Menopause symptoms

Below is a comprehensive list of menopause symptoms...

• abdominal bloating
• agoraphobia
• aggression, anger, rage, resentment
• alcoholism, particularly pre-menstrually
• allergies
• anxiety, nervousness, irrational fear
• arthritis, joint and muscle pains
• blood clots
• breast tenderness
• bruising and capillary breakage
• chronic fatigue muscular weakness, procrastination, exhaustion, tiredness, mental confusion
• difficulty in getting up after enough sleep, lethargy
• clumsiness
• cold hands and feet
• constipation
• cracked heels
• cravings, eating disorders, binges, inability to tolerate long intervals without food
• cysts breast and ovarian
• dizziness
• depression - loneliness, uselessness, endless crying, irrational behavior
• fibroids
• guilt
• hair loss and excessive facial hair
• headache
• hot flushes and night sweats
• hypoglycaemia (low blood sugar)
• hypothyroidism
• incontinence
• insomnia
• irregular menstrual flow, heavy or light flow
• irritability
• lack of self confidence and esteem
• libido loss
• memory loss
• mood swings and irritability
• nails flaking, brittle and weak
• osteoporosis
• palpitations
• panic attacks
• personality changes
• skin problems - dry and early ageing
• sleep disturbances
• tension
• urinary tract infections, cystitis
• vaginal thinning, dryness and itching
• violence-verbal and physical
• violent dreams
• weight gain
• water retention

Strictly speaking symptoms only occur when periods have finally stopped. It is generally recommended to allow a year to pass before drawing this conclusion.

These symptoms, which can be experienced in the years before the onset of menopause (sometimes referred to as peri-menopause), are generally far worse than those following after. In some women symptoms can start ten years before, sometimes they can persist from 5 to 10 years after.

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