Feeling a bit more brain fog than usual? Getting forgetful, but chalking it up to stress and fatigue? If you're a woman in your 40s, there could be another reason - perimenopause. Hormone changes can have an effect on the brain, but are these effects permanent over the longer term? We talk about whether menopause brain is real, even in the years preceding, and whether dementia is a risk that perimenopausal women need to be concerned about.



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Feeling a bit more brain fog than usual? Getting forgetful, but chalking it up to stress and fatigue? If you're a woman in your 40s, there could be another reason - perimenopause. Hormone changes can have an effect on the brain, but are these effects permanent over the longer term? We talk about whether menopause brain is real, even in the years preceding, and whether dementia is a risk that perimenopausal women need to be concerned about.Want to know more? Listen to other episodes in the series, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.bfm.my/podcast?utm_source=tags&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;utm_campaign=resourcetags&amp;tag=Life%20Doesn%27t%20Pause&amp;utm_content=Life%20Doesn%27t%20Pause">Life Doesn't Pause, here</a>. Image credit: Shutterstock

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