| Menopause symptoms vary greatly; in fact, there are | | | | between three and five years. Sometimes women |
| no two women that will have the same menopause | | | | will feel anxious, tense, agitated, or unsettled as a |
| symptoms in the same order. There are some | | | | hot flash is coming on, and many times the heart |
| women who don�t have any symptoms as | | | | rate will increase. They are often worse the first |
| all, but not many. Symptoms last different lengths of | | | | year following the last period. The only outward |
| time for different women and are caused by the | | | | physical sign of a hot flash is the skin turning a pink |
| hormonal transition and imbalance in a | | | | or reddish color and sweating. Hot flashes can be mild |
| woman�s body. | | | | or severe and some women may experience chills. |
| One of the menopause symptoms in women is mood | | | | As with any other menopause symptom, it is |
| swings. Approximately 10% of women suffer from | | | | different for every woman. |
| mood swings during menopause. Mood swings, | | | | Insomnia is a common menopause symptom. Some |
| basically, are drastic changes in mood over a short | | | | women have hot flashes mainly at night and cannot |
| period of time. For example, laughing one minute, | | | | sleep due to that; while others have difficulty falling |
| yelling and being angry, then crying, and then feeling | | | | asleep even without hot flashes. A common pattern |
| depressed very shortly after. Many women get on | | | | in many women is falling asleep for a few hours, |
| medication for mood swings, while others prefer a | | | | waking up, and then not being able to go back to |
| more natural solution. | | | | sleep. |
| One of the main menopause symptoms in women is | | | | Women sometimes complain of having short-term |
| change in the menstrual cycle. In fact, less than 10% | | | | memory loss and difficulty concentrating as a |
| of women go through menopause without any | | | | menopause symptom. While many experts say that |
| irregularity. Periods will more than likely shorten and | | | | lower estrogen levels probably do play a role in |
| begin sooner than usual. The heaviness of blood flow | | | | memory loss and a lack of concentration, some think |
| may change as well and your periods may become | | | | this is due to aging. The stress of going through |
| either lighter or heavier. Birth control is often | | | | menopause also may have an effect on memory and |
| prescribed to help make periods more regular. | | | | concentration. |
| Women can begin having hot flashes, also called | | | | Lower levels of estrogen cause some sort of |
| vasommotor symptoms, either in the pre-menopausal | | | | menopause symptoms in all women, but they are |
| stages of peri-menopause or after their last | | | | different in every case. Some women will have very |
| menstrual period. They last longer for some than | | | | distinct and obvious menopause symptoms, while |
| they do for others, but usually last somewhere | | | | others only go through mild changes. |