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MENOPAUSE? It’s exciting

It dawned on me that something wasn’t ‘right’ around the time I was 46. My confidence crashed, I was depressed, anxious, my brain was foggy. I hardly recognised myself. Then came the sweats – hot flushes roaring in during the day, sweats waking me throughout the night, skin soaked, sheets drenched. Cue insomnia and 3am panic attacks. Then the flesh duvet moved in. And decided to stay. Indefinitely. I was hot, flabby, confused and convinced

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