About Rose

Sixteen months ago, Rose woke up and her anxiety had spiked overnight. Not gradually. One day to the next.

She saw doctors. She saw specialists. She was offered SSRIs. She declined — and the more she researched, the more she understood why that instinct was right.

The more appointments she attended, the more it felt like a system designed to process rather than answer. Every path on the internet seemed to end at a paywall or a product. Advice that looked independent usually led back to a service, a supplement brand, or a clinic.

So she started doing the research herself. Late nights. Medical journals. Menopause society guidelines. PubMed. The studies behind the headlines — and the ones that contradicted the headlines.

Slowly, the picture came together. What was happening to her brain was hormonal. What she had been offered first was not the most evidence-backed option available. The 2002 study that had frightened a generation of women away from HRT had serious design flaws that had been substantially revised — but that information had not made it into most consulting rooms.

She got better. Not quickly. Not easily. But she got better — and the thing that moved the needle was information, not another appointment.

Now women message her asking questions. She answers them. She has learned enough — and keeps learning enough — that she genuinely helps people navigate something the medical system often handles poorly.

This site is those answers, organised. Every page is what she wishes had existed when she needed it.

Rose started this by helping friends navigate perimenopause — answering questions, sharing what she had found, pointing people toward the right research. That has not changed.

If you have a question, a topic you cannot find an answer to, or something you think Rose should know about — you can write to her directly.