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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, I have been going through what you've described for 4 years now. Haven't slept much for years. I'm doing perimenopause cold turkey. The forgetfulness and brain fog makes me feel so dumb. I am also impatient, and I thought I was the carefree one. Well anyway, I started doing zumba a few months ago, it has worked wonders for my mental health. I think I'll do it for the rest of my life, but I am starting to feel I am in the tail end of the perimenopause trainweck. A friend of mine started a full on affair(she found herself in a perfect storm situation - guy took advantage of her momentarily vulnerability) while going through this and has done irreparable damage to her family. It's a midlife crises, a reverse puberty of sort. We don't discuss this openly enough and we feel alone.  Good luck
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OP here. Thanks for this response, PP. Yes, it feels just horrible, and NO ONE ever mentions it. I've told DH how I feel, and he looks at me like, "Huh?".

I exercise a little, walking mostly, but don't have time or the ability to focus enough to go to the gym or schedule tennis matches a few times a week. Walking is just there, so I do it whenever I get the chance. I'll look into zumba, but don't know if I could manage it. Someone gave me "Menopause without Medicine," but I can't focus enough to read it! Brain fog is the worst of it. I used to be focused and intelligent with a memory that wouldn't quit. Now I can't remember anything. Is this early Alzheimer's? I wondered about this when I was awake from 2-7 a.m. this morning. I napped from 7 to 7:15 when DH's alarm woke me up. I will NOT survive four years of this!! How did you do it, PP? I SAH, so that's worse, as I have no job to focus my time, aside from all the usual kid stuff which is overwhelming me every second of the day. I don't have the energy for an affair, so there's no danger of that![/quote]

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