Brain fog: the menopause symptom impacting women at work
A recent TV special highlighting the challenges of menopause showed the challenges faced by many women around ‘brain fog’ at work. Kathy Abernethy looks at how employers can support female employees to thrive through education and awareness.
The brain is the supercomputer that generates all thoughts, memories, dreams, emotions and ideas. No wonder, then, that brain fog can be such a disruptive and distressing impact of menopause for working women.
Thanks to recent media attention, such as Channel 4’s Davina McCall: Sex, Mind and the Menopause, there’s now increased awareness that declining oestrogen levels during the menopausal years can be associated with sudden forgetfulness and a lack of concentration. Some call it “cotton wool brain”. More commonly it’s “brain fog”.
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