Management and treatment of menopausal symptoms depend on each individual woman’s experience.

Healthy living, herbal and complementary therapies (including herbs and phytoestrogens), menopausal hormone therapy, or MHT (formerly called hormone replacement therapy, or HRT), or some non-hormonal prescription medications may assist with symptoms.

If you’re living with bothersome perimenopausal symptoms, or you’re not sure, chat to your GP about it. It’s okay to raise this hushed topic – you don’t have to just “tough it out” and “soldier on”. Your GP can assess your symptoms and work out what might be best for you.