When I realised I was in perimenopause last year, aged 45, I went on a webinar by Marion Stewart. Since then, I increased my intake of phytoestrogens to alleviate my predominantly emotional symptoms ( I don't get hot flushes). So I drink red clover tea, black cohosh tea, hawthorn tea and St. John's Wort tea, soy milk smoothies with flaxseed and edamame beans. Four months later, my emotional symptoms are better though my cognition, energy and sex drive are not, so I am now trying testosterone (early days: 2 weeks). I like the dietary changes and have increased my omega 3s also (more salmon, eggs, etc) and antioxidant fruit and veg (berries, orange veggies and green leafy veg). I would especially recommend trying red clover tea. It tastes lovely and has decreased my caffeine and alcohol intake, which I think helps anxiety.