Menopause Matters
Jeanne Andrus
Did perimenopause - or menopause - catch you off guard? - Weird symptoms appearing from nowhere? - Wondering who is this person who's inhabiting your body? - And most of all, having no one to talk to about it?It happened to me, too!Anger, depression, and a bottomed-out libido played havoc on my marriage, career, and my relationship with my son long before I felt my first hot flash.In the aftermath of that wreckage, without any clue as to the true nature of the problem, I vowed to get fit and healthy, hoping that would at least allow me to survive the chaos that was my life.It worked - I lost weight, got fit, met a great guy, and even became a personal trainer, helping other women to lose weight and get fit.Like I said - it worked. That is, until it didn't.The weight started creeping back, and the weird, unpredictable symptom parade started again. Everything I'd worked to achieve was in danger of collapsing.This time, though, I knew I had to figure it out and the signs all p