Question about menopause???!
Question: Have gone thru menopause yet? How old were you? What's to expect? Does the hot flashes beat the horrible cramps?
Answers: Have gone thru menopause yet? How old were you? What's to expect? Does the hot flashes beat the horrible cramps?
Brutally honest, you are a treasure!! I agree 100% with your discription of Menopause. I have been going through it for about 5 years, and have had so many issues, I am surprised I am still sane. The hot flashes make it hard to decied what to wear, the night sweats make it hard for hubby to sleep, the mood swings, thankfully aren't to bad with medication. The spread that is happening with my stomach, and the fact that I have totally lost my once mighty fine butt, has me more bothered. Things change, and we adapt. One the other hand. I never have to worry about when I will start my period, no cramps, no heavy bleeding, no pain in my breasts... There are good things about menopause, as well as the bad ones.
Don't fret, it is different for every women.
Good luck!!
I've been doing the peri-menopause thing for almost 4 years. I've had my period still, but it is getting lighter/shorter, but the hot flashes and night sweats are HORRID. It is really miserable to wake up at 2am drenched in sweat, so much so that you need to get up, change your clothes & often shower. By that time you're WIDE awake...no chance of sleep for a while. Which brings me to the insomnia... This has been helped with Ambien, but I don't like taking it too often, and I find that I'm kind of "dopey" the next day, especially with the Ambien CR (vs. regular Ambien). Oh, and then there are mood swings that make PMS look like a playground spat.
In retrospect, I think I'd rather have the 1.5 days of cramps and the 8 day periods.