I am 53. No period for 5 months. Hot flushes ramped up in intensity but usually when a bit stressed or after alcohol. Easily narked by all sorts of things which never used to bother me, I take no prisoners these days. I have a problem with being around people, a tendency to be more introverted. A bit anxious, some aches and foot pain (the latter seems to have been sorted by taking turmeric). I can deal with the physical manifestation of this stage of my life but I am finding the psychological aspect harder to deal with.
It is not the thought of being thought of as an old bag, or losing my looks, my struggle is that I feel like I am know on the road to dying. Morbid I know, but I feel like I am in a decline. Anyone else?