Think you may be losing your mind? Just reading this list may ease your mind to know it's all part of the big plan. I used to think my Mother was insane when she'd stick her head in the freezer. Now I totally get it.
The Menopausal Years by: Susun S Weed is a good online read which breaks it down in stages.
Perimenopause or premenopause is the time before actual menopause. This phase lasts 5 to 13 years & is when you experience most of the symptoms. Menopause is actually a one day event--the last day of your last ever period. Of course, you will not know when that day occurred until you no longer have periods. The average age for menopause is 51. Post-menopause begins 1 year after your LAST period.
The 35 Symptons Of Menopause
1. Hot flashes, flushes, night sweats and/or cold flashes, clammy feeling___________
2. Bouts of rapid heart beat____________
3. Irritability____________
4. Mood swings, sudden tears____________
5. Trouble sleeping through the night (with or without night sweats)__________
6. Irregular periods; shorter, lighter periods; heavier periods, flooding; phantom periods, shorter cycles, longer cycles__________
7. Loss of libido__________
8. Dry vagina __________
9. Crashing fatigue____________
10. Anxiety, feeling ill at ease___________
11. Feelings of dread, apprehension, doom___________
12. Difficulty concentrating, disorientation, mental confusion___________
13. Disturbing memory lapses____________
14. Incontinence, especially upon sneezing, laughing; urge incontinence___________
15. Itchy, crawly skin__________
16. Aching, sore joints, muscles and tendons____________
17. Increased tension in muscles____________
18. Breast tenderness___________
19. Headache change: increase or decrease____________
20. Gastrointestinal distress, indigestion, flatulence, gas pain, nausea__________
21. Sudden bouts of bloat___________
22. Depression__________
23. Exacerbation of existing conditions___________
24. Increase in allergies___________
25. Weight gain________
26. Hair loss or thinning, head, pubic, or whole body; increase in facial hair______
27. Dizziness, light-headedness, episodes of loss of balance_______
28. Changes in body odor________
29. Electric shock sensation under the skin and in the head__________
30. Tingling in the extremities__________
31. Gum problems, increased bleeding_________
32. Burning tongue, burning roof of mouth, bad taste in mouth, change in breath odor_______
33. Osteoporosis (after several years)___________
34. Changes in fingernails: softer, crack or break easier__________
35. Tinnitus: ringing in ears, bells, 'whooshing' buzzing etc._________
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2 comments:
SO much too look forward to, huh?? So much fun being a woman - either having the hell periods or going through the hell of menopause. We just can't win! Why do men get off so easy? Ummm... I mean not going through this hell. *snicker*
*HUGS*
from over here on the "other side" . . . it does get easier. Not overnight, but day by day things mellow out. "Regrets, I have a few, but then again . . . "
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