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  <title>Menocle blog</title><link>https://menocle.com/blog</link><description>Perimenopause, explained — sourced articles from the team behind Menocle.</description><language>en</language>
  <item><title>Perimenopause symptoms: the full list, including the ones nobody mentions</title><link>https://menocle.com/blog/perimenopause-symptoms</link><guid>https://menocle.com/blog/perimenopause-symptoms</guid><pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Hot flashes and irregular periods are only the start. The full list of perimenopause symptoms — palpitations, joint pain, itchy skin, brain fog — and what to do with them.</description></item>
  <item><title>Why your period tracker stops making sense in perimenopause</title><link>https://menocle.com/blog/period-tracker-perimenopause</link><guid>https://menocle.com/blog/period-tracker-perimenopause</guid><pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Period apps predict from a rhythm. Perimenopause is defined by that rhythm breaking. What cycle changes are normal, how clinicians stage them, and what to track instead.</description></item>
  <item><title>Waking at 3am in your 40s? What perimenopause does to sleep</title><link>https://menocle.com/blog/waking-at-3am-perimenopause</link><guid>https://menocle.com/blog/waking-at-3am-perimenopause</guid><pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Why so many women wake at 3am in perimenopause — night sweats, alcohol, a twitchier thermostat — and what the evidence says helps, including CBT for insomnia.</description></item>
  <item><title>Perimenopause brain fog: why words disappear, and what helps</title><link>https://menocle.com/blog/perimenopause-brain-fog</link><guid>https://menocle.com/blog/perimenopause-brain-fog</guid><pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Losing ordinary words mid-sentence is one of the most frightening perimenopause symptoms. What research shows about memory in the transition, why it's usually temporary, and what to track.</description></item>
  <item><title>How to talk to your doctor about perimenopause (and not be told it's just stress)</title><link>https://menocle.com/blog/talk-to-doctor-about-perimenopause</link><guid>https://menocle.com/blog/talk-to-doctor-about-perimenopause</guid><pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>A short appointment and a long list of symptoms. What to bring, what the guidelines say about diagnosis without blood tests, and five questions to ask.</description></item>
  <item><title>The HRT black box warning is gone: what changed in November 2025</title><link>https://menocle.com/blog/hrt-black-box-warning-removed</link><guid>https://menocle.com/blog/hrt-black-box-warning-removed</guid><pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>On November 10, 2025 the FDA moved to remove broad boxed warnings from menopausal hormone therapy. What was removed, what stayed, where the warnings came from, and what it means for you.</description></item>
  <item><title>Perimenopause without periods: after a hysterectomy, with a hormonal IUD, or after ablation</title><link>https://menocle.com/blog/perimenopause-without-periods</link><guid>https://menocle.com/blog/perimenopause-without-periods</guid><pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>No periods to go by? How perimenopause is recognised after a hysterectomy, with a hormonal IUD or after endometrial ablation — and what to track instead of a cycle.</description></item>
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