FEELING MOODY, TIRED OR TEARFUL?
Periods all over the place? Having hot flushes or struggling to sleep? There’s a good chance it’s down to your hormones. These are the body’s chemical messengers, regulating a range of functions from appetite and metabolism to periods, sleep cycle and heart rate. When hormones are in balance, things run smoothly. It’s when they get out of kilter that the trouble begins. This doesn’t mean having to live life on a rollercoaster. We asked health experts who specialise in common hormonerelated conditions for advice on dealing with the symptoms and different life stages.