Identifying and Understanding Perimenopause Symptoms

Every single woman on the planet is going to experience perimenopause. It is pretty much part of what makes you female.

Unfortunatetly, this major change is never easy to experience. Lots of women are forced to live through years of tedium and harsh symptoms. Lots of women are worried about how their life changes are going to affect the rest of the people in their lives. You will be glad to know that if you learn how to identify menopausal symptoms you can help to be a comfort to any woman who is dealing with those symptoms. If someone you know is going through perimenopause, learning about her symptoms will help you to understand what she is going through and help you support her as she deals with the changes in her life.

For many husbands, one of the most traumatic ‘change of life' symptoms is the loss of libido or dryness of her "lady bits". Now remember guys, just because she says "no" tonight doesn't mean she will another night, she might truely just not be in the mood, rather than going through the change. Could it be perimenopause if your partner constantly tells you they are not in the mood? Try to understand what she's going through. Perimenopause is just as miserable for her as you think it is for you.

For some women perimenopause will act very much like a pregnancy. One of the earliest symptoms of pregnancy that is also present in many menopausal women is extreme fatigue. "Crashing" fatigue is a common symptom of perimenopause. I am talking about feeling extremely exhausted at the end of the day. This is the kind of fatigue that might prevent her from being able to get out of bed at all. Taking several naps throughout the day might become common practice for a premenopausal woman. If a woman in your life is suddenly experiencing intense fatigue it is possible that she is going through ‘the change'.

Irritability is, perhaps, the most famous symptom. Do you remember the beginnings of puberty when, without warning, just about everything seemed to be annoying as all get out? This is pretty much the same thing that a woman who is starting to go through menopause feels. When a woman is of a certain age and, though she is normally very easy going,she starts getting angry and irritated for no apparent reason, she might not be suffering from PMS. It might be a sign that she is going through menopause. Women do not have an easy time when she goes through perimenopause. Women have a very hard time going through it: they are not in control of their bodies or emotions and it is important that their friends and families understand that, if it were up to the women, it wouldn't happen. A woman might be happy that she isn't going to have to go through a monthly "cycle" anymore but for the most part, it is very traumatic. Learning how to identify the symptoms of it will help you be prepared to help the women in your life deal with their "change of life."