer to all the conversations I never had time for in clinic. Today we are talking about perimenopause, the years before your periods stop, which can start when you are 38 and which almost nobody warns you about. I see women every week who have been told they are stressed, or depressed, or just getting older, when what is actually happening is hormonal and very treatable. We will go through what changes, which symptoms get missed, what tests are worth doing, and how to talk to your doctor about HRT without being brushed off. Share this one with your sister. You are listening on Witspeak Podcasts.