Perimenopause and Menopause – Our stories.
Bridgette and Colleen describe their own personal experiences with perimenopause and menopause.
Colleen’s Perimenopause Journey:
Colleen is in perimenopause and explains her symptoms including brain fog, weight gain, insomnia, anxiety, hot flashes and night sweats. She started around 47 and is now starting to enter into a more transitional phase of menopause. This means her cycle is getting more irregular and her anxiety about the process highter. Colleen finds that exercise helps relieve some of the stress and sleep is an absolute necessity. She is excited to learn from the experts we will be interviewing especially about the mental health components of menopause.
Bridgett’s Menopause Journey:
Bridgette is post menopausal and currently on HRTs. She was suffering from debilitating hot flashes & night sweats until she went on hormonal replenishments. She also suffered from weight gain, insomnia, brain fog and night sweats. At first, she was hesitant to go on HRTs because of the study reports from 2002. She spoke to doctors and did her research and realized that bioidenticals were the way to go for relief from her symptoms. Now on a cocktail of bioidentical hormones, her menopausal symptoms have improved greatly. Her enjoyment of tennis, yoga and Pure Barre also help with her mental focus.
Hot Flashes & Cool Topics will be diving into the topic of perimenopause and menopause by interviewing doctors, nutritionists, psychologists and many more with expertise in these areas. We want to continue the dialogue and information for our listeners so that it is no longer a taboo subject.
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