I'm nearly 47. When I was 43 I started with night sweats - not too disruptive but noticeable. I was joking about it at work and one of the doctors suggested the menopause.
I laughed
Then my periods became lighter and skipped a bit. I started with hot flushes. My God - they are extraordinary - it's such a whole body experience! I also had palpitations with them. Sometimes I would be drifting off to sleep and I would be jerked upright into a sitting position thinking I was dying - it was a palpitation coinciding with a hot flush.
3 years on, and the hot flushes and palpitations have lessened. I haven't had a period for 8 months, and that was just a couple of spots. I rarely get palpitations now, and the hot flushes aren't every day now.
Do you think I'm nearly through it?
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Knackered69 · 07/04/2016 23:34
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