The Menopause Survival Guide

HAS "THE CHANGE" COME TOO SOON ? DON’ T WORRY, YOU’RE NOT ALONE! Every year more than two million women enter early menopause and find themselves suddenly dealing with a host of unforeseen (and little discussed) issues. In Before Your Time, Evelina Weidman Sterling and Angie Best-Boss provide expert advice and answer all your questions, including: Is it safe to start hormone therapy in your thirties rather than in your fifties? What are your fertility options? How can you combat the long-term effects of early menopause, such as a greater risk of osteoporosis, heart disease, and diabetes? How will early menopause affect your relationships? Your sex life? Your sense of self? Before Your Time brings you the best-researched, most up-to-date answers to all those tough-to-ask questions. The good news: there is more research and information available now than ever before to keep you safe and healthy, and it’s all right here!

We all know about pre-menstrual syndrome, or PMS--the dreaded mood swings, cramps, aches, and pains that women experience around their menstrual cycles. But how often have you seen or heard of that older woman who is constantly irritable, unfocused, low on energy, and just not the way she used to be? If this describes what you're going through, have you been quick to attribute these personality changes to "just getting older," thinking that this is a life sentence? In The Other PMS: Your Survival Guide for Perimenopause & Menopause, Dr. LaKeischa McMillan debunks the myth that you are doomed to misery for the rest of your lives and demystifies the symptoms surrounding these changes. As we age, our hormones also change and might fall out of balance. The Other PMS guides you to keeping your hormones balanced and healthy throughout your life, therefore helping you look and feel your best physically, mentally, and emotionally.

Explaining why women between the ages of 35 and 50 often experience significant changes in mood, weight, sex drive, and general well-being due to hormonal imbalances, this guide shows women how to regain control of their hormones—and their lives—and feel good again through natural means. Women who have had long-standing physical and emotional complaints written off by doctors as normal or genetic are provided with step-by-step solutions to such hormone-related problems as weight gain, fibroids, sex-drive doldrums, adult acne, depression, anxiety, irritability, chronic fatigue, and facial hair. Perimenopausal women will be able to regain control of their health by putting together a game plan for renewal—including hormone balancing and weight management plans that will help them feel better—with dramatic, life-changing results.

After 35 years of listening to women, Dr. Goodman covers every topic relevant to a woman's concerns: PMS, bleeding problems, bone density, pelvic support issues, fatigue syndromes, irritable bowel, insomnia, psychological blahs, and the dilemma of childlessness at midlife. It includes honest information about breast cancer and an open discussion about sexuality. Dr. Goodman explains and offers relief from the perimenopausal crazies and, most importantly, simplifies the hormone replacement therapy decision with a full discussion of prescription hormones, bio-identicals and compounded preparations, and non-hormonal alternatives. Included is the latest on PROGESTERONE: Is it unsafe at any speed? The Midlife Bible is an invaluable, accessible little gem-truly a complete survival guide.The Midlife Bible helps women not only survive but thrive throughout their perimenopausal and menopausal years. As benefits, they will: . Have more energy . Improve their memory. Sleep better. Enjoy sex again. Look and feel better. Eliminate hot flashes

Resulting from the author's relationship with both 'Western medicine' and alternative approaches, this book covers not only perimenopause, menopause and hormones, but also PMS, bleeding problems, and other alternative therapies. It also offers information about breast cancer, and includes open discussion of the dilemma of childlessness at midlife.

Male menopause" is the more common term for andropause. It describes age-related changes in male hormone levels. The same group of symptoms is also known as testosterone deficiency, androgen deficiency, and late-onset hypogonadism. Male menopause differs from female menopause in several ways. For one thing, not all men experience it. For another, it doesn't involve a complete shutdown of your reproductive organs. However, sexual complications may arise as a result of your lowered hormone levels. It's normal to experience a decline in your testosterone levels as you get older. For many men, the symptoms are manageable, even without treatment. If your symptoms are causing you hardship, speak to your doctor. They can provide recommendations to help you manage or treat your symptoms.