What are the things you have exprienced during menopause?
I am looking for personal experiences with menopause. The reason is the websites can give you a clinical explanation but experience is always better than what can be read in a book. Please if you are willing, share your personal experiences with menopause with me. I think mine may have begun. Yikes!
May 4th, 2009 at 11:00 pm
hot flashes for sure. feeling “bitchy”.
May 7th, 2009 at 6:52 am
the biggest thing with me was weight lose and the hot flashes mercy me ….have bad luck with hot flashes it was about the death of me i couldnt stand it would happen during the winter i would take my coat off and then i ended up with the flu…2 times…i’m glad its over!!!!!
May 7th, 2009 at 2:03 pm
Not everyone but many have hot flashes so intense they want to rip their clothes off. Wear layers even in winter. I almost only wear cardigan sweaters as my pullovers are annoying to keep putting on & taking off. You can be chilly when you’re not boiling. It hits you in about 5 seconds. Avoid cafine if you can…inspires hot flashes as do most hot drinks. Speaking of drinks… booze not good for you either inspires hot flashes.
Because I’m so warm in bed I toss & turn a lot and have a ceiling fan with remote controls. That helps a lot. In the winter I was sleeping with the windows open. I even did that in N.Y. in the winter.
I took my temp. in my mouth while having a semi-intense hot flash. It was 103 degrees. I think it can be worse as I personally wasn’t soaking wet hardly ever and many people are. My friend could feel the heat radiating off my body at about 10 inches away. Interesting huh ?
Excersize is good for easing the symptoms.
Have fun & good luck !
Major sweats especially at night. Some people are soaking wet. Doen’t help trying to sleep either.
For some mood swings. I didn’t have that. Oh, some women in their 70’s say they still get hot flashes now and then. Bummer.
May 10th, 2009 at 9:50 am
I didn’t have hot flushes during the day, but woke up sweating during the night. I also suffered from depressions, broke out into tears for no reasons until I decided to to hat a grip of the situation.
I kept a journal with my thoughts, changed the way I ate and added a lot of soy to my diet and generally foods that are rich in phytoestrogens, like beans, legumes, seaweed, yams, apples, potatoes, and carrots.
To fight my depressions I took a yoga class and also danced a lot whenever things went rough.
Eventually things calmed down and looking back I think it was not so bad after all.
I didn’t gain weight so far (its five years now) and feel as attractive and as alive and young as before. All the best!