Tag Archives: peri-menopause

Sleep, hormone ratios and the peri-menopausal transition

I’ve often said that if I could only fix only one hormone driven problem encountered in the years leading into menopause, it would be to ensure a deep and restorative night’s sleep.  While there is still much science does not know about how and why sleep is so critical to the human brain, each of us know that when we don’t…

Fatigued, Female and Forty

     A study this month in the journal Menopause concluded that a number of dysfunctional gynecologic factors were strongly correlated with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS).  For many years the demographics of chronic fatigue have suggested a hormonal connection:  CFS is two to four times more common in women than in men and is most prevalent in women in their 40s.  Gee,…