Menopause is different for each woman. Whilst some have very light symptoms including occasional hot flashes or night sweat and a few mood swings. Other women have hot flashes several times a day along with massive mood swings plus nightly night sweats and no sexual drive.

Some women get so hot during menopause that they start sweating profusely and need to grab a fan or an ice pack just to cool down. After these hot flashes occur your body naturally cools and sometimes can even feel chilled. A cycle like this can make you fight hot and cold back and forth. Of course this will make you feel uncomfortable particularly if you’re out in public. Even though these hot flashes only usually last for a few minutes they can still be really annoying.

Night sweats can cause you to wake up hot and sweaty in the middle of the night which is very unpleasant. Sometimes you may even have to change nightgowns in order to get back to sleep. Lightweight nightgowns are helpful but a medical treatment may have to be used if this doesn’t help and you simply find you can’t get back to sleep.

What about the mood swings! Ugh, they can be so debilitating if severe. The loss of estrogen during menopause can cause you can be perfectly happy one minute and feel like screaming or crying the next. If the mood swings keep you from enjoying life you may need to consult your physician.

Another side effect of this loss of estrogen is osteoporosis which can be a big concern. The good news is there are other treatments for this besides having to go on estrogen. Get regular weight bearing exercise that will help your bones to stay strong and you may want to consider bone-building medications,

It’s not just estrogen you lose but collagen too which can cause your skin to become drier and wrinkled. Just what you don’t want! Making sure you get good nutrition and facial treatments can help to solve this problem.

These are only a few of the menopause symptoms women can have and this site has been designed to help you recognize and understand what is going on in your body and to help you cope during what can be a challenging time of your life.