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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’ll just take a moment to point out that it can also start in your late 30s, since apparently people don’t know the age range. It can start early and end late, and it can last a decade or longer. I’m 43 and I’m on year 6 of perimenopause. I remember having a hot flash so bad the day of my sister’s wedding (I was 38 and MOH) that I sweated off most of my makeup and had to have it redone. The makeup artist thought I had been crying and was giving me tips about how to handle that, and almost didn’t believe me when I said it was a hot flash, in spite of the sweaty proof in front of her. It sucks, and the karma PP has a pretty accurate list of symptoms.

The weirdest part of the OP is that she describes the sister as turning red. It’s like the makeup artist. How can you see the physical symptoms and still think someone is faking it? How much must you dislike a person or how narrow minded must someone be to see someone sweat and change colors and wonder if they’re actually uncomfortable and having physical symptoms or if they’re faking it for attention? [/quote]

There’s a difference between thinking someone is “faking it” and thinking that they are pretty obnoxious for them making their real symptoms the star of every show. Like, OK. You are experiencing hot flashes or what have you—that definitely sucks. We believe that it’s real. We’ll open a window if you’d like, we understand if you need to leave early, help yourself to water or a cold washcloth or anything that will make you more comfortable. But no, we’re not particularly interested in hearing about each and every one of your menopause symptoms for the next 30 minutes. We have more interesting things to talk about, and you yammering on and making much of yourself isn’t going to miraculously cure your symptoms.

If you’re that bad off, by all means, stay home. No one wants to talk about your every symptom and how miserable you are in great detail. If my uncle who has Parkinson’s can show up to events and not making everything about him and his hardships and his health journey, I assure you you can survive an hour or two without telling us exactly how many nights you aren’t sleeping and how many pads you’re bleeding through in an hour.[/quote]

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