Stress At Menopause

There is a third of a lifetime left for most women after the reproductive cycle has ceased and they will have opportunities to enjoy a change of life.  Between the ages of forty five and fifty five (though some women begin earlier) the ovaries cease producing mature eggs, grow smaller and stop producing the hormones responsible for reproduction.  Because all the endocrine glands in the body interact with each other, when the ovaries cease producing their hormones the others go into action to compensate and maintain balance.

Hormones Stress

The adrenal glands are especially involved.  It takes time for full adaptation and sometimes too much of one hormone is produced and sometimes too little.  Almost always a balance is achieved eventually but it is the result of temporary imbalance during the adjustment that causes the disturbances that some women experience.

A number of women have no trouble at all, they are the lucky ones whose periods gradually diminish, then cease and that is all there is to it.  Others experience symptoms ranging from slight to very severe and these are puzzling and frightening if they are not understood by the woman and by those living with her.  These symptoms occur the world over and vary in  degree.

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