Menopause Support Group
Menopause is the physiological cessation of menstrual cycles associated with advancing age. It normally occurs in women between the ages of 45 and 55, when the body begins to slow and stop the production of eggs, estrogen and progesterone production decreases, and menstruation diminishes, eventually stopping altogether.
I had a bad couple of days- unending sorrow and anger, screaming yellow headache, neck ache, shoulder ache...ah, hell EVERYTHING ached! stomach upset...you all know, the usual stuff.
Being in the house with the husband and the teenager, there was no one here who really has some idea of this (although the teenager gets PMS, so she gets a teeny weeny idea of the uncontrollable emotion and physical discomfort thing), so I call one of my aunts on the east coast.
She tried to be sympathetic, but she mostly kept saying that what I was going through "was just not right", and that I should probably see someone (like that never occurred to me, especially after 9 years- hard to not be insulted). I kept telling her how we are all different, that there's really no such thing as a "normal" menopause, but she kept going on, and by the time I hung up, I was feeling like some sort of freak, and some little part of me was starting to feel anxious and worried.
So I got on this website and read your discussions, your journals, your replies, and your comments. I'm so, so, so, so sorry that you are all going through what you are going through, but I have to say that I am SO GRATEFUL that I am not the only one who is going through this so badly!
I am NOT alone!! You ladies KNOW...and UNDERSTAND what I mean when I talk about hours of crying for no reason, wanting to just pack a bag and go away, or pick up the chair and throw it through the window.
We WILL get through this, and because we have this website, even if no one in our physical world understands, we here on DS do, so we will get through this together!
Be good to yourselves!!! You deserve it!
Being in the house with the husband and the teenager, there was no one here who really has some idea of this (although the teenager gets PMS, so she gets a teeny weeny idea of the uncontrollable emotion and physical discomfort thing), so I call one of my aunts on the east coast.
She tried to be sympathetic, but she mostly kept saying that what I was going through "was just not right", and that I should probably see someone (like that never occurred to me, especially after 9 years- hard to not be insulted). I kept telling her how we are all different, that there's really no such thing as a "normal" menopause, but she kept going on, and by the time I hung up, I was feeling like some sort of freak, and some little part of me was starting to feel anxious and worried.
So I got on this website and read your discussions, your journals, your replies, and your comments. I'm so, so, so, so sorry that you are all going through what you are going through, but I have to say that I am SO GRATEFUL that I am not the only one who is going through this so badly!
I am NOT alone!! You ladies KNOW...and UNDERSTAND what I mean when I talk about hours of crying for no reason, wanting to just pack a bag and go away, or pick up the chair and throw it through the window.
We WILL get through this, and because we have this website, even if no one in our physical world understands, we here on DS do, so we will get through this together!
Be good to yourselves!!! You deserve it!
i feel like sometimes ....i'm old and not young and cute so it's like....pffffft.
you're done making babies,,,,wtf are you good for anymore?
i mean i don't feel like that.
i feel like that's the attitude of others.
it's sickening.
men always like the freshest meat.
i'm single and when i go to a dating site and
the men say they are interested in women ages eighteen to fifty....i'm thinking,..so? you'd prefer my daughter over me? of course you would.
so eff you.
don't they know that little girls are really not
as much fun as real grown women?
i guess not :/
they think they can mold a little girl into the perfect robot.
heheheh.
what a joke.
that was tried on me.
i just kicked the wall out of that cage.
and got the hell out.
yeah i'm ranting.
lol
i wish i lived in california.
all i do is dream of californication :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlUKcNNmywk
I read all your posts and most the time I am so tired I can't even respond! Isn't that horrible. I know exactly how you feel! Of course you are not a freak you are a wonderful caring person that is going through this crap called menopause. Along with the rest of us! I wish we could all feel better I feel so bad for everyone. I pray for everyone on this site! It is so heartbreaking knowing we are all having such a hard time with this crap!
I hope you are doing better tonight and just know I am right there with you!!
Lots of hugs, Vicki.
Stay strong and visit the site often. It will help.
Here's wishing you all many, many days of Normalcy, full of energy and happiness! HUG HUG HUG!