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Obvious, I know! Your periods will begin to become irregular and will eventually stop. When you haven’t had a period for 12 months in a row, it means you have likely reached menopause.

Hot flashes. These can feel like someone has just dipped you into a cauldron of boiling water and come from out of nowhere and often at very inconvenient times. For example, when presenting something in front of people and all of a sudden your face drips with sweat and you are read as a tomato. You guessed it, that was me! Most hot flashes last as little as 30 seconds or as much as 10 minutes before you feel better. About 2/3 of all women will experience hot flashes as a part of their menopausal symptoms. Eating the right foods and taking the right supplements help but mindfulness and cognitive behavioural therapy have also been found to be very effective. See also my online course on how to stop Hot Flashes naturally on my website.

Hot flashes are perhaps the greatest symptom experienced in menopause, statistically by 3.4 of all menopausal women, and they are usually the most uncomfortable symptom. As mentioned, they can go on for several years before stopping. Hot flashes can be treated in a couple of ways.