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Shantell Powell

Things I didn't know about menopause and perimenopause until they happened to me:

- extremely itchy ear holes
- exhausted way too easily
- suddenly growing tits after a lifetime of being flat
- feeling much more feminine than masculine
- anxiety levels cranked up to 11
- skin no longer sloughs off dead skin on its own
- bones trying to turn into talc
- ghost periods, as in all the symptoms of menstruation except for the blood
- my hair went from being really curly to slightly wavy

There are probably more, but that'll do for now.

@djtoebeans it is the worst! Going on HRT mostly cleared that up for me.

@djtoebeans @Shanmonster I would like to try HRT, but I don’t know where to start finding credible information.

I would like to start with a doctor, but I don’t have a family GP anymore. Where did you start?

@cpsask @djtoebeans after years of asking, I was finally forwarded to an OB-GYN. Until then, I worked with a naturopath. The supplements she prescribed did help me, but not as much as getting on HRT.