Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Menopace
Menopace was recommended to me by my GP some 2 weeks ago. What is this for?
This is a nutrition pack created by pharmacists and nutritionists for peri menopausal women. In the web there is a group of women who have taken this product and shared their experiences and views on their well being. Some experienced only short period relief whilst others experienced great improvements in their quality of life.
This product has since been in the Europe market in 2007. I only heard of this recently when I consulted my GP with regard my unbearable hot flashes. He advised me against HRT which has higher risks than benefits and introduced me this MenoPace.
I have been on MenoPace for 13 days already and I must say I felt pretty good with high energy level from the beginning of the day. However, it makes me hungry all the time. I have been snacking here and there and I think the weighing machine will soon tell me if I have put on weight.
I have had 3 episodes of hot flashes for the 13 days and this is great cos in the past I can have 2x hot flashes on the same day. The night heat is still there but bearable.
The doctor advised that I should be taking the products continuously for 3 months to see the positive effects. I will patiently consume it since this is not a steroid or hormone pill and does not give any negative side effect other than making one hungry.
Will share more when I finished my monthly dosage.
If interested, check out the sharings of these other women on MenoPace:-
http://www.menopausematters.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=2759.0
This is a nutrition pack created by pharmacists and nutritionists for peri menopausal women. In the web there is a group of women who have taken this product and shared their experiences and views on their well being. Some experienced only short period relief whilst others experienced great improvements in their quality of life.
This product has since been in the Europe market in 2007. I only heard of this recently when I consulted my GP with regard my unbearable hot flashes. He advised me against HRT which has higher risks than benefits and introduced me this MenoPace.
I have been on MenoPace for 13 days already and I must say I felt pretty good with high energy level from the beginning of the day. However, it makes me hungry all the time. I have been snacking here and there and I think the weighing machine will soon tell me if I have put on weight.
I have had 3 episodes of hot flashes for the 13 days and this is great cos in the past I can have 2x hot flashes on the same day. The night heat is still there but bearable.
The doctor advised that I should be taking the products continuously for 3 months to see the positive effects. I will patiently consume it since this is not a steroid or hormone pill and does not give any negative side effect other than making one hungry.
Will share more when I finished my monthly dosage.
If interested, check out the sharings of these other women on MenoPace:-
http://www.menopausematters.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=2759.0
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Is this P.M.S?
PMS - what does this mean? If I am younger, I would think it means Pre-menstruation symptoms. At my current age, PMS stares out as Peri Menopause Symptoms instead.
What is this Peri Menopause Symptoms?
I recall having experienced mood swings or should I say anger within my inner self when I turned 40. I just can't lay a finger to it cos I was feeling real down and thought this is not the real me..I am a happy go lucky person - how did this happen? I told my hubby before that I wasn't feeling happy for awhile now. He didn't ask or probe further why I was feeling so..I searched myself, prayed very hard to seek an answer. What was wrong with me?
Slowly, I felt my health deteriorating..I felt perspiration and itch quite a bit due to my eczema or was it my eczema that caused me to perspire? I was confused. I started to sleep later in the nights and became drowsy and sleepy in the day. I can't focus well and realised that I began to forget things. I turned on the fire on the stove to boil soup and clearly forgot about it until the pot went dry. Sigh..I also left the tap on to fill up a water container and forgot all about it until I walked in to the kitchen to take some stuff after half an hour later. It never occur to me that it may be peri menopause.
What is Peri Menopause? It is a period of time (which can last for some time say 10 to 15 years) before our period stops. Yes..all these sufferings - which my mom never shared with me, even though she went through it all alone without even uttering to her children or my dad about the discomforts she had been through. She is indeed a strong woman. When I asked how did she go through those years of misery? She brushed me off with a simple - Just ignore it and get on with your life! That simple huh?
As for me..I can't and just couldn't ignore the symptoms. I have night sweats, hot flashes that could last me half an hour to an hour, draining me of my energy, forgetfulness, anxiety, palpitations and difficulty in sleeping and not forgetting DRY skin.
Some others may experience dryness of vagina, lack of libido, hair loss, weight gain at the waist..etc,
One prominent sign is also the menstruation cycle that can be become longer or shorter and flow can be light or heavier.
PeriMenopausal period happens when our brain and ovaries can't communicate well..estrogen and progesterone fluctuates resulting to all the problems above..causing havoc to a woman's life, behavior and feelings towards every single thing, small and big.
The average age of menopause is 51 but menopause is only official when we stop menstruating one year and after that we can say that we are in the POST menopausal period. So..menopause is only a ONE DAY thing!!!
But I read that those women who are in their post menopausal period enjoy life all over again - they felt that they were REBORN and want to experience new things in life - they became bolder and treasure their 2nd chance in life. I hope I will be able to experience that feeling soonER.
What is this Peri Menopause Symptoms?
I recall having experienced mood swings or should I say anger within my inner self when I turned 40. I just can't lay a finger to it cos I was feeling real down and thought this is not the real me..I am a happy go lucky person - how did this happen? I told my hubby before that I wasn't feeling happy for awhile now. He didn't ask or probe further why I was feeling so..I searched myself, prayed very hard to seek an answer. What was wrong with me?
Slowly, I felt my health deteriorating..I felt perspiration and itch quite a bit due to my eczema or was it my eczema that caused me to perspire? I was confused. I started to sleep later in the nights and became drowsy and sleepy in the day. I can't focus well and realised that I began to forget things. I turned on the fire on the stove to boil soup and clearly forgot about it until the pot went dry. Sigh..I also left the tap on to fill up a water container and forgot all about it until I walked in to the kitchen to take some stuff after half an hour later. It never occur to me that it may be peri menopause.
What is Peri Menopause? It is a period of time (which can last for some time say 10 to 15 years) before our period stops. Yes..all these sufferings - which my mom never shared with me, even though she went through it all alone without even uttering to her children or my dad about the discomforts she had been through. She is indeed a strong woman. When I asked how did she go through those years of misery? She brushed me off with a simple - Just ignore it and get on with your life! That simple huh?
As for me..I can't and just couldn't ignore the symptoms. I have night sweats, hot flashes that could last me half an hour to an hour, draining me of my energy, forgetfulness, anxiety, palpitations and difficulty in sleeping and not forgetting DRY skin.
Some others may experience dryness of vagina, lack of libido, hair loss, weight gain at the waist..etc,
One prominent sign is also the menstruation cycle that can be become longer or shorter and flow can be light or heavier.
PeriMenopausal period happens when our brain and ovaries can't communicate well..estrogen and progesterone fluctuates resulting to all the problems above..causing havoc to a woman's life, behavior and feelings towards every single thing, small and big.
The average age of menopause is 51 but menopause is only official when we stop menstruating one year and after that we can say that we are in the POST menopausal period. So..menopause is only a ONE DAY thing!!!
But I read that those women who are in their post menopausal period enjoy life all over again - they felt that they were REBORN and want to experience new things in life - they became bolder and treasure their 2nd chance in life. I hope I will be able to experience that feeling soonER.
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