If you were a raging, crying lunatic during perimenopause

I haven't been too bad about crying but I swear since I turned 47 last year my memory is having a heck of a time. I feel like I'm constantly stumbling over words or taking forever to even find the right word. Even the most simple of words! It's like I turned stupid all of a sudden. I really hope it's not going to continue to get worse while getting through this part of my life. I just feel so dumb these days.

CBD oil has done wonders for my monthly anxiety/depression. A total game changer for me.

HRT was my godsend. To this day I say it saved my marriage. DH was at his wit’s end.

I could have written this myself and I'm only 44.  I'm a hot mess most days

I took several types of supplements that didn't do a whole lot.

The thing that helped me hugely and still does is daily exercise and eating a good diet. I do something active each day - doesn't have to be anything too high intensity but about 30 minutes of walking, Pilates, HIIT (which I modify a lot) that gets my heart rate up. This helps with my mood so much and I feel so much better about myself. I don't have any special eating program but I try to have as least processed food as possible.

I didn't realise how much it was helping with both my mood and things like hot flushes/night sweats until I had an injury last year and was unwell and the exercise and eating slackened off. I was shocked at how much it all came back. When I got back to doing what I was doing before, the symptoms dropped off again.

This is me! I turned 47 last year and to my horror, I lost all my words. Having a conversation with me is like a game show, where I give clues to a totally mundane words that escapes me and those conversing with me have to guess what the word is because for the life of me I can not remember the word for that rectangle thing you walk through!

I was in my mid-40’s. I had no idea there was such a thing as perimenopause. I’ve always been a relatively easy-going person...most of my life, people have told me I’m “too nice.” Suddenly I became a raging crazy bitch. I over reacted at every little thing and really was not nice to so many people. It was so out of character for me. One of my kids teachers took me aside one day and nicely suggested I read up on perimenopause. It was like a light bulb went on.

I didn’t take anything for it, but reading about it helped me identify that my behavior had gone sideways and helped me re focus myself into my more usual self. Not that it was smooth sailing, but I tried harder to rein it in a little. I actually dropped out of lots of the extra stuff I did that was stressful to me—like leading a Girl Scout Troop. Cutting back on the stress was very helpful to calming me down.

Yes you can take them together. Although, once my hormones were level and correct I found I no longer need my anti depressant. 

My sister just started using CBD oil and said it helps a lot with hot flashes and sleeping.