All of this to say that menopause and the period leading up to it, perimenopause, can be incredibly stressful. «Fortunately,» Taylor-Swanson adds, «there’s a lot of really good research showing at least moderate help from yoga, acupuncture, herbal medicines, mindfulness-based stress reduction, and cognitive behavioral therapy. All of those interventions have been tested, and certainly, none of them show any harm.»
