By Sophora Editorial · Evidence reviewed · Published June 2026 · Last reviewed June 2026 Everything you have read about perimenopause talks about losing something; your patience, your sleep, your interest in sex. So when the opposite happens, when you find yourself wanting sex more, thinking about it more, feeling more present in your own … Read more
By Sophora Editorial · Evidence reviewed · Published June 2026 · Last reviewed June 2026 You have tried explaining it to a doctor before, and the appointment ended with “that’s just part of getting older” or a shrug you have not been able to shake. Often, that is not because the doctor did not care. … Read more
By Sophora Editorial · Evidence reviewed · Published June 2026 · Last reviewed June 2026 You have read the explanation now. You understand why your breasts have been sore. The hormones, the unopposed oestrogen, all of it. (click here if you havent) What you actually want now, is for it to stop hurting, or at … Read more
By Sophora Editorial · Evidence reviewed · Published June 2026 · Last reviewed June 2026 You felt the cramp before you checked the calendar. The familiar, low ache, the kind that always meant your period was a day away. Except your period is not a day away. It came two weeks ago, or it has … Read more
By Sophora Editorial · Evidence reviewed · Published June 2026 · Last reviewed June 2026 Your bra has started to feel wrong. Not the wrong size, just wrong too tight in a way it never used to be, every movement landing somewhere tender. Some days it is a dull ache. Other days it is sharp … Read more
By Sophora Editorial · Evidence reviewed · Published June 2026 · Last reviewed June 2026 A low-grade queasiness keeps showing up with no obvious cause .It’s not about anything you ate, nothing you can pin down, just a sense of feeling slightly off. Stress was the first guess. And then,you couldn’t quite pin anything else … Read more
By Sophora Health Editorial Team · Medically reviewed · Published July 2026 · Last reviewed July 2026 The ears have started itching. Not constantly, not severely, but regularly, and always deep inside where nothing can reach. An earbud makes it temporarily worse. Lying on one side at night triggers it. The doctor checked and found nothing … Read more
By Sophora Editorial · Evidence reviewed · Published June 2026 · Last reviewed June 2026 You cannot reach behind your back to do up your bra anymore. Lifting your arm above your shoulder has started to hurt in a way that feels deep, the kind of ache that lives in the joint itself. Your doctor … Read more
By Sophora Editorial · Evidence reviewed · Published June 2026 · Last reviewed June 2026 Your periods have stopped making sense. Late one month, early the next, gone entirely for two, then back without warning. Somewhere in that mess, a question has been sitting at the back of your mind can you actually still get … Read more