Lots of things happen to women and sometimes we don’t even know why. I’m a nurse, which has helped a little. That’s how I knew it was menopause when I was 50. It began with irregular periods: two months on, one off. Then came hot flashes. I felt like I was burning, drenched in sweat!…
My symptoms began a few years ago, soon after my daughter returned home from graduating college. We weren’t used to living in the same house anymore and I was moody and irritable, snapping at her the whole time. My daughter said I wasn’t myself and tried to talk to me about it. My periods had…
At the peak of my menopause, the sweats became so bad that I had to change my clothes immediately, even in the middle of the night. My libido was also non-existent. This definitely affected my relationship, but, to be honest, things were already emotionally frayed, which didn’t help my sex drive. Our marriage eventually ended,…