Menopause Woes
SkagitYogini
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I'd like to add a "complaint" to my growing list of things I dislike about going through The Change: I've noticed that my eyelashes are thinning. What? How is that fair along with night sweats, interrupted sleep, and daytime hot flashes? Even though I'm using an eyelash primer underneath my mascara, and then a so-called volumizing mascara, my lashes look puny.
Anyone else have menopause woes to share?:grumble:
Anyone else have menopause woes to share?:grumble:
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Having hot flashes while on my period left me looking up and asking, "WTH?"
I lost my eyelashes and eyebrows, too. It takes a little practice but fake lashes work great, are quicker to apply than mascara and no messy cleanup.0 -
I can relate to all of your complaints...plus mood swings and forgetfulness!0
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Menopause --- what a pain in the ---.
If I forget to take my Black Cohosh, my hot flashes get so bad I feel like passing out. Can't seem to concentrate as long as I used to & remembering things --- that's gone down hill too.
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Yep hate the change too. My body teased me for years and I only stopped my periods last year (at 56). Earlier this year I was about to throw in the towel with all the usual complaints. I was in our local grocery store and talked to my favourite natural food guy. He pointed me to a tincture of sage (pill form). He said I might have to take two (they are $1 each). For me this sage has been amazing I haven't missed a day, no hot flashes, most other complaints are 'fixed'. We are all built differently but I would highly recommend these pills. It's sage and all natural.
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My missing eyelashes and eyebrows are now growing on my upper lip and chin! Aren't the golden years wonderful.?:noway:0
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My missing eyelashes and eyebrows are now growing on my upper lip and chin! Aren't the golden years wonderful.?:noway:
Oh my goodness, Nitza! You hit the nail right on the head!0 -
That's one of the reasons we are friends,:laugh: I am happy You didn't get flooded or blown away this weekend.0
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Menopause is such a joy! NOT!!!!
Periods stopped about seven/eight years ago and I still get hot flushes, night sweats blah, blah, blah.
Think I'll just stop there or I'll be writing for hours!0 -
ON THE EYELASHES & HAIR LOSS...be sure to get checked for hypothyroidism if this is happening to you. A lot of women can develop it about the same time they're going through menopause, & it does cause hair loss. In fact, one classic sign is only having about 1/3 of the eyebrow that you should have.0
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I've had night sweats with PMS for years...since my 30's... but still getting my period. I have had hypothyroidism for several years now and it just got worse so the levothyroxine dose was increased (coincidentally just today!). My hair (on my head) is thinning... I would LOVE to try false eyelashes... Any recommendations for brands to try or brands of glue to avoid?? One of my girlfriends goes and has eyelash extensions applied every several weeks... but then again, she also has her nails done religiously, gets botox... and DOES NOT have children !!! LOL0
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I've had night sweats with PMS for years...since my 30's... but still getting my period. I have had hypothyroidism for several years now and it just got worse so the levothyroxine dose was increased (coincidentally just today!). My hair (on my head) is thinning... I would LOVE to try false eyelashes... Any recommendations for brands to try or brands of glue to avoid?? One of my girlfriends goes and has eyelash extensions applied every several weeks... but then again, she also has her nails done religiously, gets botox... and DOES NOT have children !!! LOL
Be careful on the false eyelashes, some of my friends said they used them, but it made the lashes they had left fall out faster. But I do HIGHLY recommend Nioxin products for the top of your head hair loss. My loss was so bad that I actually had to stop to wash the large amount of hair off my hands whenever I washed my hair. People asked if I was on chemo. My doctor said it was stress, which made my friends laugh because I'm so laid back. My hair stylist recommended the Nioxin & within a week, I noticed I was losing a lot less, AND it gave more volume to what I had left. Now another hairstylist (we moved) has commented that she sees new growth & how unusual that is for "someone your age." LOL. You can only purchase it from beauty salons, a little pricey, but you don't need to use as much as regular shampoos/conditioners, so it lasts longer. Watch for sales too. www.nioxin.com
Oh, & I never went back to the doctor who said it was "just stress." ;-)0 -
for me the worst is not being to sleep well.0
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for me the worst is not being to sleep well.
