Getting older and dealing with Menopause.

Good morning, afternoon, evening and good night,

Depending on where you are of course ! I will be making a couple of entries today, the first one, being this one and dealing with menopause. I’m sure this is a very important subject for many women and although this entry has been written by a frequent visitor to this blog, I will at some point add to it. Since this entry has been written by a reader, it is her experience that she has drawn from this entry, not necessarily medical fact. As always, we all appreciate your input and experiences.

God bless,

Meredith – RNC

I DO NOT claim to be an expert on menopause, but, I am writing about it in hopes that I can help someone out there, that may be going through the same thing, to the degree in which I did/am.

I never had anyone tell me that there would be days, months, YEARS like this! The first thing that my Dr. checked when I was having “emotional moments” was my thyroid (as I had one taken out with a tumor in it) and it caused all kinds of different emotions. When she found out that I was dead center in menopause, she about fell off her chair. Maybe it was the mention of it (hahaha) that started all of the other symptoms to kick in. But, I can tell you from experience that out of the 37 symptoms that I found listed, I had 35 of them!!!

For a very LONG time, there were days that I thought that I was on the edge of loosing my mind! There were days that I felt like I was in a VERY DARK depressing room and had no way out. I would go from crying to laughing to angry all in a moment! I really thought at times that I was going crazy. I could handle the “hot flashes” (Power surges) it’s the emotional part that I hated the most, as I didn’t know when or where I would fall apart. And it could be most anything that would set me off.

I just want you all to know, I KNOW how it feels. You may feel like you are loosing your mind, but you really aren’t. My way of trying to ward it off is taking natural vitamins, including B’s, fish oil, Golden flax seed, Primrose oil and of course don’t forget the calcium. Try to stay away from the caffeine or maybe like I did, cut way back on it. ( I felt a big difference) I didn’t take any perscription medicine for menopause, as I felt that the side effects were actually worse than what I was going through. Believe me there were times when I wanted something, anything to take the feeling of “I was loosing my mind” away.

I found by talking to a couple really close friends and letting them know what I was going through, helped alot also. When I had “one of those days, they would help me through it, just by being there and talking to me, holding me while I cried (actually sobbed) over nothing, trying to lift me back up.

The important part for me also was being able to try and put that energy into something positive. I would pray, and or listen to uplifting music. It always helped, alot. If I am connecting with anyone on this, again I want to tell you that I can so relate. I know what you are going through. Maybe I went/am going through this, to this degree, to help others. I hope I have helped in some way.

God bless,

PJ