TORONTO - Karine Beauchamp couldn't think straight, felt so exhausted she could barely get out of bed and had unpredictable mood swings ranging from sadness to anger.

"It's like my resilience just disappeared," the 48-year-old federal government worker said in an interview from Ottawa.

"It felt like I wasn't myself."

Beauchamp talked to her family doctor, who suggested antidepressants, and a naturopathic doctor, who did blood tests and told her to take more vitamin D and iron.

Finally, a cousin told her about her positive experience with treatment at a private virtual menopause clinic. Beauchamp realized perimenopause — when mid-life women are still menstruating but approaching menopause — might be behind how she was feeling. Beauchamp decided to pay $300 for a consultation, where a nu

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