Ashish Kothari discusses perimenopause symptoms like insomnia, anxiety, depression, and hot flashes. The key point: don't self-diagnose. See a doctor for clinical diagnosis and proper medical care instead.
that's always a smart, safe thing to do because you never want— I never want someone listening to hear these symptoms and just go, oh, I'm in perimenopause, go to the doctor. It's like, no, you gotta go to the doctor.
You need to go to the doctor. It's a clinical diagnosis.
But if you are in the age range, you know, that's traditional, so late 30s, early 40s, and you're starting to feel insomnia more often coming on, increases in anxiety and depression, some cognitive fatigue or overall fatigue that often is attached to sleeplessness, right? Certainly if you're having vasomotor symptoms, hot flashes and night sweats, that, that's kind of— I think the reason that gets so much attention isn't because people understand how dangerous they are. That would— that's what should get them attention.