Post menopause symptoms

I recommend every woman read ‘The Menopause Moment’ by Dr. Kelly Casperson. It is so enlightening and full of great info about what we all have been experiencing. It will explain a lot. She has a chapter called’Boomers should be Pissed’ . There is humor and compassion. The book just came out.

@hraka13 me too. PMDD was savage. My late husband put that piece together for me (he'd been quietly tracking moods and cycles). His concern, and mine, was what what happen when I hit menopause. I was young. We thought that testing hormonal levels when I was still in baby-making years, might serve me well when menopause struck. They laughed us out of every office. I'm tx resistant, so changing pysch meds would not be helpful. (I tried anyway, adding on thing during 15 years of peri, then many post menopause at 50 (6 years ago). Sadly, all I knew about menopause was hot flashes and nightsweats. I "medically retired" simultaneously with menopause. Not realizing that my steady mental health decline was directly related. Six years of a million specialists, and nobody ever said "welcome to menopause." Until a week or two ago. I started reading up on "your brain on menopause " and it was honestly a relief. No memory care facility need, nor state mental institution nor straight jacket. I had no idea what menopause does to some. The whammy of mental health issues, too. And all this happening during a pandemic and a move to the sticks when I'm a city girl? Rough.

But now I'm trying to give myself grace. Figuring out how I might start engaging my mind again; as well as body & spirit. Find ways to meet people in my weird "stranger danger" little town. Honestly, a big spin in my lifestyle is a little overwhelming. But at least I know I'm not rabid or ready for the "men in white coats".

@lazyhazycrazy, thank you. I wish people had talked about it more 10-20 years ago but at least they’re talking about it now. Of all people, Halle Berry and Drew Barrymore have started national conversations because they had to scratch and crawl to get any medical info on what was happening to them. I’m learning more from Hollywood stars than I did from my own physician.

Yes, all of them. I am 59 and miserable with anxiety, depression, and the inability to think clearly. I have sought help from a variety of professionals for nearly ten years and I am treated as though I am post menopausal and just need to accept that this is my new reality. I refuse to believe that.