Hey! I’m doing well. I only have 19 of the 35 symptoms of menopause.
And no, I’m not going to tell you which 19.
- Hot flashes, flushes, night sweats and/or cold flashes, clammy
feeling - Irregular heart beat
- Irritability
- Mood swings, sudden tears
- Trouble sleeping through the night (with or without night sweats)
- Irregular periods; shorter, lighter periods; heavier periods,
flooding; phantom periods, shorter cycles, longer cycles - Loss of libido
- Dry vagina
- Crashing fatigue
- Anxiety, feeling ill at ease
- Feelings of dread, apprehension, doom
- Difficulty concentrating, disorientation, mental confusion
- Disturbing memory lapses
- Incontinence, especially upon sneezing, laughing; urge incontinence
- Itchy, crawly skin
- Aching, sore joints, muscles and tendons
- Increased tension in muscles
- Breast tenderness
- Headache change: increase or decrease
- Gastrointestinal distress, indigestion, flatulence, gas pain,
nausea - Sudden bouts of bloat
- Depression
- Exacerbation of existing conditions
- Increase in allergies
- Weight gain
- Hair loss or thinning, head, pubic, or whole body; increase
in facial hair - Dizziness, light-headedness, episodes of loss of balance
- Changes in body odor
- Electric shock sensation under the skin and in the head
- Tingling in the extremities
- Gum problems, increased bleeding
- Burning tongue, burning roof of mouth, bad taste in mouth, change
in breath odor - Osteoporosis (after several years)
- Changes in fingernails: softer, crack or break easier
- Tinnitus: ringing in ears, bells, ‘whooshing,’ buzzing etc.
4 responses so far ↓
1 Phil // Mar 8, 2008 at 2:09 pm
I have at least seven of them. Should I be freaking?
Regarding No. 13 - -a friend in Mexico (from Seattle) was just telling me about her own experiences with that from a few years ago. Holy freakin’ cats, man. That’s one you’d sure hope you knew was coming, else you’d think “Alzheimer’s at 53?!”
I don’t mean to make light, either. Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia are the scariest thing I can imagine — for my parents and/or for me. It takes a lot of work to not obsess over it. (See symptoms 10, 11 and 22).
2 claire // Mar 8, 2008 at 2:32 pm
Barry’s convinced I’m up to the Z in Alzheimer’s anyway. I can never remember whether he’s going to the ad hoc committee on the east end connector meeting on tuesday night or the democratic party executive committee meeting on wednesday night, or if it’s his saturday night or friday night poker game that got moved this month…I swear I need a score card to keep up with him.
3 Elizabeth Clement // Mar 10, 2008 at 1:57 pm
See, he needs to just write that shit down. No fair for you to have to remember. I’ve got a 12-year advantage and I’d need the score-card too. Not being able to remember his crazy schedule doesn’t mean you’re Alz-y…it means he’s too fukkin’ busy.
4 barry // Mar 11, 2008 at 3:05 pm
i’ve always said that when my life gets too busy for me to keep my schedule in my head, i’d start giving stuff up.
i missed one meeting last year just by spacing, but so far, i’m keeping it together.
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