Try driving your convertible to work on a winter day without getting funny looks from the other drivers. The vision of a middle-aged woman indulging in such eccentricities brings more than a chuckle or estranged glance, it can actually disturb a traffic agent enough to pull you over – believe me, it happened to me. I’ve even been seriously scolded by my physician for going to those extremes to escape the smothering despair that comes with hot flashes at 8:00 a.m. He strongly believes I put myself at risk of an aneurysm due to temperature shock.

Many unashamed women have been known to pull such shenanigans to both vent their frustration and get some fresh air to alleviate their symptoms. I once heard of a lady who would invariably get hot flashes at dinner time, and got so tired of it that she would keep a cold pack in the freezer ready to place on her seat when it was time to sit down. This obviously got the attention of her husband and kids, who just could not believe that she could sit on an ice-cold cushion through dinner. She would have continued the practice, but her butt skin started suffering the consequences and she had to stop after a couple of weeks.  She even thought about inventing and bringing to market a version of her ice-cushion that would insulate a bit more to protect the skin. She found out just how crazy she was; a marketing study found most women wouldn’t go for freezing their butt as a remedy to hot flashes.

But it’s not just unannounced hot flashes; we have to endure all manner of strange symptoms when we get to that dreaded time in life with a name just as dreadful: menopause. It is not really so, but we all believe it symbolizes the end of womanhood and that admitting to its arrival is tantamount to joining the ranks of knitting grandmothers. Therefore, we try to look composed and unaffected in those first months of discomfort and then, having accepted reality, develop all manner of quirks to placate the awful manifestations.

Fortunately, relief did come for me at last. No, it’s not that I finally made it through menopause and the discomforts stopped. Rather I found out about bioidentical hormone replacement, which is a therapy designed to balance hormonal problems by using hormones formulated to be equal to those made by your body. I was already comfortable in my role as a crazy middle-aged woman by the time I visited a specialist to look at the possibility of being treated. However, after consultation and some tests, the doctor determined it would be very simple to treat me. He explained the much lower risks involved in the use of bioidentical hormones vs. the use of synthetic hormones. I decided to go ahead with the treatment, and have never driven with the top down in winter ever since.

If you suffer premenopausal or similar symptoms, you should find yourself a specialist immediately and stop the unnecessary discomfort. Here are three good reasons to do it:

Reason 1:  No woman should have to suffer through the embarrassment of having to wipe sweat off her forehead at a perfectly air-conditioned French restaurant.

Reason 2: The Witches of Eastwick might have been an interesting movie, but we want to remain lovely women, no matter how appealing the role of sexy witch might have seemed to you in the movie.

Reason 3: If science has brought us women bioidentical hormones, reducing the risk of after-effects to negligible in most cases, why would we continue being eccentric and not rejoin the feminine human race?

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The generation of women reaching menopause at this time is much more health-driven than its predecessors. They feel younger and live another life as well, with careers and jobs, plus motherhood. So you do not miss anything in your life because you’ve reached this stage, I’ve made this list of tips that will help you go through menopause with greater ease than previous generations of women.

There’s no reason to hide the pain or suffering if you can avoid it. That’s why, you have the chance to pick up a treatment that will improve your quality of life noticeably, which is bioidentical hormone replacement therapy, a completely natural and non-invassive approach. Don’t forget to mention it to your doctor so he will derive you to a specialist.

Whether or not you decide to go the treatment route, there’s something you can’t miss, which is dieting. You might even have to change your eating habits, since your organism and the way it functions is changing, and so will your metabolism. Actually, the loss of estrogen causes anxiety and apetite to increase. It’s highly recommended not to have large amounts of food for dinner, since digestion will be forced and you will be forcing your digestive system.

Try to find workout or exercise routines that appeal to you; this will not only help you stay fit, but will also help you with your heart rate and performance. Your bones will also become stronger, and you don’t have to do everything every day, just a routine that you enjoy and helps you.

Keeping up skin health is also very important since certain vitamins and minerals are not produced by the body any longer. A way to aid your skin is exfoliating, keeping it always hydrated and using supplement creams that will help it regain flexibility, texture, and strength. Fiber-based foods are really helpful for your skin as well.

Heart and mind have to stay safe and strong; a lot of cardiovascular diseases are related closely to estrogen and the lack of it, which your body suffers as you face menopause. Your stress also plays a big role in these kinds of problems, since it tends to threaten your cardiovascular health, as well. Stress can also be the cause of some forgetfulness that you might have; it’s possibly not just aging, but stress also makes your mind worry too much about one thing, and this will most likely lead you to forget other things. Omega3 and Ginkgo Biloba are supplements you can take to try keep yourself sharp.

At this stage in life your metabolism changes, that’s why you have to keep in mind all kinds of health issues that might be triggered in you, such as chronic or genetic tendencies.

Please do not underestimate your symptoms and contact your doctor, there’s no need to endure pain while you can do something about it and even improve your quality of life as well.

If you liked this article, tell all your friends about it. They’ll thank you for it. If you have a blog or website, you can link to it or even post it to your own site (don’t forget to mention our Bio-Identical Hormone Therapy blog as the original source).