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Reader Stories: What Is Your Menopause Experience?

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Updated August 26, 2010

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Menopause is the time when women stop menstruating which occurs, on average, around age 51. However, menopausal symptoms frequently occur for ten to fifteen years before the onset of menopause -- this time is called perimenopause. Share your menopause experiences!

2 Years Of Sweats And On And Off Periods

Deal with it. Take vitamins. Not let things get to me the way they used to.Part of the aging process and learning to deal with menopause.Realizing that my life after three wonderful daughters and now…More

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