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Women of EP,....?

I need your input on 'The Change'(menopause). What are signs/symptoms?
Men, you can share also, if you have been, or are with a woman going through this,....*giggling*
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No symptoms from some people.

1. Hot flashes, flushes, night sweats and/or cold flashes, clammy feeling (see note)
2. Irregular heart beat
3. Irritability
4. Mood swings, sudden tears
5. Trouble sleeping through the night (with or without night sweats)
6. Irregular periods; shorter, lighter periods; heavier periods, flooding; phantom periods, shorter cycles, longer cycles
7. Loss of libido (see note)
8. Dry vagina (see note)
9. Crashing fatigue
10. Anxiety, feeling ill at ease
11. Feelings of dread, apprehension, doom (see note)
12. Difficulty concentrating, disorientation, mental confusion
13. Disturbing memory lapses
14. Incontinence, especially upon sneezing, laughing; urge incontinence (see note)
15. Itchy, crawly skin (see note)
16. Aching, sore joints, muscles and tendons (see note)
17. Increased tension in muscles
18. Breast tenderness
19. Headache change: increase or decrease
20. Gastrointestinal distress, indigestion, flatulence, gas pain, nausea
21. Sudden bouts of bloat
22. Depression (see note)
23. Exacerbation of existing conditions
24. Increase in allergies
25. Weight gain (see note)
26. Hair loss or thinning, head, pubic, or whole body; increase in facial hair
27. Dizziness, light-headedness, episodes of loss of balance
28. Changes in body odor
29. Electric shock sensation under the skin and in the head (see note)
30. Tingling in the extremities (see note)
31. Gum problems, increased bleeding
32. Burning tongue, burning roof of mouth, bad taste in mouth, change in breath odor
33. Osteoporosis (after several years)
34. Changes in fingernails: softer, crack or break easier
35. Tinnitus: ringing in ears, bells, 'whooshing,' buzzing etc. (see note)
http://www.project-aware.org/Experience/symptoms.shtml
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Posted Oct 14th, 2009 at 8:40PM
It's PMS 24/7 all month long! It ******* rules! Whoohoo!!!!
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Posted Oct 15th, 2009 at 12:07AM
I wonder how every woman under 25 would look in a deep fryer.
My husband now wears helmets around me.
I am Hershey's #1 Customer.
Buy stock in Kleenex, cause it's going through the roof.
I am no longer afraid of muggers, terrorists or snakes.

It's a wonderful time of life!!
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Posted Oct 14th, 2009 at 9:19PM
I started with irregular periods and mood swings!...look out!
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Posted Oct 14th, 2009 at 9:20PM
I'm just getting there, saw the doctor last month. Periods start getting a bit irregular. That's as far as I've gotten...oh and mood swings.....get worse.
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Posted Oct 14th, 2009 at 9:20PM
Night sweats
mood swings
anger
depression
there are several different things that happen to you that you just don't understand
I went threw it at 22 instantly
Hormones all out of wack will make you crazy it's been awhile so I don't remember everything I went through.
It Sucks that much I can tell you
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Posted Oct 15th, 2009 at 1:03AM
You're hot then you're cold, so we raise the window then we lower it and if we don't do it fast enough... you bite our heads off!

Ouch!
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Posted Oct 14th, 2009 at 9:21PM
Geez, pretty much have most of the symptoms Mother 2009 stated. I suspect I'm starting, I have been to the doctor. I have gone from having very little PMS symptoms all my life to all of a sudden being a mess for most of the month. Managing all right so far, though some of the mood swings can be real doozies. Having my period more than once a month ( happened twice ) sucks!
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Posted Oct 14th, 2009 at 9:22PM
Mother 2009 covered every possible symptom, for me, the hot flashes and weight gain (slower metabolism) and months between periods. I also became absent-minded or scattered, forgeting appts. or to return phone calls, etc. After the completion of the process, I am alot calmer though, with that came less energy. Coffee is my friend now, lol.
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Posted Oct 14th, 2009 at 9:22PM
Irregular yet heavy periods.
Hot flashes
Raging mood swings and the mother lode......

Granny hairs!!
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Posted Oct 14th, 2009 at 8:12PM
Sorry hon..I haven't reached that state yet..but *hugs*
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Posted Oct 14th, 2009 at 8:20PM
Moods swings
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Posted Oct 14th, 2009 at 8:21PM
The only symptoms I've had so far, are hot flashes at night, what a treat!
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Posted Oct 14th, 2009 at 8:24PM
Not yet...I think I'll be afraid of me when it starts though...I'll be a huntin' bear!
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Posted Oct 14th, 2009 at 8:27PM
Night sweats
mood swings
anger
depression
there are several different things that happen to you that you just don't understand

VLOWERY - That's me now....
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Posted Oct 14th, 2009 at 8:27PM
I have mood swings and bad cramps. I'm not going through my change yet but I have wicked PMS.
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Posted Oct 14th, 2009 at 8:34PM
Oh, **** I have half of these! I'm only 35 .:(
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Posted Oct 14th, 2009 at 8:45PM
wow.. i am OFFICIALLY killing myself at age 30
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Posted Oct 14th, 2009 at 9:01PM
Extremely high libido 24/7. But I've always been a bit dyslexic (which doesn't only apply to reading backwards).
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Posted Oct 14th, 2009 at 10:04PM
come near me with your Mr. Happy... and i'll keel you lol
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