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How do I know when I’ve hit perimenopause?

Doctors say diagnosis is usually clinical and doesn’t rely on a blood test, with symptoms often starting in the mid-40sThere’s a special frisson to period changes in your mid-forties. Every deviation from your usual pattern can feel like a harbinger of the menopause transition, also known as perimenopause. One might spend years staring at their underwear, wondering: am I or aren’t I?Keren Landman MD is an independent health reporter who is also trained as an infectious disease physician and...