I questioned our Western beliefs about menopause and did some research to find out how I could avoid the usual menopause ailments. I was determined to have a happy menopause, without hot flushes, mood swings, insomnia, nervousness, depression, cellulite buildup, age spots on the face, and accelerated aging. And I achieved it!
I realized that almost all the symptoms culturally attributed to menopause are actually due to other causes, which can be eliminated.
In this book, I will explain how I performed my investigation; then I will share some important information so that you, too, can avoid the hardships our culture usually condemns women to with the outbreak of menopause. Even if you are already suffering from some so-called "menopausal symptoms," it's not too late to take action to live a happy and healthy menopause. This little book is easy to read, free of medical jargon, and considers the spiritual dimension of women.
In her fifties, my friend Annie began suffering from annoying spells of dizziness. Since she no longer had her periods, she naturally attributed this problem to menopause, and her doctor was in complete agreement. Therefore, she began taking drugs to “fight the menopause,” which unfortunately had no effect on her dizziness at all. The disorder was ruining her life and causing increasing anxiety and sadness. Everything she tried (drugs, herbal teas, psychotherapy, etc.) had no effect and she was desperate.
Fortunately, after some time, having resigned herself to living with her “menopausal disability,” she was lucky enough to accidentally break her glasses and forced to consult an ophthalmologist, who prescribed new glasses better suited to her sight. With these new glasses, Annie was pleasantly surprised to notice that her dizziness had gone! So her troubles had simply been caused by her old glasses, which over time had become ill-adapted to her sight! However, as she was in her fifties, no one, not even she herself, had thought of looking for the actual cause instead of automatically attributing it to menopause.
Annie's case is just one among many that demonstrates just how common damaging ideas about menopause are!
