What surprising changes did you notice around peri?

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I think I’m probably approaching peri as I’m 43 and my own mum was 43 when she reached complete menopause.
I have suddenly become really sensitive to products and get skin irritation from perfume or even body spray now and scented shower products which had never been a problem for me.
Wine intolerance as in it just makes me sleepy.
Also noticed this is the first winter I’m still hot in just a sleeveless top and I’m usually known for always being cold.
My lifelong frizzy hair is suddenly not frizzy anymore although still curly but so much easier to manage.
I just wondered what things others had unexpectedly experienced around this time.

My hayfever dissapeared. I had quite bad hayfever all my life with three months of itchy eyes and runy nose. Antihistamines controlled it to certain extend but I was never symptom free during the season. And then it disappeared. I get an occasional sneeze attack and still have contact allegry to grass in hayfever season, but no more runny nose or itchy eyes.
I have been really lucky as I haven’t had any of the really unpleasant menopause symptoms. My skin has become itchy and hair has changed from wire straight to wavy/frizzy, but no other symptoms.