Perimenopause
Periods, sleep and mood start to change. It can last several years.
Common symptoms
Stages blur into each other. Use this as a starting point, not a diagnosis.
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Each stage brings different questions. Pick yours to see common symptoms, and the tools and guides to start with.
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Based on your answers. Not a diagnosis.
How it works
A day with Midlife Atlas.
07:30 · Morning
Check in before the kettle boils.
Mood, symptoms and sleep in about thirty seconds. This one’s live: tap the dots and save.
Open the check-in7:30
Good morning, Maya
perimenopauseToday · Day 12
How are you today?
Hot flashes
Poor sleep
Brain fog
This week4-day streak
MTWTFSS
13:15 · Warm meeting room
Log a hot flash in two taps.
Time, severity and what might have set it off. Over a week, the triggers start to show.
Try the Hot Flash Diary
22:00 · Winding down
Notice how your cycle is shifting.
Cycles that differ by 7 days or more are common in early perimenopause. Worth mentioning at your next appointment.
Open the Period Change Tracker
Day 14 · A pattern appears
See what travels together.
After a fortnight of check-ins, patterns surface, like poor sleep following hot-flash days. Sample data shown.
See your patterns
14 Oct · Appointment day
Walk in with one page.
Your main concern, what you’ve tried and your top three questions, ready for your GP to read in a minute.
Build yours below
New tool
Free toolsTools that do the
Tools that do the
remembering.
Log a hot flash in two taps, watch your cycle change month by month, and keep it all together for your next appointment.
- Hot Flash Diary with trigger tracking
- Period Change Tracker for perimenopause
- Sleep Tracker with a morning check-in
$0Every tool is free · No account needed
Say it how it feels
Describe it your way. We’ll name it.
You don’t need the medical word. Tap a phrase to see what it often matches, what may help, and when it’s worth talking to a GP.
“I wake up drenched”You
This often matches Night sweats
What may help
- Keep the bedroom cool and layer your bedding
- Track nights to spot triggers like alcohol or caffeine
When to talk to a GP
If they’re disrupting your sleep or daily life, or come with a fever or weight loss.
General information, not a diagnosis
Symptoms and treatmentsGuides that cite
Guides that cite
their sources.
Plain-English guides to what you’re feeling and what can help, each written against current guidance and clear about where its information comes from.
Reviewed against NHS and NICE guidance
Symptoms, one by one
What each change can feel like, what may help, and when to talk to your GP.
Reviewed against NHS and NICE guidance
Sleep in midlife: what helps
Night sweats, 3am waking and tired days, with practical steps to try first.
Reviewed against NHS and NICE guidance
Brain fog, explained
Lost words and lost keys: what it can feel like, and what may ease the load.
AI-generated imageReviewed against NHS and NICE guidance
HRT explained
Types and routes, benefits and risks in numbers, and what starting and stopping involve.
Treatments
Balanced information on every option, with risks in absolute numbers, so you can weigh them with your clinician.
All treatmentsYour next appointment
Walk in with a plan, not a list in your head.
Pick what matters and watch your one page build. Then print it, or save it as a PDF.
- Twelve starter questions, from HRT to sleep
- Your patterns and what you’ve already tried
- One page your GP can read in a minute
READY
Your one-page summaryGP appointment · 14 Oct
Main concern
Sleep and hot flashes
Pattern sample data
Poor sleep tends to follow hot-flash days.
Tried so far
Fan at night, less caffeine
Top questions
- Could my symptoms be perimenopause?
- Is HRT suitable for me?
These questions are a starting point. Your clinician will weigh them against your own health history.
How we check everything
Built on evidence, not hype.
Written against guidance
NHS, NICE and The Menopause Society, with sources on every guide.
01Risks in real numbers
Absolute numbers, not scary headlines, so you can weigh them yourself.
02Independent
We don’t sell prescriptions, run a clinic or take paid placements.
03Updated with the evidence
Guides are reviewed when the guidance behind them changes.
04Plain English
No jargon without an explanation right next to it.
05
General information. Not a substitute for your own clinician.
Newly published
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Printable workbooks
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Workbooks that turn guidance into a plan you can write in, print and take to appointments.
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