I hear that Caren! Are you not sleeping because of night sweats? Or, is it just that you keep waking up and are not able to get back to sleep? I get so drowsey sometimes during the day at work, but at night when I try to close my eyes to sleep, my mind just races!0 -
I started using Lattise about a year ago. It restored all of my lashes and then some. It makes them longer, darker and thicker. The down side is that it is pricey, but it is one of those items that for me makes a difference, so I budget it in. You can get it from your cosmetic dermatologist. Generally, if you buy 3 bottles, most offices give a discount. My sister in TX just told me she got hers from Cosco pharmacy I believe and it was much cheaper than getting it in the doctors office which I had done.0
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I started using Lattise about a year ago.
Hmm. That could be an option for me.0 -
Okay, here's another addition: While getting my hair cut earlier this week, my hair dresser pointed out the "peach fuzz" along my jawline and suggested I get it waxed. Aaaaaaarrrrrggghhhhh!!!!0
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For me it has been night sweats and some hot flashes during the day especially if I get stressed out at work..which is often. I have been taking evening primrose..seems to help. Have had this going on for about 1 year now. I had a partial hysterectomy in my 30's so havent had a period in 20 some years so now here is menopause!0
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for me the worst is not being to sleep well.
That's my biggest complaint, too. I've been lucky (so far) that I haven't had to deal too often with hot flashes, but I just don't sleep well anymore!
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I just turned 50 this year but I've had night sweats, forgetfulness and poor sleep for a couple of years. This year my periods started going wacky-- nothing one month, twice the next heavy then light, lots of cramps then no cramps. Haven't noticed any hair changes but I'll watch for it. Could just be that my eyesight is so bad, I haven't noticed!0
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for me not sleeping well is both the hot flashes and not being able to get back to sleep once I have woke up with a hot flash.0
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then to add to this is being so tired by the end of the day, that I have no energy to get to the gym to workout......which in turn causes more stress.0
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Ugh hot flushes, forgetfulness and tinnitus.0
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Tinnitus is a menopause symptom? Oh, that is awful!Ugh hot flushes, forgetfulness and tinnitus.0 -
Yup hot flashes, sleep disturbances, ringing in the ears, and hairs on my chinny chin chin.... I just made it to menopause land this past september... it's a wonderland isn't it? I think my hair is thinning as well.0
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I guess I made it through it. My doctor recommended hysterectomy at 45 due to fibrous tumors, but left both my ovaries. I have mild hot flashes, the spare tire around the middle, some stray chin hairs, wrecked nerves and dryness. Once I retired my sleep patterns got better and the stress level went down so that helped. My doctor recommended an estrogen cream last year to use only twice a week so that has helped also. The battle of the bulge although is something else. I win for a week or two and then have a setback. I feel like I have no metabolism anymore and have to work hard each day just to stay even.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!0
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Oh Birth control pills how I miss you! Everything was so regular and predictable!
I believe the last year (at least) that I was taking The Pill, is the only thing that kept me having periods. I kept begging my nurse practitioner to let me stop taking them when I turned 50, but she made me wait a couple more years. After I stopped at the end of last year, I had one tiny period and then never again. I sure don't miss the monthly bleeding, but even on the pill I had hot flashes. They seem to be getting better though. It's a barrel of monkeys, isn't it?0 -
Yea, my tinnitus started a year ago. Only in one ear. They say it is from turbulence in the artery and hearing loss of 15% in that ear. I never thought it would be menopause related. Interesting . . .0
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I would love some tips for those false eyelashes too. I am so sick of those racoon eyes from mascara and no I don't use it on lower lashes or what is left of them. lol. I do not miss the monthly monster though. not at all.0
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I diagnosed my own hypothyroidism based on losing my outer eyebrows.ON THE EYELASHES & HAIR LOSS...be sure to get checked for hypothyroidism if this is happening to you. A lot of women can develop it about the same time they're going through menopause, & it does cause hair loss. In fact, one classic sign is only having about 1/3 of the eyebrow that you should have.0
