Why does hormonal imbalance in perimenopause cause symptoms?

During perimenopause, hormonal imbalance comes about when our sex hormone levels (estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, DHEA, FSH and LH) changes too drastically, usually outside the range that your body can manage.

Although our bodies have back-up systems to compensate for these changes, cumulative effects of poor diet, chronic stress, lack of sleep, too little exercise, and environmental toxins often undermine our bodies, affecting the work of our sex hormones.

With imbalance, symptoms such as irritability, irregular periods, weight gain, menstrual migraines, fatigue, poor sleep will thus surface.

*DHEA: Dehydroepiandrosterone
FSH: follicle-stimulating hormone
LH: luteinizing hormone