Before perimenopause, Angela hiked over 100 miles a month. “I was incredibly active,” she told me. “I moved to the mountains so I could hike.” Then: “Man, oh man,” she says with a sigh. “Perimenopause wiped me out.”
With approval from her doctor, Angela began taking HRT, or hormone replacement therapy, for her symptoms, but it didn’t make a big enough dent. She was still fatigued and, worse, almost completely uninterested in her former hobbies, hiking included. Then, a few months ago, Angela saw a social-media post from a woman who took daily anti-histamines (like Allegra, Claritin, or Zyrtec) plus Pepcid AC (a common antacid) for her perimenopause symptoms. Her results, as reported, sounded miraculous: no more brain fog, no more tossing and turning all night. Even her mood vastly improved.
