Episode 98: Can you test for menopause?

Empower Your Menopause · Sep 24, 2026 · 26m · transcript

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It sounds as though the answer should be simple. After all, we can test blood sugar, cholesterol, thyroid function and all sorts of other things — so surely there must be a test that tells you whether you’re in perimenopause or menopause.

Unfortunately, bodies don’t work quite that neatly.

In this episode of Empower Your Menopause, we look at what menopause tests actually measure, why hormone levels such as FSH can be difficult to interpret during perimenopause, and why a single result doesn’t always tell you what you think it does.

We also talk about when testing can…