Biology Beyond the Obvious is a 9-part blog series reframing overlooked systems—fascia, mitochondria, gut, skin, water, senses—through the nervous system lens.
Mirena is supposed to simplify perimenopause. But if you’re more anxious, emotionally flat, or disconnected than you expected, the device may be doing something your provider isn’t tracking — something involving oxytocin.
Capacity collapse in menopause looks like aging — but it isn’t. Learn the distinction that changes what’s possible and whether your decline is a trajectory or a state.
At 46, she swore she’d aged a decade in 18 months. Brain fog, night sweats, cycles like roulette. Her labs weren’t ‘bad enough.’ But her body was staging an intervention — and it wasn’t asking for permission.
