175: Menopause Symptom Clusters (Pre-, Peri- and Post-): Shorts

Revisit a previous episode where hosts Tiffany Cruikshank and Katja Bartsch dive into a 2025 study analyzing more than 145,000 symptom logs from nearly 4,800 women pre- peri- and post-menopause. They discuss how symptoms can vary widely between individuals and across different stages of the transition, while also highlighting why emerging research should be interpreted with curiosity rather than certainty.

“The research is really making an effort to understand how women experience their transition on a daily basis.” — Katja Bartsch

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“I feel like it’s easy to dump all of this into the hormonal bucket and to assume that this is all hormonal based, but also…remember that everything is influencing our hormones.” — Tiffany Cruikshank

Show Notes:

• The study: more than 145,000 symptom logs from almost 5,000 users [02:15]
• Symptoms differ between pre-menopause, perimenopause, and post-menopause [04:19]
• Top symptoms in each stage [06:53]
• Greater granularity is needed when studying individual symptoms [10:17]
• How research like this informs future studies [12:26]

Links Mentioned:

• Watch this episode on YouTube
• Listen to the full Yoga Medicine® Podcast Episode 139: Experiencing Menopause – Research Roundup
• LIVE Online Menopause Teacher Training
• Aras SG, Grant AD, Konhilas JP. Clustering of > 145,000 symptom logs reveals distinct pre, peri, and menopausal phenotypes. Sci Rep. 2025 Jan 3;15(1):640. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-84208-3. PMID: 39753725; PMCID: PMC11699220.
• Connect with Katja Bartsch:

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“At the moment, we’re putting together puzzle pieces and the picture might still be a bit distorted because we just don’t have the full picture yet.” — Katja Bartsch