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How to Conquer Menopause

How to Conquer Menopause

What if you could learn how to easily eliminate menopause symptoms through all 3 stages including peri-menopause, menopause and post-menopause and do it without taking traditional hormone replacement therapy (HRT)?

It’s not only possible, it’s not that difficult.  I can show you how to sail through mid-life without suffering and in addition, tell you everything you need to know about bioidentical hormones.

But first let me tell you a little bit about my story. I’m a 54-year-old woman very close to menopause (full cessation of my cycle), but I started experiencing some nasty symptoms related to peri-menopause at 46.

I was haunted by several symptoms:

-annoying mood swings including crying jags
-being prone to anger most of the time
-hot flashes during the day
-night sweats and wet sheets at night
-an inability to focus
-a significant loss of short-term memory
-uncomfortable gas and bloating, and
-abnormal weight gain – mostly in the middle

Belly fat is extremely annoying. What happened to being able to button your pants comfortably, or just sit down without feeling like there is a basketball in your stomach? Many people around me thought I was going nuts. Mostly because I often cried for no apparent reason at all.

My emotions appeared to be uncontrollable. I would literally be standing in the line at the grocery store and see a child walk by and break down into tears. For no reason! Or so I thought. I learned to wear my sunglasses pretty much everywhere I went.

Eventually, even I thought I was losing my mind! I turned 47 before I received my first helpful feedback and had one of those ‘aha’ moments during a conversation with my mother.

She said something to the effect that the last few times we had spoken, I sounded very “angry” and that it was very unlike me – and, the clincher – she recommended that I see a doctor. I hate doctors. So I got ticked off and didn’t do anything about it. LOL.

But time passed and my symptoms didn’t, and out of sheer desperation, I finally had to admit that she might be right … maybe something was in fact happening to me that I ought to be aware of. I began asking more questions …

Some to my peers, friends, co-workers, any other women I could find that was in the appropriate age range and would listen to me.

Questions like:

-What symptoms are you experiencing?
-How did you know when you entered peri-menopause?
-What can I do to prevent things like mood swings & hot flashes from happening to me?
-Does it ever all end?
-How can I get some immediate relief?
-What are these bio-identical hormones I keep hearing about in the news?
-Do you currently take traditional HRT and if so, how is that working for you?
-Do you know how to relieve water retention?
-What causes menopause dizziness?
-Does menopause come with joint pain?
-Can I expect more fatigue with menopause?
-Why have my anxiety levels increased since menopause?
-Will I ever get rid of the indigestion and bloating?

The predominant and reoccurring theme was that women trusted their doctors less especially if they had prescribed HRT for them, which most women have stopped taking.

Turns out lots of women were just like me … they did not have adequate answers for most of their questions and they were definitely looking for better, alternative solutions.

Most of women are going through menopause the same way I was … in a vacuum. Most of our mothers never talked to us about the mid-life transition because nobody ever talked to them about it either.

So I decided to break the cycle of ignorance and start talking about the subject to lots of women … and men, too! (We aren’t the only ones going through this cycle). And, I decided that the best way to reach these people quickly was by writing an eBook.

That’s when How to Conquer Menopause was born. Click here to find out all about this ebook.

What Nurses Know About Menopause

Every woman faces the passage through this natural biological process. This transition is not usually sudden and abrupt, but is spread out over a number of years. Hot flashes, night sweats, and anxiety attacks are just some of hte symptoms that women face during this time in their lives. What Nurses Know … offers up-to-date, straightforward information on the subject based on the latest resarch in the field.

Check out What Nurses Know …

Menopause Symptoms, My Story, And Free Menopause Help

My own transition through perimenopause was dramatic enough for me to want to share my experiences, and those of numerous others, with women and men dealing with its physical, emotional and mental issues.

Menopause blindsides most of us. Typically no one really expects it, and sometimes it takes months before one realizes that the symptoms they are experiencing are, in fact, this change of life.

