Monday, July 26, 2021

CW: Mental Health

 I'm at that age where my hormones are running amok, again. For me, perimenopause is like post pregnancy hormones, times 100. 

After my heart attack, my symptoms disappeared for over a year. Then, on my 51st birthday, it was like I flipped a switch, and my body said, "Hey, she's healthy now, we can make her miserable in every way again!" And so it has.

So the hot flashes are back, including night sweats that wake me up constantly through the night. Which means I am not sleeping well. So then we add insomnia to the list of symptoms. 

For me.

It's been a long winter. Mentally, I feel even worse off than I was before, though things are finally looking up. I abandoned the gym. I...