Naturopath for PMS in Perth

What your premenstrual symptoms are telling you

Premenstrual syndrome shows up in the days before your period and usually eases once it arrives. It can be physical, emotional, or both:

• Mood swings, irritability, anxiety or low mood

• Bloating, fluid retention and breast tenderness

• Cramps, headaches and fatigue

• Sugar and carbohydrate cravings

• Restless sleep and trouble concentrating

For some women, the emotional symptoms are severe enough to disrupt work and relationships (this more intense form is known as PMDD). Wherever you sit on that spectrum, strong monthly symptoms are a sign that your hormones and the systems supporting them could use some attention.

Looking beneath the symptoms with functional testing

When symptoms are stubborn or severe, I want to understand why rather than guess. DUTCH hormonal testing maps your hormones across the cycle and shows how your body is clearing them, which often explains patterns that have been dismissed for years. From there, your plan can target the actual driver instead of chasing the symptom. Premenstrual symptoms can also overlap with conditions like PCOS and endometriosis, which is something we can look at together if it fits your picture.

For a week or two every month, do you feel like a different person - tearful, irritable, bloated and exhausted - and then fine again, as though nothing happened? That monthly pattern is so common that it gets brushed off as "just PMS", but common doesn’t mean you have to accept feeling awful for a quarter of your life. I’m Ashleigh, a naturopath in Perth, and I help women understand what is driving their premenstrual symptoms and support their body across the whole cycle, with food and evidence leading the way.

Supporting your cycle with food first

Your hormones don’t work in isolation; they rise and fall across the month, and how you eat, sleep and manage stress shapes how smooth that ride feels.

I start with the foundations. Keeping your blood sugar steady through the day can take a surprising amount of heat out of premenstrual mood and cravings, so we look at how your meals are built - protein, fibre, healthy fats, and enough of the nutrients your body leans on in the second half of your cycle. Around that, we work on stress, sleep and gentle, cycle-aware movement.

If it suits you, I use targeted nutritional and herbal support, chosen for your situation and never as a reason to change any contraception or medication you take. There are also some simple starting points in my guide to natural remedies for PMS symptoms.

What working with me looks like

I see women right across Perth – from Subiaco to Fremantle and all surrounding suburbs - both in the clinic and online. Our first visit is a proper conversation about your cycle, your health history and your goals, and you leave with a plan that suits your real life rather than an ideal one. Many of the women I see for PMS are also navigating menopause or thinking ahead to fertility changes, and the same whole-person approach carries across all of them.

Tired of losing a week every month?

Book a consultation and let us look at your cycle properly.

Frequently Asked Questions Around PMS and Naturopathy

  • I help women support their body through the premenstrual phase using diet, lifestyle and evidence-based natural strategies tailored to their cycle. It is educational support, not a diagnosis or a cure.

  • Yes, plenty of my clients are on the pill or other contraception, and I will never tell you to stop or change it – that’s between you and your prescribing doctor. I simply work with you around it.