Menopause Symptoms

Nobody is ever going to recommend the symptoms of menopause as a way to enjoy oneself. There just isn’t anything that you can possibly say that is positive about the symptoms of menopause. They are miserable! All of them! But women between the ages of 45 and 55 will get to experience these symptoms no matter how hard they try to avoid them.


One of the very best ways to deal with the symptoms of menopause is with humor. They aren’t going to not happen because you don’t want them to happen, and you can’t make them go away by griping about them, so you may as well laugh. I have a friend who refers to her hot flashes as “my inner child playing with matches.” Another friend calls her hot flashes “power surges.”

The symptoms of menopause are caused by a hormone imbalance. Your body is stopping estrogen production simply because you have lived beyond the childbearing years. Your body no longer needs to ovulate each month. This hormone balance thing is a lot like puberty in reverse. During puberty, your body began the process of preparing itself for its childbearing years. The hormones were unbalanced then, too. Don’t you remember the pimples, the cramps, and the emotional rollercoaster that you lived on?

It wasn’t your fault then, and it isn’t your fault now. Just as soon as your body adjusts to the different hormone balance, you are going to be just fine. No, that is wrong! You are going to be better than you were.

The symptoms of menopause are certainly no picnic. There are hot flashes, nigh sweats, mood swings, etc. that just aren’t going to be much fun for you or for those who love you. The good news is that it passes.

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