Hack Your Meno-Brain

10 tips for organising your life when your brain won’t play nice!

Does it ever feel like it’s cotton wool in there? (Image, author’s own)

During menopause and perimenopause changes to the rate at which our brain cells metabolise can cause forgetfulness, fatigue and problems with focus. While there’s evidence that this does eventually settle down, it’s not much fun dealing with it in the meantime.

There are things you can do to look after your brain and reduce these symptoms, which I’ve written about elsewhere, but this article is about hacks to make living with meno-brain easier.

You might also to check out articles about Brain Fog, Sleep and Mental Health.

1. Reduce your memory load

There’s interesting research that suggests that during our menstruating years women’s memory vastly outperforms that of men, and that after menopause it declines until it is about the same as men.

Is it possible that we have got into the habit of trying to remember too much? Do we remember things on behalf of other people? Do we take on too much of the memory load in work and relationships? Is there a way in which we can reduce what we need to remember — including expecting other people to remember things for themselves.

2. Don’t try and multi-task