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- TANYA PEAREY

Julia Tuffs, 45, from Teddington, London.

The perimenopause hit me like a monster truck - but at the time I didn't know what was happening to me. Around the age of 43 I started not feeling like myself. I was struggling to cope with things, I was really irritable and my sleep was dreadful. I'd struggle to nod off then I'd be wide awake between 3-5am.

My anxiety was going through the roof - about everything, my own and my family's health, having to plan or organise anything or driving somewhere. I'd never been a worrier before. Talking to my friends, many were going through the same thing.