Menopause

Hi Christine - I have been hoping a survivor would post on here at some point, I’m 41 and going through all the symptoms, night sweats seem to have stopped though - did you find that was an early symptom? Occasionally get hot flushes but thy don’t bother me, currently I have terrible nausea, anxiety with palpitations, tremor and low mood, all of which I pretty hard to ignore ! But I have to as I have 2 little kids and a job, but I do just try to keep busy and work through the bad days and relish the good days, my periods have become very short and light and FSH level is 15 - though that was 6 months ago, so I hope I’m coming to the end ?!  X

I’m so glad you were able to control your issues and peri/meno symptoms through not talking about them and having a positive attitude. I also have a strong mind over matter philosophy that I have tried to use to control my peri issues. However, I have found that despite my best efforts, as well as clean eating, exercise, supplements and a wonderful and supportive family, I suffered debilitating physical and mental symptoms from the age of about 40 to 49. I believed I could conquer all with my can-do attitude. I finally had to accept that my hormonal deficiencies weren’t responding or controllable by my homeopathic treatment . It was a very humbling realization. I don’t consider myself to be a weak minded, apathetic person because I chose to treat my hormone deficiency with bhrt any more than I would beat myself up for treating my hypothyroidism (also a hormone deficiency) with levothyroxine. I guess what I’m trying to say is that as individuals our conditions can vary from one extreme to another, and kudos to all you ladies that manage your symptoms without medical intervention. However, there are many like myself whose symptoms were unfortunately too severe to treat alone. My quality of life was so compromised (as well as my children’s and husband’s) that I had to. Thank you for sharing and best wishes! 😍