AAAARRRRGGGGHHHH .... I need a new sense of humor

Nah, you're sense of humor is just fine.

Awwww ... thanks

Yep. This is true. My friend is a Chinese lady and showed me how to eat certain foods to help with menopause. I hardly notice that I am in menopause. Women in menopause have a 50% chance of dying froma heart attack. You would think if a guy loved his gal; he would want her to stay alive.

I had a hysterectomy and oopherectomy (ovaries removed) earlier this year which threw me into full menopause. Hormone replacement therapy has treated all my menopausal symptoms without issue. Guess I'm just lucky?

I am trying to avoid the homone replacement as they can be as dangerous as the menopause itself. I just started eating more Asian food and fruits which help eliminat the symptons.

I wouldn't know. I had a hysterectomy 13 years ago and was left with my ovaries. My mother said she never even noticed it at around 52.

I haven't noticed any out of the ordinary emotional upheavals since parting from my ex 4 years ago. Just regular crazy b*tch stuff.

Very well said!

Each woman's experience is different. I think a lot of it depends on your personality. Some women are hypochondrics, are seeking attention, blowing things out of proportion, using it as yet another excuse for bad behavior. When you start menopause depends a lot of when your mother and her mother did, if it is not surgically induced.

Folks needs to get a grip! I did not have the mood swings or irritability. Actually the only thing that changed is my monthly cycles ceased and then came the hot flashes, which I still have periodically, but I haven't grown three heads, nor do I need an exorcism! Unlike when my mother experienced it, there are a multitude of over-the-counter remedies and there still is hormone replacement for folks who medical history does not put them in danger of heart disease. It does not have to be life changing or life altering event unless you allow it to become one.