Why You Don't Feel Like Yourself Anymore After 40 (What's Actually Happening)

TRUE Wellness with Dr. Z · Oct 29, 2026 · 29m

A woman sat down across from me and said, "I don't feel like myself anymore." Then she apologised for it, because she'd tried saying it to a doctor and watched him write something down and move on.

It isn't vague. It's the most precise thing a woman can say about what's happening to her. There just isn't a test for it.

In this episode I walk through the four things that add up to that feeling, and what's physically happening underneath each one:

Exhaustion that sleep doesn't fix.

Fog, and losing your words mid-sentence.

Weight that stopped responding to everything that used to work.

And being…