YouTube video by Marcelle Pick (Women to Women) presenting a view that anxiety has overtaken hot flashes as the most common complaint in perimenopausal women. The speaker links the rise in anxiety to high stress plus changing hormone ratios—particularly falling progesterone—and offers lifestyle interventions (sleep, nutrition, breathing/meditation, gentle exercise, journaling) and a call-to-action to visit WomenToWomen for products and resources.
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Hi, I'm Marcel Pick, women's health expert, best selling author and co founder of womentowomen.com@women to Women, we help you eliminate uncomfortable symptoms and restore hormonal balance, adrenal and thyroid health, and overall wellness so that you can finally feel like yourself again. When I ask my patients what bothers them most about perimenopause, most used to say hot flashes. Hot flashes are still a big concern for women, don't get me wrong, because they are really disrupting and four out of five women will experience them at menopause. But over the past few years, I've seen a shift in symptom complaints in my patients. At Women to Women. The number one symptom I see with my patients today is no longer hot flashes, it's anxiety. Anxiety can show up in your life in many ways. You may have heart palpitations, trouble breathing, a nervous stomach, or feel like you're scalping, distracted or compulsively worrying. So what's changed to make anxiety so much more prevalent among women transitioning through menopause today? In my opinion, it all comes down to stress. When you have that high stress combined with changing hormones at menopause, it's fuel to the fire. Progesterone has soothing effect on our nervous system, and as the ratios of progesterone to estrogen during perimenopause change, anxiety becomes more likely. Your anxiety is a call to action from your body telling you to listen. How about a good night's sleep, some healthy, nutritious food and some me time? Maybe some deep breathing meditation, yoga, tai chi, qigong, a hot bath or journaling and a cup of tea, or perhaps a nice long walk outside. Good nutrition and a good night's sleep can go a really long way. To learn more about stress and anxiety or to purchase our hormonal balance or sleep products, come to see us@womentowomen.com Thanks.
