Perimenopause Anxiety and Depression: Why Your Doctor is Missing the Hormone Connection
ould the symptoms you're blaming on stress actually be perimenopause and is your doctor missing it? Dr. Aoife O'Sullivan is a board-certified family physician who spent decades treating women until she started experiencing the same symptoms herself. Memory loss was so severe that she thought it was early dementia. Joint pain everywhere. Brain fog that made simple tasks feel overwhelming. She couldn't get in to see a menopause specialist for nine months, so in desperation, she saw a nurse-midwife who finally gave her hormones. When she made it to that GYN appointment nine months later? That specialist was horrified she was on hormones. This is why finding the right provider matters more than credentials. After her experience, she became obsessed with finding data and learning what she didn't know so she could help her patients going through this transition.
In this episode, Dr. O'Sullivan reveals:
Why the "1 year without periods" rule is complete myth and how it's harming women.
The WHI study results that weren't statistically significant but destroyed 20 years of women's healthcare.
How to track symptoms objectively (scores dropping from 57 to 30 in 6 weeks).
Why transdermal estrogen is safe even with migraines, smoking, or blood clot risk.
Why women currently know more than their doctors about menopause and why that's dangerous.
