Biology Beyond the Obvious is a 9-part blog series reframing overlooked systems—fascia, mitochondria, gut, skin, water, senses—through the nervous system lens.
You’ve done the work. You’ve optimized, tracked, supplemented, and tried harder. And you still feel broken. That’s not a personal failure — it’s the predictable result of a culture that systematically dismisses midlife women’s physiological reality.
Low libido in perimenopause isn’t a hormone deficiency or a relationship failure — it’s your body asking whether it can afford connection right now. Desire requires surplus. When the system is depleted, the signal goes quiet.
That weepy crash, the breast tenderness, the histamine flares — you’ve been told it’s low estrogen. But in perimenopause, it’s more often overflow followed by withdrawal. The problem isn’t scarcity. It’s turbulence.
Everyone talks about luteal phase mood crashes. But in perimenopause, it’s often mid-cycle — around ovulation — that blindsides you with dread, tears, and a nervous system on high alert.
