Menopause: Learning How to Deal With the Symptoms

Menopause. For many women at or approaching middle age, the word is one they’d rather not think about, let alone experience. It represents the loss of their youth and fertility, as well as the onset of quite a few uncomfortable symptoms. From hot flashes to night sweats to mood swings, the number of potential symptoms is higher than thirty, and these can combine in very frustrating ways. For example, the combination of fatigue, night sweats, and insomnia would be enough to drive anyone up the wall and can make it extraordinarily difficult to deal with the other symptoms menopause can bring. Or what about weight gain combined with enough joint pain to make it difficult to work the new weight off? Many women feel that menopause is nature’s way of stacking the deck against them for a few years. Fortunately, by practicing a little self-care, it doesn’t have to be that way. Read more…