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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ok. Hear me out please.  I get night sweats.  I get hot flashes during the day.  I can’t sleep though the night.  I have facial hair.  I have belly fat.  I weigh about 10 lbs more lbs more than in my 20s.  My hair is naturally grey.  I have wrinkles.

[b]Is this really all that bad?  [/b] Can’t it be a normal part of aging?

I mean. I pluck my facial hair.  I run to combat too much weight gain.  I get facials. I dye my hair.

But I don’t feel devastated that I’m experiencing  symptoms of older age because, well,  that’s just life.

When I get night sweats I kick off my blankets.  Is that really too much of an inconvenience? I mean when I had babies and they woke me up every 2 hours that was much much worse.

I just don’t really understand all the complaining about menopause?

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For me? Yes. The hot flashes were debilitating. And the sleep disturbances had me literally sleep deprived which is dangerous and awful. Perhaps you could assume that "all the complaining about menopause" is coming from people who are having a more difficult experience than you are, and move on with your life? [/quote]

+1. I don't understand how you get to be this old and not know that women experience hormonal/reproductive changes in different ways? I honestly prefer menopause to having a period, which were so heavy and painful, but totally understand how that might not be every woman's experience.[/quote]

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