Health Hotline Magazine | May 2021

THE MENOPAUSAL YEARS By Lindsay Wilson Thriving

SURVIVING

THROUGH

These are all descriptions of perimenopausal and menopausal symptoms from real women. Hot flashes, night sweats, disrupted sleep, lack of energy. Sounds fun, right? While there is a bright side to menopause (No more periods and painful cramps! No more PMS!) there are a lot of challenging symptoms that may show up. Every woman will go through this “change of life,” but every woman’s experience will be as unique as she is. One thing that is certain is that your overall health as you head into the peri- and menopausal years has a huge impact on how well you weather the big change, hot flashes and all. “At night I wake up with them, drenched.” “They are terrible! I’m so hot I can’t stand it…” “I haven’t had a decent night’s sleep in years.” “No energy, little appetite, my pep has gone!”

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