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THE 48 SYMPTOMS

THE 48 SYMPTOMS

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Most women will come up against menopausal symptoms, but that’s not to assume every person’s experience will be the same. There are 48 symptoms associated with each stage of the menopause, but the duration, severity and range symptoms will vary from person to person.

We recommend you look through, read up on the ones you recognise in yourself (or the person you’re here for) and start putting our top tips into practice to help improve your experience.

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48 SYMPTOMS

ACNE

This just isn’t fair. You thought you left spots behind in your teens… Now you’re a grown woman and you’re in breakout hell. What are you meant to do? Mix blemish treatments with your anti-wrinkle cream?

ALTERED SKIN

Been struck by lightning recently? No. Rubbed a balloon on your head? Nope. Rocked on down to Electric Avenue? Definitely not. Or could those strange little shocks you keep feeling be the menopause at play?

ANXIETY

Do you feel tense and jittery…like you’re plugged into an electrical socket? You wake up feeling this way and carry nervous tension around with you all day. Things you would normally just brush off wriggle away in your mind. You wish you could just stop fretting and feel normal again.

BLADDER WEAKNESS

A sudden sneeze sneaks up on you and oh great… you’ve weed yourself a bit. Same goes for a spontaneous laugh, when you lift anything heavy or try to jump up and down (no trampolining for you today my love). And my word, when you need to go, you need to go NOW.

BLOATING

You’ve eaten lunch and BAM! Your belly’s puffed up and it’s really, really uncomfortable. You know you need to unbutton your trousers... but Angela from Accounts is sitting right next to you.

BODY ODOUR

You catch an unpleasant smell as you stand up to go make a drink. Hold on, is that you or someone else? You are a bit sweaty under your arms and down there... Wasn’t BO supposed to do one after our teens? Why’s it decided to come back with a vengeance now?

BRAIN FOG

You used to pride yourself on your memory – but too often these days you forget what you only remembered five minutes ago. And why did you come into the kitchen? Thoughts can escape you mid-sentence. New information just won’t sink in. It’s like trying to think through a fog. And it’s bloody frustrating.

BREATHING DIFFICULTIES

Short of breath? Could it be asthma? Or maybe it’s just another cold? Whatever it is, you seem to be wheezing all over the place. Even walking up the stairs at home has become a struggle.

BURNING MOUTH SYNDROME

Feel like someone’s shoved a ghost chilli into your chops while you weren’t looking? Or like you drank your tea too soon, only you’re not actually drinking tea? And, hold on, why all of a sudden does it taste like you licked a rusty iron fence?

CHANGES IN BREAST SIZE

You might have been longing for bigger boobs your whole life or were perfectly happy with the size of your bust… Either way, it can be disconcerting and uncomfortable when your cups start spilling over and you’re nowhere near puberty.

CHANGES IN SEX DRIVE

For some women, the menopause is an incredibly liberating time when it comes to sex – for a start, we don’t have to worry about unplanned pregnancy anymore.* But for many, this wonderful freedom we hoped for doesn’t come. In fact, you might feel like your sex drive has got up and left the building, never to be seen again.

CHANGES IN SKIN TEXTURE

You accept that your skin is going to age – but has someone suddenly pressed fast forward? Your face feels like it’s losing its bounce-back-ability. Wrinkles are more pronounced and your crow’s feet are multiplying but this is no laughing matter.

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