In the years leading up to menopause, your hormones, especially estrogen and progesterone, start to shift and fluctuate. They don’t decline in a neat, steady line. They rise and fall, which is why one week can feel fine and the next can feel like a stranger moved into your body.
Those shifts can touch almost everything: your sleep, your energy, your focus, your skin, your joints, and your mood. Knowing why it’s happening doesn’t fix it overnight, but it does take away the fear and the self-blame. That’s where feeling better begins.