#29: Alcohol & Perimenopause: Why Drinking Hits Different After 40

Podcast: You're Not Crazy! It's Perimenopause with Jenny Smith · Jenny Smith

Opublikowano: 2026-09-08

Have you noticed that alcohol just doesn’t hit the same way it used to? Maybe a couple of glasses of wine now leave you wide awake at 2 a.m., sweating, exhausted, anxious, or wondering why you feel so terrible the next day. In this episode, Jenny explains why alcohol can affect women differently in perimenopause and how it may be contributing to symptoms like poor sleep, anxiety, mood swings, hot flashes, low energy, and cravings. Jenny also takes a closer look at why so many women reach for alcohol in the first place an...