Video guide
"It's just stress." "It's just hot flashes." "You're just getting older." What the evidence says instead.
Published
"It's just stress." Is it, though?
In a survey of 1,000 U.S. women, 53% put their symptoms down to stress and 4 in 10 had never considered perimenopause. Symptoms go well beyond hot flashes: sleep problems, mood changes, joint aches and memory problems. And the word-finding trouble? In the SWAN study, learning dipped during perimenopause and bounced back after menopause.
In a survey of 1,000 U.S. women, 53% attributed their symptoms to stress and 4 in 10 never considered perimenopause.
The Peri Power Report 2025 (NNABI), survey of 1,000 U.S. womenMenopause symptoms include sleep problems, mood changes, joint and muscle discomfort and memory problems.
National Institute on Aging, What Is Menopause?In SWAN, learning dipped during perimenopause and rebounded after menopause.
Greendale et al., Neurology, 2009 (SWAN study, 2,362 women)NNABI. The Peri Power Report, 2025. Survey of 1,000 U.S. women.
Read the sourceNational Institute on Aging, What Is Menopause?
Read the sourceGreendale GA et al. Effects of the menopause transition and hormone use on cognitive performance in midlife women. Neurology 2009;72:1850-1857.
Read the sourceNumbers are rounded the way the original source reports them. If you spot an error, email admin@svarene.com and we will correct it.
Available now on iPhone and Android
Private by design. Built for perimenopause. Ready when you are.
Privacy at a glance
Core health logs stay on-device.
Optional services use only the limited information they need.
No data sales. No ads. No advertising tracking.
