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Perimenopause and work, hard to keep going

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fiona69095
fiona69095

I'm struggling big time with the worst symptoms of perimenopause and what is worrying me most is how to hold onto my job.

I know my performance is down and as I work with all men, I feel unable to talk about it to them.

I starting to think I need to give up work until this is over. Besides the money, I also worry I won't be able to get back into the work force if I take time off.

Plus people just think you're a nut case and it's not perimenopause.

How do people manage to maintain their job when going through this hell????

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    fiona69095

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    Thanks to all for the support. I am just so surprised at how little we are all prepared for this. It's been a hush topic for so long.

    We all try so hard to show we can compete with men, we can. But we to compete with them we try to do all they can and then do all the family stufff and cope with hormones.

    I feel like I have failed at work because I have let my female hormones get the better of me.

    No matter how bad your menopause symtoms are, I wonder how we all cope. How did Hilary Clinton get through it, how did Queen Elizabeth do it, Angela Merkel etc....

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