Menopause Woes
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I'm new here but for me waking up every stinking morning between 3:00 and 4:00 is a killer. That and being over sensitive - to like everything!
A friend convinced me to try hormone pellets last summer and they have helped me so much. I was diagnosed with an under active thyroid and got on medication for that also. Those two things have saved my life (and probably that of my teenagers and everyone else on the road as well).0 -
Wow have had issues with this and never related it to Menopause.What else can can the big M throw at me!0
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I don't know if this will help anyone but even though I have heard melatonin supplements have helped with sleep .I have had good luck with magnesium.I take a low dose before bed with calcium and it seems to help with my restlessness. It also keeps me regular LOL1
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We used to use just Melatonin, but found the Nature Made "Sleep" supplement worked even better. It has Melatonin, but also some other natural ingredients that seem to work VERY well. Also, consider getting black out curtains (or cover your windows w/foil to completely block out light, run a small air cleaner fan to drown out noises that might disturb you, try to go to bed at the same time every night, & not to eat or drink 3-4 hrs before bed.0
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I can so relate to all of this! The worse is the hair loss! No maybe loss of sleep,No maybe my growing middle,Ack! It was to the point where as soon as I would start to drift of to sleep I would get the night sweats.I mean soak my pjs and sheets sweats.This would go on all night till I wanted to cry! I did try Estroven the supplement and that helped but I then had a period and I feared it might have brought it on.I struggled along with out it and now I have just had my first week in 2 years of blissful sleep ,no flashes! can this be the end or is this just temporary!Now I am down to 3 months no period and praying I make it .I would love to have a worry free love life again.Oh Birth control pills how I miss you! Everything was so regular and predictable!
Just came across this great article on things to avoid that can cause hair loss. Thought some might find it helpful...
http://health.yahoo.net/articles/beauty/11-bad-habits-make-your-hair-thinner0 -
I agree the biggest thing is not sleeping properly!!! :ohwell: I have been taking Remifemin and it helps with the hot flashes and night sweats. It doesn't take it away totally, but I have seen a big reduction in them. :happy:0
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I skipped my period for two months and I thought "Had I known, it was my last one, I would have had a little dance about it." It came back and I'm not in the mood to dance now. I had hot flashes for two weeks, then it stopped. Was that a test?
I decided to call it Spiritual Enlightenment, which apparently has much of the same symptoms.
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I'm SO not looking forward to this...... any day now.
the nice hair on the chin has begun and unpredictible cycles.0
