The Mental Health Blindspot in Menopause: Mood, Rage, and the Economic Cost

Mood and mental health are some of the most misunderstood parts of perimenopause — irritability, anxiety, anger, and eventually rage all show up, yet almost no research, policy, or clinical screening treats them as their own symptoms. This is the story of how mood gets tangled up in shame and misdiagnosis during a transition nobody explained, and what real care would actually look like.