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Women Who Have Gone Through Menopause Are Opening Up About Their Experiences And The Unimaginable Symptoms They’ve Had To Face
4. “I still have my period at 50, but I’ve been struggling with perimenopause for over a decade. However, I have no idea what my symptoms truly are because my doctors over the last decade have ignored perimenopause as a real thing, and I’ve been told to either eat less, move more -or- go to…
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“I still have my period at 50, but I’ve been struggling with perimenopause for over a decade. However, I have no idea what my symptoms truly are because my doctors over the last decade have ignored perimenopause as a real thing, and I’ve been told to either eat less, move more -or- go to therapy, get on anxiety meds.”
“I will say that the issues I’ve brought to my doctors and have been gaslighted about include severe heart palpitations (lasting an hour or more), brain fog, anxiety/rage, joint pain, loss of libido, frequent urination, more frequent and extremely heavy periods, fatigue and trouble sleeping, and weight gain/difficulty losing weight.”
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“For me, I started having symptoms when I was in my mid-to-late 30s. The first symptoms were night sweats, and then it was radical mood swings followed by bouts of unprovoked rage. My whole perimenopause experience was miserable. I can’t identify one worst symptom because I had so many, but I would say the relentless insomnia is the one that nearly broke me.”
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Become a founding member“I finally finished the menopause process at age 57 1/2. For about 18 months after my final period, I could still tell you exactly when my period would have been in those months because I still got mild cramps, low mood, and fatigue. Post-menopause, weight gain has been a constant issue. I’ve always carried extra weight in my butt and thighs (classic pear shape), but menopause has changed my body shape, and now I have abdominal fat that I never carried before. Also, I always had minimal body hair and never any facial hair like a mustache or whatever. I plucked my eyebrows a few times as a teen and never again because the hair never came back. Early in perimenopause, all of my body hair below my neck went away. I would get the occasional random single hair on a shin, but otherwise, no hair on my arms or legs. Post menopause, it now seems I’m growing sideburns. Hormones are wild.”
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