Tool12-month strip
Menopause Atlas
A year of symptoms on one page. Paint it, read the patterns, take them to a visit.
Symptoms
11 Menopause Rating Scale items
Months
12 the last column is this month
Sent
0 no name or birth date asked
EducationalThis tool helps you describe what you notice and bring it to a visit. It does not assess you or name a condition. The general information below describes what clinicians commonly consider; a clinician decides.
- -3b / -3a · Late reproductiveCycles regular; in -3a, subtle changes such as shorter cycles begin
- -2 · Early transitionCycle length differs by 7 days or more, again and again
- -1 · Late transition60 days or more without a period; about 1 to 3 years
- FMP0 · Final period: Known only after 12 months without one
- +1a to +1c · Early postmenopauseAbout 5 to 8 years after the final period
- +2 · Late postmenopauseThe years after that
The band is reference material from the STRAW+10 workshop (Harlow et al. 2012). The atlas never places anyone on it: a clinician talks about stage from cycle history, not symptoms.
Tap or drag across cells to paint. Swipe up or down to scroll. The last column is this month. Stored on this device only, never sent.
Patterns to discuss with a clinician
Nothing painted yet. Patterns show here as you paint: how often each item was marked, changes over the last 3 months, and items marked in the same months.
These restate what was painted. They are not a reading of it.
Visit prep summary Draft
Paint at least one cell to build the summary.
What care costs per month 9 services, self-pay
| Medication included5 services, at each one’s lowest published cash plan. Estrogen alone (only if you have no uterus): from $54/mo. | $67 to $219/mo |
|---|---|
| Care only4 services; the medication is billed separately, at your pharmacy or through insurance. | $29 to $59/mo |
Published cash prices, checked Oct 18 to 19, 2026. Some services bill every 28 days; that charge is shown as the month. Labs and dose changes can add to it.
Next step
Take the strip to your visit
Visit prep turns it into a one-page sheet to print, with your own questions.
Winona from $93/mo
Its own page lists estrogen tablets ($54) + progesterone capsules ($39) (read Oct 19, 2026).
Ranked by our published method; commission does not change the order.
What does the Menopause Atlas show?
How much each of 11 menopause symptoms, from hot flashes (also hot flushes or vasomotor symptoms) to sleep problems and low mood, bothered you in each of the last 12 months, in the Menopause Rating Scale’s words, mild to very severe. It lists the patterns in plain words for a visit. It does not score them or name a stage.
Is anything I paint stored or sent?
Nothing is sent. The strip is kept in this browser until it is cleared, and no name or birth date is asked. Send to visit prep passes it to the visit sheet in this tab only, through the browser’s session storage; it never goes in a link, to a server or to analytics.
Where do the stages and the clinical information come from?
The stage band is reference material from the STRAW+10 workshop (Harlow et al. 2012); the atlas never places anyone on it. The symptom list is the Menopause Rating Scale. The general information panel cites The Menopause Society’s 2022 hormone therapy position statement, and prices come from each clinic’s own pages.
- Harlow SD, et al. Executive summary of STRAW+10: addressing the unfinished agenda of staging reproductive aging. Menopause 2012 (PMID 22343510) (opens in new tab)
- STRAW+10 executive summary, full text (PMC3340903), read Oct 21, 2026 (opens in new tab)
- Heinemann K, et al. The Menopause Rating Scale (MRS) scale: a methodological review. Health Qual Life Outcomes 2004 (PMID 15345062) (opens in new tab)
- The Menopause Society. The 2022 hormone therapy position statement. Menopause 2022;29(7):767–794 (PMID 35797481), read Oct 22, 2026 (opens in new tab)