'Perimenopause cost me my job and family life'
BBC reports, via Yahoo, one woman's personal account: Sally Williams spent almost 11 months in hospital across eight admissions during three years of deteriorating mental health, lost her finance job and was separated from her teenage son. Doctors initially thought she had depression; she later self-diagnosed perimenopause and credits HRT, while noting it may not suit everyone. She will speak at Worcester's Meno Fest on 7 October.
Why it matters: Relevant to Maryland adults approaching midlife who are weighing preventive or hormonal care, and to clinicians who see patients with mood changes in those years.
A summary of another publisher's reporting, written with AI and checked automatically against the story. The reporting belongs to yahoo.com. October 4, 2026.