What's Your Nervous System Trying to Tell You in Perimenopause?

If you feel like you’ve gone from steady to snappy for no reason, you’re not losing it. Your nervous system is reacting to the hormonal chaos of perimenopause and it might also be trying to get your attention in other ways.

What’s Really Going On

Oestrogen and progesterone don’t just affect your cycle. They talk to your brain’s stress centres, helping you regulate calm, focus, and mood. When they start fluctuating, your nervous system becomes more sensitive, meaning small things can suddenly feel enormous.

That’s why you might feel:

• Constantly on edge or overstimulated

• Snappy or irritable

• Wide awake at 3am with your heart racing

• Exhausted but wired.

The Magnesium Connection

Magnesium is one of the first minerals to dip when you’re stressed. It plays a key role in helping the nervous system switch off, yet most of us aren’t getting enough. That’s why every one of our Superlattes: Peri Chai, Peri Rose & Vanilla, Peri Hot Choccy, and Peri Salted Caramel is made with magnesium glycinate, the most absorbable form. It helps manage stress, support deep rest, and calm an overworked system.

The Collagen Piece

As oestrogen drops, collagen production slows down. That affects more than skin, it’s essential for gut health, joint comfort, and even the way your brain and body communicate. Our Peri Protein Blends and collagen Superlattes help maintain collagen levels naturally, keeping you stronger and more resilient through all the shifts.

The Deeper Layer: What Your Body’s Trying to Tell You

Many women find that as hormones fluctuate, the body starts surfacing old, buried emotions. The nervous system is like an alarm system when it can no longer numb or suppress, it brings up what’s been left unresolved.

That restlessness, that short fuse, that wave of anxiety you can’t pin to anything? It might not just be biology. It can be your body’s way of saying, “Slow down. Something needs to be felt.”

Perimenopause often acts as a kind of reset, physically, emotionally, and spiritually. It’s a time when the body insists on honesty. You’re being asked to listen, not push through. To care for yourself as deeply as you’ve cared for everyone else.

Small Rituals That Bring You Back to Yourself

You don’t need a grand reinvention. Just daily moments of grounding, like your morning Peri Rose & Vanilla or an evening Peri Hot Choccy that remind your body it’s safe.

A calm nervous system is the foundation for everything else: sleep, mood, digestion, and connection. When you give it what it needs, you create the space to feel the whole SheBANG! again.