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The Dr Louise Newson Podcast

31 - Could it be perimenopause? How hormones influence the brain

The Dr Louise Newson Podcast

Dr Louise Newson

Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Medicine

4.8798 Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Many women reach their 40s and start feeling different. They find themselves more anxious, tired, forgetful or prone to migraines, without realising these are often early signs of perimenopause. In this episode, Dr Louise Newson speaks with Dr Mariza Snyder, a functional medicine doctor and hormone specialist, about how to recognise the subtle and often overlooked symptoms of hormonal change.

They discuss how fluctuating levels of oestrogen, progesterone and testosterone can influence mood, cognition and sleep, and why these shifts can trigger or worsen migraines. The conversation also covers the importance of hormone replacement therapy and lifestyle strategies in restoring balance and protecting long-term health.

This episode helps women connect the dots between how they feel and what their hormones are doing, offering clarity, reassurance and practical next steps.

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0:00.0

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0:53.0

On my podcast, I'm talking with Dr. Marida Schneider, who is a functional

0:57.5

doctor. She's a hormone specialist and an author. And we talk a lot about perimenopause, how to

1:04.0

diagnose it, how to listen to women, and how to think you might be perimenopausal if you are,

1:10.0

and how to talk to your doctor.

1:12.0

But we also talk about migraines and the big association between migraines and hormones.

1:18.0

So lots we cover. It's a great episode.

1:23.1

So you're in US. I'm in the UK. I spend a lot of my time frustrated and I know you do as well.

1:30.7

And, you know, hormones have been around for many, many years. We've known about them for decades.

1:37.3

But what we still find is that so many of us as doctors are misdiagnosing women and not joining the dots and thinking.

1:47.0

And there is so many symptoms associated with changing hormone levels.

1:51.6

And we've got all these labels that we give women.

1:53.9

So perimenopause, menopause, PMS, PMD, PCOS.

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