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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My vocabulary is shot and I lose my train of thought when speaking. Not great when you are a trial lawyer. I thought it was early onset of dementia, but a psychiatrist said its perimenopause. Did this happen to you, and if so, did your ability to speak in complete sentences return after you made the transition? This is humiliating. [/quote]

Also a lawyer, although I don't practice anymore. But I am now a writer and I'm feeling this even worse -- my cognitive abilities in general feel trashed, but my verbal skills in general cause me trouble from day to day. I'm glad your psychiatrist knows enough about menopause to say this; mine put me on klonopin for sleep problems that ended up cured by HRT that my pcp gave me when I got hot flashes. I had no idea my sleep and anxiety issues were menopause until the hrt fixed them. I wish my psychiatrist had know that could be the issue; it would have spared me the hell of coming off klonopin.

I'm 53, and occasionally worry that I have early onset dementia as well. Yes, the public speaking is awful -- I can't find my words and get confused in the middle of sentences occasionally. It's awful not being anywhere as near as smart as I once was. Truly awful and it is hurting my self esteem, and very sense of self. But I'm 53, and this is where we are. HRT helped with the cognitive stuff a tiny bit, but not a lot. [/quote]

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