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Vol. I · Issue 01Thursday, 3 September 2026Est. 2026 · London
The Clarity Magazine
Clarity, quietly told.
Essays, protocols and clinician interviews for women navigating focus, hormones, sleep and the second half of life - written by the specialists in our network.
Lead essay · womens health
PMDD symptoms: the full list, in the order women notice them
The mood, cognitive and physical symptoms of PMDD, grouped and ordered the way women actually experience them across the luteal phase.
By Clarity Clinic Editorial·27 August 2026·9 min read
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PMDD vs PMS: the four differences that decide which one you have
Both are cyclical. Only one is disabling. Here is how clinicians separate PMDD from PMS, and why the distinction changes your treatment.
Clarity Clinic Editorial · 7 min
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Getting a PMDD diagnosis in the UK: what to track and what to say
There is no blood test for PMDD. Diagnosis rests on two cycles of tracking and a clear account of impact. Here is exactly how to prepare.
Clarity Clinic Editorial · 8 min
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PMDD treatment options in the UK, and what to expect from each
SSRIs, ovulation suppression, CBT and specialist options: what UK treatment for PMDD involves, how quickly each works, and what to weigh up.
Clarity Clinic Editorial · 9 min
Editor's letter
A note from Eleanor.
Most of the women who arrive at Clarity Clinic are not looking for another checklist. They arrive tired of being told they are anxious when they are exhausted, hormonal when they are unheard, or fine when they are not. The Magazine is where our clinicians write plainly about what they actually see - and what actually helps.
Every essay is written or reviewed by a specialist in our network. No affiliate placements. No influencer supplements. Just the counsel we'd give our own sisters, mothers and daughters.
- Eleanor, Editor
The stack · more reading
womens health
The perimenopause symptom checklist, grouped by system
Print this before your appointment. Every common perimenopause symptom, organised by body system, with the ones that need urgent review flagged.
Clarity Clinic Editorial · 8 min
womens health
What age does perimenopause start? Early, typical and late
Perimenopause usually begins between 40 and 45, but the range is wide. What shifts the timeline, and when an early start needs assessment.
Clarity Clinic Editorial · 6 min
womens health
HRT patches explained: doses, use, side effects and switching
Why transdermal oestrogen is the modern default, how patches are dosed, what to do when one falls off, and what to expect in the first three months.
Clarity Clinic Editorial · 8 min
womens health
Menopause and anxiety: why it arrives first, and what settles it
For many women anxiety is the first perimenopause symptom, years before a hot flush. Here is the mechanism, and what actually helps.
Clarity Clinic Editorial · 8 min
womens health
Supplements for menopause: what the evidence supports
An honest review of the supplements marketed for menopause - what has reasonable evidence, what is weak, and what to prioritise instead.
Clarity Clinic Editorial · 8 min
womens health
How to find a menopause specialist in the UK
NHS clinics, GPs with a special interest and private specialists: how UK menopause care is structured, and how to get seen faster.
Clarity Clinic Editorial · 7 min
womens health
PCOS symptom checklist: what to note before your appointment
Cycle, skin, hair, metabolic and fertility signs of PCOS, with the details a clinician needs to assess you properly.
Clarity Clinic Editorial · 7 min
womens health
How PCOS is diagnosed in the UK: criteria, bloods and scans
The Rotterdam criteria explained in plain language, which blood tests are done and why, and what an ultrasound can and cannot show.
Clarity Clinic Editorial · 8 min
womens health
PCOS and insulin resistance: the mechanism behind most symptoms
Why insulin sits underneath so much of PCOS, how it is assessed, and what changes it - including for women at a normal weight.
Clarity Clinic Editorial · 8 min
womens health
PCOS and fertility: what actually helps you conceive
PCOS is a common cause of difficulty conceiving and one of the more treatable ones. Ovulation induction, timing and when to seek help.
Clarity Clinic Editorial · 8 min
womens health
Eating and training with PCOS, without the food rules
What the evidence supports for PCOS nutrition and exercise, why restriction backfires, and a practical structure you can hold for years.
