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Hey Ladies...
We are ALL aware, menopause is a friggin tsunami! It brings soooo... many NEGATIVE changes to who we are as womenfolk. That being said, how do each one of you maintain your sanity during the three menopausal journeys?
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bev27429 vivian72668
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Sometimes you can't keep your sanity: you just have to scream, go totally beserk, swear, throw things, break things, cry...whatever it takes to get the psychological pain either out of your system or dialed back enough to allow you to keep going in whatever way you can. I consider myself to be a very strong person (physically and mentally), but the menopause just about did me in! In my wildest dreams, I could never have imagined this level or horror! My sympathy goes out to the millions of women who suffer through this. It's a crime.
vivian72668 bev27429
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Hey Bev..
Those are STELLAR coping mechanisms! I love how you stated, it's a CRIME! I'm getting ready to shovel snow, I'm going to take my RAGE out on it! Be well, my menopausal sistah!
toria_07298 vivian72668
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i watch comedy dvds, crochet, write songs, do online surveys, walk around the golf course while my partner plays, epsom salt baths, funny vids on you tube, or cry my heart out xx
vivian72668 toria_07298
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Hey Toria..
Kool beans; do whatever you can to stay sane! Be well, my menopausal sistah!
toria_07298 vivian72668
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me and my old friend used to say kool beans haha not heard it for years xx
vivian72668 toria_07298
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IKR. One of my former co-workers would always say that, so I latched on to it! 😃😃
toria_07298 vivian72668
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pilar30447 toria_07298
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toria- I always read ALL your posts! I feel like you write my exact experience and thoughts about menopause. Great coping ideas. Laughing when at all possible (some days not possible), creative crafts, walking. Good stuff. Crying inconsolably is fine too. I often cry until my face is pink and puffy, and 20 tissues used. Menopause is DEBILITATING for us extremely UNLUCKY ones who get really bashed by it. Hugs 😃
toria_07298 pilar30447
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thanks lovely, hugs right back at you ❤ here if you ever want to chat xx
beth58277 pilar30447
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I cry, but then I can't stop. Then when I'm done, the next morning I get up and look in the mirror and think damn ,I look worse then I did before I cried. My eyes are puffy and tiny.Then I get sad again. Lol
vivian72668 beth58277
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Hey Beth..
Hang in there, this too... shall pass!
pilar30447 vivian72668
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vivian - Good question. I have found perimenopause from age 35-50 a challenge (insomnia at times very severe/depression/alcoholism -sober 8 years, night sweats). I pulled through by thinking it'd be better at meno. But at 50, things became horrendous HORROR. I did life one day at a time, and thought hooray i am now post meno, at age 52. Now in post meno for ~2 years (? maybe? because i get bizarre tiny bit brownish bleeds once in awhile and AWFUL cramps). For me post menopause is a full nightmare. How do i retain sanity: I am truly suffering beyond words (I know MANY here relate) and I focus ONLY on the MOMENT. Otherwise I feel unable to live.
Much love to the womenfolk here! You are never alone.
tracy74346 pilar30447
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vivian72668 pilar30447
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Thanks, Pilar..
The meno trios are HELL; I too.. am in FULL blown post-menopause, and I am convinced, it is thee absolute worst of the three! We will get to the other side of this tsunami! Hold on to this old adage: There is always light, at the end of the tunnel.
vivian72668 tracy74346
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Hey Trace..
Ditto.
toria_07298 vivian72668
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i think everyone is different to be honest, for me personally peri is bloody brutal xx
pilar30447 vivian72668
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Hi Vivian
i hope it gets better but hope is hard to keep up on, when feeling so awful for years and years and..... Post meno is lifelong I thought. My doctor said he has some women who never feel better after the meno transition. Ive read women online say at 80 they have had no relief from severe suffering. It makes life seem....not quite so worth what it had been. Im sad.
vivian72668 pilar30447
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Hey Pilar..
As bloody dreadful as the meno trios are, we have to hold on to some inkling of HOPE! I always think of these two POSITIVE & UPLIFTING adages: 1. There is always light at the end of the tunnel. 2. This too shall pass. Be well, my menopausal sistah!