Personally, I began experiencing physical affects first. Somewhere around 46, my waist left. I gained weight in the middle and the total is around 20 lbs that I can’t seem to get rid of. Put it this way – the things that normally made me lose those 20 lbs do NOT work any more.

Then I began waking up in the middle of the night. Every night. Around 3 am, and I couldn’t go back to sleep, sometimes for hours. Next, came the hot flashes; which I noticed mostly when I was up at night.

When the emotions began to swing, I finally realized something was happening that I had never experienced before. I was standing in the line at the grocery store and saw a small child go by. Because I like children, typically that would cause just a warm spot in my heart. But now I was crying, tears pouring down my face to the point of being embarrassed enough to leave the store. I felt like I was going mad.

Because emotional instability runs in my family, I’ve always had a hidden fear that my hormones would take over one day, and I wouldn’t be able to recognize myself. It felt like my worst fears were coming true. Probably the worst thing was that my memory had become unreliable. It’s one thing to walk into a room and not remember why you are there, but it’s another to forget critical information that affects your job performance or the care of your house and child. I felt like I was in anger of losing everything. How could my life be over so soon?

One day during a conversation with my mother, and after I got angry over something trivial, she said out of the blue, “You know, Cathy, you aren’t acting like your normal self. Do you think you might be going through menopause?”

Bang! She hit me right upside the head. It had never occurred to me before. But so many little things were beginning to ad up, and I couldn’t deny them any longer. Yes, my body changed and I was pissed about it. Yes, my mind was fuzzy and I couldn’t complete as much work as I wanted to. Yes, my emotions would swing so wild, at times I thought my heart would leap from my chest.

I needed help …

Come back and find out what I did to put quality back into my life during perimenopause.

In the meantime, visit my webiste to answer some of your most important menopause questions:

Menopause Home Page – The Menopause information home page

Menopause Symptoms – What are the symptoms of menopause?

Andropause Symptoms – What are the symptoms of male menopause, or
andropause, and what are my alternatives?

Menopause Treatment – What medical and alternative methods are available for women
in menopause today?

Male Menopause – Andropause is to men what menopause is to women. Find out
more about male menopause here.

Menopause Articles for Women – Everything you need to know about menopause
can be found in these articles.

Male Menopause Articles for Men – Most men aren’t aware of male menopause
and they most certainly don’t talk about it. Here you can find updated
information that could significantly improve the quality of your life.

Menopause Book List – This list comprises publications for both women and
men regarding menopause and the secondary issues caused by this transition.

Menopause Resources
– Here you’ll find numerous business, government
agencies and associations that can help you improve the quality of your health
and life.

Free Newsletter - Join our mailing list today and get once-a-month
stories from both women and men who are going through the same life transition
as you are.

Menopause Find a Doctor – Discover what the symptoms of menopause are and
where you can find a doctor in your area for the United States and Canada.

Menopause and Weight Loss – Find out how menopause affects weight loss and what you can do about it.

Menopause and Bio-identical Hormones – What are the alternatives to traditional Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)? Select here to find out.

Menopause and Hormone Replacement Therapy – Keep updated on the most
recent news regarding HRT.

Menopause and Hair Loss – Is your hair loss related to mid-life? Go here
to find out what you can do about it.

Menopause and Depression – What does depression feel like? How do you know
if you should be concerned about what you are feeling or thinking? Read more
about how depression shows up in our lives during menopause .

Menopause and Progesterone – Find out how natural progesterone cream can
balance estrogens without side effects and help smooth your transition.

Male Menopause and Testosterone – Men tend to develop male menopause more
gradually than their female counterpart. Read how testosterone is affected
and what your alternatives are.

Male Menopause and Erectile Dysfunction – Read more about this common
concern for men particularly during mid-life.

Menopause Relief – Find out how to relieve the symptoms of menopause
through self care here.

Menopause Symptoms – Are you wondering what the symptoms of menopause
are? Select here to find out.

Seven Dwarf of Menopause – A funny graphic depicting the typical symptoms
of menopause.

Just for Laughs – Need a laugh? Who doesn’t, and if you can’t laugh every day what good
is it all?

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