The New Perimenopause
An Evidence-Based Guide to Surviving the Zone of Chaos and Feeling Like Yourself Again
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The New Perimenopause
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Narrated by:
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Devon Sovari
Brought to you by Penguin.
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The New Menopause explains everything a woman needs to know to thrive during the often-misdiagnosed and medically ignored perimenopausal years
I’m just not feeling like myself! This is the battle cry of the perimenopausal woman.
Though menstrual cycle changes and the emotional rollercoaster that accompanies them are the hallmarks of the transition to menopause, many women with regular periods as young as 35 can also start to feel irregular, with symptoms that include anxiety, fatigue, joint pain, brain fog, sexual symptoms and volatile moods. This can be hugely disruptive – all the more so when a doctor dismisses a woman’s complaints as all in her head or prescribes unnecessary and potentially harmful treatment.
In The New Perimenopause, Dr Mary Claire Haver – the trailblazing voice behind the movement to revolutionise health care for women – sets things straight. She explains that the numerous and varied symptoms of perimenopause occur in direct response to normal endocrine changes; this is the hormonal 'zone of chaos.'
A comprehensive, authoritative book of science-backed information and lived experience, The New Perimenopause includes:
- Clear, science-backed explanations of what's going on in your body, from changes in your menstrual cycle to energy levels, mood, sleep and sexual issues.
- How and why dealing with these changes now is preventative medicine for your later years.
- Checklists, questions for your doctor and how to insist on good care.
- The very latest research on the benefits and side effects of progesterone therapy to help ease your hormonal transition.
Whether you have symptoms or not, The New Perimenopause helps remove the mystery around this time of change, putting women in control of their health going forward.
'Don’t tolerate shrugged shoulders from your doctor during your perimenopausal journey. Get ahead of the issues and your potential symptoms with this important, empowering and scientifically dependable book.' – Dr Vonda Wright, author of Unbreakable
© Mary Claire Haver 2026 (P) Penguin Audio 2026
Critic Reviews
I often joke with people that I will read anything but self help but surprisingly I do read a bit of self help 🤣 I’m almost 43 so I thought I better make some sense of what might be going on with my body and what is to come.
It was eye opening after reading this. Let me preface this by saying this is more specifically an American perspective so things maybe slightly different here in Australia where I live. Medical advice and testing is easier to access than our counterparts in the USA.
Although I think we can all agree that most doctors are trained to dismiss and say it’s all in women’s heads. She mentions that doctors only have 15 minute appointments in the USA and I’d say that’s pretty much the same here. They just want you in and out.
Plus perimenopause and menopause are barely even mentioned in medical training. When I brought up the changes that my body is going through with my female doctor, you know what she said? You can’t eat sugar anymore. You can’t even look at it or you’ll gain weight. Hmm okay thanks.
My symptoms were the usual weight gain around the middle when it never happened before.
This book mentions how much perimenopause can wreak havoc on your body. From fatty liver disease, more visceral fat, insulin resistance, high cholesterol.
What I didn’t know was that gel oestrogen is better because of high blood pressure risk of the pills as an alternate option. My doctor didn’t say that when I demanded HRT.
Obviously the usual advice stands - weight training at least twice a week (I can do that), even wearing a weighted vest helps build bone density back up so I’ll be borrowing my son’s vest and looking like a weirdo while walking the dog.
Homa IR scan is good to check for insulin resistance because that would be contributing to the belly fat.
She doesn’t say to eat 1200 calories thank goodness. Just move more, weight training, weighted vest and take care of your eating.
Supplements she does recommend is certain amount of protein per body weight, creatine mono, collagen, magnesium and vitamin d.
I’m worried about the fatty liver disease because it already runs in our family!
It sucks being a woman
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