Clarity Clinic Editorial · 8 min
womens health
Endometriosis symptom checklist: what to record before your GP appointment
Pain, bowel, bladder, fatigue and fertility symptoms of endometriosis, and the way to describe them that gets you taken seriously.
Clarity Clinic Editorial · 8 min
womens health
Getting an endometriosis diagnosis in the UK, and shortening the wait
Scans, referrals, laparoscopy and specialist centres: how UK endometriosis diagnosis works, and the practical steps that speed it up.
Clarity Clinic Editorial · 9 min
womens health
Managing endometriosis pain: medical, hormonal and physical approaches
What actually helps endometriosis pain - analgesia, hormonal suppression, surgery, pelvic physiotherapy and nervous system work - used together.
Clarity Clinic Editorial · 9 min
womens health
Endometriosis and fertility: what the evidence says
How endometriosis affects conception, when surgery helps, what IVF outcomes look like, and when to seek help rather than waiting.
Clarity Clinic Editorial · 8 min
womens health
Oestrogen and dopamine: the hormone-ADHD link every woman should understand
One mechanism explains PMS crashes, pregnancy changes, postnatal fog and perimenopausal collapse. Here it is, in plain English.
Clarity Clinic Editorial · 6 min
womens health
ADHD and PMS: why the two weeks before your period are the hardest
PMS and ADHD amplify each other. Here is what is happening hormonally in the luteal phase, how to tell PMS apart from PMDD, and what to change.
Clarity Clinic Editorial · 11 min
womens health
Endometriosis or IBS? Why bowel symptoms send women down the wrong path
Bloating, pain and altered bowel habit fit both diagnoses. The cyclical pattern is what separates them, and it is the question rarely asked.
Clarity Clinic Editorial · 7 min
womens health
ADHD medication and your cycle: why the same dose stops working
Many women notice their ADHD medication works beautifully for three weeks and then seems to stop. Here is what is happening hormonally, and what to do about it.
Clarity Clinic Editorial · 9 min
ADHD & Neurodivergence
Late ADHD diagnosis in women: what actually happens next
A diagnosis in your thirties, forties or fifties answers one question and opens several more. Here is a clear picture of what follows, in the UK, in practice.
The Clarity Clinic Team · 10 min
womens health
ADHD and HRT: what we know about oestrogen, focus and treatment
Does HRT help ADHD symptoms in perimenopause? An honest look at the mechanism, the evidence, the limits, and how to have the conversation with a clinician.
The Clarity Clinic Team · 11 min
ADHD & Neurodivergence
Rejection sensitive dysphoria: the ADHD symptom nobody warned you about
RSD is the intense emotional pain many women with ADHD feel when they sense criticism, rejection or falling short. Here's what it is, why it hits harder in your 30s and 40s, and what actually helps.
The Clarity Clinic Team · 9 min
womens health
ADHD and periods: why symptoms spike before your period
ADHD symptoms often get louder in the week before your period - and for many women, ADHD medication feels like it stops working. New UK research on ADHD, PMDD and the menstrual cycle is finally explaining why.
Clarity Clinic Editorial · 8 min
womens health
ADHD and PMDD: why the luteal phase breaks your coping strategies
Up to half of women with ADHD may also meet criteria for PMDD. Here is what happens to the ADHD brain in the two weeks before a period, how PMDD is diagnosed in the UK, and what actually helps.
The Clarity Clinic Team · 11 min
womens health
ADHD and menopause: why your symptoms are getting louder in your forties
Perimenopause strips the hormonal scaffolding that many women with ADHD have unconsciously relied on for decades. Here's what changes, why, and what to do about it.
The Clarity Clinic Team · 10 min
womens health
Perimenopause brain fog: what it is, why it happens, and what actually clears it
The word-finding pauses, the missing appointments, the sense that your memory has quietly left the building. Perimenopause brain fog is real, and it is treatable.
The Clarity Clinic Team · 9 min
ADHD & Neurodivergence
ADHD burnout in women: the collapse nobody prepared you for
It is not depression, and it is not laziness. ADHD burnout is what happens when years of masking, over-functioning and cognitive overtime finally run out of runway.
The Clarity Clinic Team · 9 min
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