Symptoms of Menopause
The symptoms and signs of menopause are not cut and dry, do not appear in logical order and are not experienced by all women the same way all of the time. If you are a control freak this would be an excellent time to release your grip and let what may be, be. There is no silver bullet. A relaxed, flexible attitude will serve you well and help reduce or eliminate a negative experience. A sense of humor will go a long way too.Talk to other women who are in mid-life. Support from others going through a similar experience will be valuable. And, depending on the women, you may find yourself laughing harder than you ever have.
Hot Flashes and Night Sweats: Sounds sexy. Could even be the name of a band. Unfortunately, red, puffy and clammy is a better way of describing the flash in the pan heat and dripping wet experience.
Vaginal Dryness: Less natural lubrication makes the terrain of the vagina change from a humid rain forest to a desert. Also includes dryness in other mucous membrane areas like the nasal passages, eyes and mouth. Think prune.
Decreased Sexual Drive: As hormone
levels drop you may find your desire shifting from fourth gear to
neutral. Dryness plays a role here too.
Dizziness: Most often experienced as light headedness rather
than that inner ear vertigo feeling of being a sea.
Heart Palpitations: Sometimes associated with hot flashes.
Your heart races faster than your normal beating heart without the
cardiovascular exercise. section.
Weight Gain: Experienced as an over all, pudding like
thickening of the body. End result is a pear-like shape.