Menopause Relief: Stop your symptoms coming back.

Get free of symptoms coming back that could mean menopause, so you’re back in control.

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What exactly is the symptom coming back in menopause, and why should women pay attention to it?

What is it?

Symptoms that you suspect or know to be menopause relate and that keep coming back, are really negative feedback loops.

The symtoms act as a message your body is adjusting, trying hard to cope and adapting to changed circumstances in the levels of available hormones.

Estrogen drops by about 40-67% (depending on body fat) by the time of menopause Read Research HERE with progesterone dropping by about 95%. Read Research HERE

This is usually a big shock for our body to adjust to as the drop can happen quite quickly especiall for estrogen (progesterone starts dropping in our 20’s).

This drop in hormones explains in large part, why we experience symptoms that seem to suddenly appear. It is because, of what is the combination of a dramatic drop in our key hormones our body has relied on for decades.

What?!

In simple terms, a negative loop is a situation where your responses to certain things end up making the situation worse.

A drop in hormones will set up this looping in symptoms. Experiencing symptoms over and over again until you cut through this loop by identifying the cause.

It's like when something bothers you, and instead of helping, your reactions make it more challenging or counterproductive.

If you allow it to take hold, it can grow and potentially drive body, brain, emotional stresses especially in your menopause journey.

That’s exactly what we are talking about here and how to stop the loop in its’ tracks! :)

Lets dive in.

Pay attention to your age vs symptoms!

A negative loop starts to sneak in when we dismiss that one, little symptom, just like occasional forgetfulness. That symptom doesn't bother us much initially, just a minor annoyance.

If you are in your late 30’s early 40’s - this may, repeat may, mean the unexplained symptom or symptoms you are experiencing maybe menopause related.

The point about identification is not to label you or the condition. It is about rapidly getting to relief and solutions for you.

This is the only objective.

Paying attention will pay dividends to your well being.

Menopause may be the furtherest thing from your mind when this one, little symptom hits! Especially if you are on top of your game, multi tasking and in the middle of a busy, fulfilling life.

Our response might be say ie minor annoyance, and our response is ‘counterproductive’ because it begins to raise stress in our body.

And so, here is exactly how the negative loop begins in us – dismissing small symptoms, specifically impacting our bodies and with implications for our emotions and brain.

So then maybe at the same time, or sometime later, maybe a week, month or even several months down the road, more unrelated symptoms start popping up.

So you react with more ‘counterproductive responses’ (Frustration. Anger. Annoyance) to stimuli (our random symptoms), feeding the negative feedback loop in your body, brain and emotions.

Domino Effect

The loop keeps reinforcing itself, quietly impacting our bodies, our brains even our emotions, while we remain busy with life.

The Vicious Cycle of Menopause Symptoms (looping on steroids!)

Menopause symptoms can create a domino effect.

One symptom can trigger stress responses on your body, emotions or brain, even if you try to ignore it.

This stress leads to more symptoms, which increase your stress further. Each new symptom adds to the cycle, building negative energy and reinforcing the original problem.

Here is the loop in action.

Essentially, the more you react to symptoms, the more stress and negativity you accumulate.

Watch out for random symptoms which could mean menopause

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The impact of this negative loop on your body, brain and emotions is real, tangible and impactful.

Over time the effect of random symptoms and our reactions to them, add up and including driving increases in cortisol, our stress hormone, which then, among other things, increases inflammation in your body.

Something to fix, right?

Joining the dots is key when trying to work out what is going on.

Age is a great filter to try to narrow down what could be going on.

I wish a young female doctor had done that when I came into her office, burst into tears at 52 and she promptly suggested I needed anti depressants.

The clue was to ask more questions if she had been trained in identifying symptoms and thinking about age.

Not a definite reason to suspect menopause but a good track to investigate fruther.

The longer you dismiss symptoms that may seem small or random, the more their impact, because our of reactions to these symptoms —even if it's a minor response in your busy day—accumulates over time as stress in your body.

The years of ignoring random symptoms does build up, quietly, while we dismiss what the body is trying to tell us, because we are very busy in our demanding lives.

The price of ignoring random symptoms can take a physical, mental and emotional toll on us and especially when we may be on the menopause journey.

So What Do We Do?

Paying attention to these random symptoms may help you find out that you could be on the menopause journey – irrespective its good to pay attention to symptoms.

Pay attention to random symptoms that could mean you are on the menopause track

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So its important to investigate whats going on if you do have random symptoms that you cant explain, with someone who you trust in the health care profession.

ID Random Symptoms: Without Going Crazy

Navigating the realm of random symptoms might seem overwhelming, but it's essential to slow down for a moment.

In our hectic lives, taking a little extra time to pay attention to subtle changes becomes crucial, especially for those in their mid to late 30s or older (though it can apply to younger individuals as well).

You’ve got this!

Give yourself a gift. Buy a beautiful journal. With a cover that lifts you up. This journal becomes your Menopause Symptom Tracker. This Tracker will help you to take back control of your life

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Observing and noting down any symptoms that seem new, bother you or interrupt your life too much, can be a quick process – maybe just 5 minutes. Do it daily for as long as you need. Perhaps 1 week or a month or longer.

You will have your own sense of how long you should track daily.

The results will likely surprise you!

Even if you think you know everything about whats goin on for you, actually noting things down, the physical act of writing things down, in a structured fashion will be invaluable for insight and for discussions with your chosen health care professional.

Can you imagine how much frustration and time this tiny exercise is going to save you?

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‘I don’t do journalling’

I hear you! I was the same.

The thing I discovered is that journalling symptoms is more about tracking and collecting valuable information that you can use to:

(1) Reflect and recognize what may be going on in your body, brain or emotions and

(2) Help with your discussions with health care professionals if you want to investigate further.

Worth 5 minutes a day, right?!

Let’s go through 3 easy steps for your daily 5 minute journalling…

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What To Do Next?

•Step 1 - Buy yourself a beautiful Journal. Make it a special gift to you. Something that brings you joy!

It should be a beautiful, formatted journal you can write in or print off or fill in on your mobile device to make this process even more straightforward for you:

The aim of this short journalling exercise is for you to gather information about any new or different symptoms you notice in yourself.

•Step 2 - have the journal ready to then start the process by finding a quiet space where you wont be interrupted for atleast 5 minutes – longer if possible:

Then:

•Step 3 - Be present in your body during the time you have given yourself (this is a gift of self love by the way!). Being present means, ignoring distractions your so called ‘monkey brain’ may throw at you – for instance, thinking about that T-Shirt you want to buy, putting on the washing or going for a walk. Ignore these random thoughts as best you can, for this exercise

•Step 4 - Reflect on any new body, brain, or emotional niggles. Don't judge what you find; don’t panic, simply write what you find down in your journal.

Do this journalling for as long as you feel you need to. It’s a good idea to do it for a minimum of a week but longer could be more insightful.

(1) Be present in your body, mind, emotions and write down what you observe – without judging or attaching to what you see and

(2) do it every day for as long as you need.

Breaking free from the negative feedback loop becomes akin to slicing a green bean – regaining control and moving toward a thriving menopausal life.

Track your random symptoms that could mean menopause to put you back in control of life

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Putting You In Control Of Your Journey

What you collect and discover after journalling, even for a week is journalling tends to put you back in charge.

Helping you get onto managing symptoms, potentially improving lifestyle and relief knowing whats going on.

Leading instead of following in your own journey – menopause or not – rather than solely relying on your health care professional to charge of the journey for you.

A journalling exercise worth doing, don’t you agree?!

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