Nearing menopausal stage

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I am a female, currently age 48. My menopausal symptoms started when I was 42 years old although back then they were very minor. They started out with subtle hot flashes during the day and night sweats at night.

Gradually, they progressed to very severe hot flashes, to the point where I needed to either go outside into the cold weather (if it was winter time) or sit right next to a fan (if it was summertime).

Sometimes I would be in the middle of a meeting at work, feel the hot flash coming on, and I would want nothing more than to run out of the room and take all my clothes off. The sensation was as if someone was lighting a fire inside my chest.

It was so embarrassing when I would begin to perspire when everyone else around me was comfortable. At night, I would wake up and my clothes and hair would be as wet as if I just got out of the shower. Read the rest of this entry »

I’m a 52 year old female. I started to get the symptoms of menopause at about the age of 42-45. I started noticing a heavier flow of menstrual periods; maybe they lasted from 8 or 9 days, with many blood clots and serious cramps.

Had to use thicker sanitary napkins and change them quite frequently. The periods stopped when I reached 48, I mean, 1 month came the flow, the following month, no period at all, at first, I thought I was pregnant, because I felt womb movements.

Right now, I have the problem of not sleeping – insomnia. Haven’t had the hot flashes, which are a natural thing that occurs in the females in my family. And yes, shall we talk about the weight gain, I think I’ve gained about 50-60 pounds, since the process, the gain is more around the hips, thighs and stomach areas. Read the rest of this entry »

Once a woman enters puberty, each month her body releases one of the more than 400,000 eggs that are stored in her ovaries, and the lining of the womb (uterus) thickens in anticipation of receiving a fertilized egg.

If the egg is not fertilized, progesterone levels drop and the uterine lining sheds and bleeds.

By the time a woman reaches her late 30s or 40s, her ovaries begin to produce less estrogen and progesterone and release eggs less often.

The gradual decline of estrogen causes a wide variety of changes in tissues that respond to estrogen—including the vagina, vulva, uterus, bladder, urethra, breasts, bones, heart, blood vessels, brain, skin, hair, and mucous membranes. Read the rest of this entry »

About 2 years ago I stopped having my cycle for about 3 months. Knowing that my tubes had been tied, I didn’t suspect pregnancy.

I was 36 at the time. I started to cry over nothing and everything.

The act of having a conversation with anyone led to tears. I thought I was going nuts! So I cut back on caffeine and tried to get more sleep.

This didn’t help at all. Then I noticed I was sweating to death in the middle of winter.

We use a wood stove to heat the house and my room is always cold around 2 am, so there was no reason to be feeling so hot. Then my cycle came back with a gnarly vengeance.

I wanted to break things and I would get angry if anyone spoke to me. Read the rest of this entry »

I am a female and this is about female menopause. I am writing to say that YES I have met female menopause and what an experience it is!

The symptoms started at age forty and actually even in my late thirties.

I have experienced many of the normal symptoms. The symptoms come and go often; sometimes they stay for a prolonged period of time. I did at first search for help online and also through doctors.

I spoke to my gynecologist and also went for a check up. I also spoke to close friends and family. I have experienced hot flashes where at one moment I am sweating for no reason and then the next moment I am cold. Read the rest of this entry »

I was happy when I learned that I was nearing my menopausal stage. That meant menstruation pads would no longer inconvenience me. Moreover, that meant less monthly expense for me. I was 52 when I stopped bleeding.

I thought I would be happier. But then came this night sweats and hot flushes that would come at an unexpected period. I was in an air-conditioned room and everybody felt cool except me because perspiration was running in my face.

I didn’t know what was happening to me at the time. For me that was so unusual.

At bedtime, I couldn’t sleep. It would be in the early hours of the morning before I could sleep. This was followed by anxiety; my heart would beat fast as if something was going to happen. The worst part was the setting in of depression. I lost joy working at home. Read the rest of this entry »