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Perimenopause

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For me, it was the always being tired no matter what, no brain fog. But when the "flashes" started and I was hot out of nowhere, that made me stop and go, “Okay, this isn’t just stress.” I thought I was losing my mind until I realized it was perimenopause.

Am I the only one who's felt tired for years? What was your first sign that something deeper was happening with your hormones? Let’s compare notes — maybe we’ll all feel a little less crazy together. 💛

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[–] MarieMarion@literature.cafe 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It means the age when 50% people are in menopause, and 50% aren't yet. It's often a better metric than the more common average, which is skewed by outliers.
Like, in a country with 10 million people, 10 billionaires make the average income out of synch for the 9,999,9990 normal people. The average income in that country could be 100,000, but the mean income is 70,000. Much more representative of what life actually is for the population.

[–] Perimenopause@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Got it! Flawless breakdown by the way. If you have anything you want to talk about you're more than welcome to post you thoughts and questions in this community! I may not have all the answers, but I'll definitely do my research and try to help!