Print this worksheet or download the two-page PDF, complete it over 28 days, and hand it to your doctor. No sign-in, no email, no card, and nothing you write is transmitted anywhere.
Your details and cycle history, a 28-day daily grid for hot flashes, night sweats, sleep, mood, anxiety, brain fog, fatigue, joint aches and bleeding, cycle and bleeding notes, and space for the questions you want answered.
Log daily rather than from memory, rate severity from 0 to 10 rather than only presence, record sleep every night, note the cycle day beside each entry, and bring three priority questions rather than thirty.
Four weeks covers a full cycle and shows whether symptoms cluster in a particular phase. Two weeks is enough to show frequency and severity if you need to be seen sooner.
Usually not over 45, because hormone levels swing day to day and a single result can mislead. Tests are more useful for ruling out thyroid disease and iron deficiency, or when symptoms begin before 45.