I am very much no longer young

[StealthPolarBear]

I am turning forty this year and am having a mild and amusing mid life crisis.
Lots if little things, but the latest is that I've just tried to brush away a stubborn eye brow hair that was lodged just under my eye... It was a wrinkle.
I have also developed joint pain, in my thumb of all places.
Please tell me this is as bad as it gets :o

I did go for a hearing test... I sat in a soundproof booth with earphones on like a contestant on "Mr&Mrs" (showing my age). After struggling with her equipment because her PC had crashed she said I did have some hearing loss but it wasn't bad enough for hearing aids yet.
I also am on HRT, I was on Tridestra and yes it was brilliant. Then a few months ago it was suddenly unavailable, not sure why (GP thinks Brexit??) - I got put on another one & it was like being 13 all over again, mad strops, suicidal ideation, random bursts of crying, tantrums at the checkout. So I tried another one which I'm still on & the jury's out... I now find myself incapable of work, stamping and shouting while people stare at me nonplussed. The smallest effort is too much & on Sunday night I stormed out of a night shift, drove off at breakneck speed and am now basically jobless with no income. Is this normal menopause behaviour? Can anyone relate? I have bills piling up with no way of paying them & I'm thinking of applying for universal credit.

oh, I see you also found the hair on the face wrinkle OP!

Oh honestly.
I plucked all the chin hairs last night.
Today I have just had a fresh one pop up.
They go from nothing to 3 inches overnight

.... it's massively embarrassing, the third job in 6 weeks I have talked my way into, then stormed my way out of. HELP ME.

Margo I think it depends what has caused the hearing loss, what type of hearing loss you have, and whether it's high frequency or low frequency. I have low frequency hearing loss caused by a virus which has also resulted in severe tinnitus.
I find my hearing aid a nightmare in places like dining halls, lecture theatres, pubs, crowded rooms etc precisely because it does amplify everything. Consequently I don't wear it as often as I should. Luckily my other ear was unaffected so as long as people talk to that side of me, I don't tend to have problems!
It's also quite handy for sleeping - go to sleep on my good ear and can't hear a thing!!

50 here. I am now both short and long sighted. It's horrible. I walk out of shoe shops within 30 seconds of entering while muttering, "Nothing properly supportive." I wear cardigans because they have to come off every five minutes for a hot flush. And I turn down any cup of tea offered after 7.30 pm because I won't get to sleep.

cms there's a menopause board, I've asked questions about possible peri before.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/menopause

Thank you x

Personally, I'm taking much comfort from this thread. I am so bloody hairless it's a bit weird. I've had one Gillette razor for about the last three years, it sees so little use. I was gutted when thick 'brows came back into fashion. Gutted, I tell you. I haven't plucked my eyebrows for more than a decade, I realised recently. I look like I have no face at all most of the time.

If I get chin hairs now I'm just going to be grateful and enjoy the extra warmth! What's even more annoying is that the lack of any facial hirsutery just makes the wrinkles even more bloody obvious! I'm basically morphing into one of those naked Sphynx cats as I age.

onemorecup I think that's a great idea; unfortunately he would fill his trolley with all sorts of junk and needs monitoring; it would probably cost me a fortune.

For the last few months I've been finding myself itching too ask some people what washing powder/detergent they use so I can put them on my 23rd birthday list.

Nothing is better then the smell of a fresh load of washing 😍

I'm basically morphing into one of those naked Sphynx cats as I age

And I turn down any cup of tea offered after 7.30 pm because I won't get to sleep.

Christ, I can't have caffeine after about 4.30

@Piglet89 I'm 28 and I can hold a pair of trainers and a couple of kids under mine 😂

Nasal Hair Wax. I'll leave it there.

Biggest thing for me at 53 is realising im only going to look worse as I get older.So I avoid mirrors.On the plus side.I have a wonderful husband, great early retirement.Living it up in France where Im learning that makeup isnt needed very often just leggings,sloppy jumpers or in the summer shorts and t- shirts.Got nothing to prove,dont need to try to impress,flirt with anyone as I already have everything thats important to me

The trouble with those hair removing creams is that, after a while, they make the hairs grow back much darker & coarser. Voice of bitter experience as have had a 'tash for about 30 years. I honestly find waxing the best solution & I do it myself.

Good god - my cut off for caffeine is around 830 AM.

I love my tea but too nearer bedtime and I'm in the loo at least once during the night!

Has nobody mentioned the white pubic hairs yet? Or is it just me?

I'm 55 and 3/4, and my reading glasses are either perched on the end of my nose or parked on the top of my head. I haven't got a fucking clue what's going on half the time as I'm half deaf from all the concerts I went to when I was a whippersnapper.

@HebeMumsnet.. nice to hear from a mumsnet person! I thought mumsnet people only got involved when there was an serious issue which needed dealing with.

47 here. I have a 5 year old and am atm either preg or Peri-menopausal as AF is late. Aagghh!!

As @ChesterGreySideboard says staying in watching Gardeners World with a glass of wine is my idea of bliss and weirdly my parents-in-law are in their 70s and are out partying until the early hours most weekends. How do they do it? I have half a glass of wine and I get heartburn and a night out fills me with dread. Then again being a country gal i have always loved oak trees and birds. Nothing wrong with that!

NotwiththeseKnees

"Nasal Hair Wax. I'll leave it there."

um, are you sure that's what you're meant to do with it?

This is serious!
DH is feeling it too. He's watching early buffy thr vampire slayer and has just pointed out we're older than buffys mum

I had started to wonder why everyone on the tv mumbles incessantly

Shit. I thought they must have changed the way they recorded the sound these days. Didn't occur to me I might be going deaf!

The menopause. The fucking, bastarding menopause! Hot flushes, night sweats, shrivelled fanjo.

On the plus side, kids are pretty much gown up so you get your life back and can actually spend some money on things you like and do things on your own. Love that.