2 weeks Ago By Rosie Nixon
THREE KEY FACTS: Hello! magazine’s editor-at-large Rosie Nixon shares her journey through midlife hormonal changes and menopause. She explored various treatments, including HRT and natural remedies, to manage symptoms like anxiety and brain fog. Rosie launched Rosie’s Reinvention Retreats to help midlife women navigate their transitions and find empowerment.
OPINION For a moment each morning, I’d be blissfully unaware. Then the anxiety would hit, my heart racing and mind spinning about the day ahead. Half of me knew it was irrational.
Yet I couldn’t shake the physical feeling of being overwhelmed – often so strong I’d be in tears even before I got out of bed. Why was I always running late, catching up, rushing, weighed down by deadlines, meetings and guilt. Then came the hot flushes at night.
My husband recalls me “erupting without warning”, like a hot, sweaty volcano at 3am, the intense heat waking him up as well. He would lovingly throw the duvet off me or move to the spare room. It wasn’t conducive to our love life, but I didn’t really fancy sex much anyway.
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