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[quote=Anonymous]OP here. Thanks 15:17 for the detailed response. I was thinking that exact same thing this morning as I was lying in bed, too exhausted to get up, after a night of broken sleep. I feel utterly wretched, yet look no different (ya, older), and none of my friends wants to acknowledge this change of life thing. My very best friend in the world (who has a boyfriend, and looks 10+ years younger than I do) will not even mention it, just ignores questions about it (she lives in another state), seems to pretend it doesn't exist. My child's lacrosse coach told me it was hell going through it, but she's the only one. When I mention it to women who are about my age, every last one of them brushes it off. Why is this? Does everyone forget about it? I'm cranky, tired, bloated, depressed, anxious, hot, cold, usually all these things at once. Maybe it's the brain fog that makes everyone forget about it, like the pain of childbirth??

Thanks, 14:47 for mentioning that there's another side. Does your memory come back? Do you feel less anxious? Are you able to function more or less normally, i.e. multi-task the way you used to when you were in your 20s and 30s and 40s? I feel like an old, doddering woman now, unable to run more than one errand at a time, not able to stay focused on a task, not able to finish anything, getting overwhelmed by ordinary things, like washing my hair or feeding the dog!! I need total concentration to make dinner, and if I get interrupted, I get confused and forget something, or abandon the entire enterprise, and DH has to finish making dinner. Is this what it's like for everyone? [/quote]

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