The Menopause Made Simple Show

The Menopause Made Simple Show

Hosted by: Tafiq Akhir | Mr. Menopause

The Menopause Made Simple Show, formerly known as The Mr. Menopause Show, is your trusted source for clear, evidence based menopause and healthy aging education. Hosted by certified and award winning menopause and...

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Why Is My Anxiety So Much Worse During Menopause | What Is Actually Happening

Deanna had never been an anxious person. She had built a career, raised children, handled hard things. She was the person other people called when they needed someone calm and steady. And then somewhere in her late...
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Emotional Numbness and Depression During Menopause | When You Stop Being Able to Feel

Diane's daughter got engaged. It was the moment Diane had imagined for years. Her daughter called, crying happy tears, barely able to get the words out. And Diane felt nothing. Not joy. Not tears. Not even a flutter...
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Why Your Gums Keep Bleeding Even Though Your Dentist Says You Are Fine

Sandra noticed it one morning when she spit out her toothpaste. Pink. Then red. Her gums were bleeding. Not from anything she had done differently. Same toothbrush, same toothpaste, same routine she had followed for...
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Why Does It Feel Like Something Is Crawling On My Skin?

Crawling Skin Sensation and Menopause | Why It Feels Like Something Is on Your Skin~ ย  Amy was woken up by something she felt on her face. Not painful. Not exactly itching. Just the unmistakable sensation of what felt...
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Why Is Everything So Loud During Menopause?

Menopause and Noise Sensitivity | Why Everyday Sounds Have Become Unbearable Suzanne asked her family to turn the TV down three times in one evening. Nobody understood why. And honestly, she didn't either. I t wasn't...
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Why Do Simple Decisions Suddenly Feel Impossible During Menopause

Menopause and Impaired Decision Making | Why Simple Choices Suddenly Feel Impossible Twenty minutes. That is how long she stood in the grocery store aisle. Not because she was distracted. Not because she was on her...
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Is This Dementia or Menopause?

Cognitive Symptoms of Menopause | You Are Not Losing Your Mind Carla was helping her daughter with homework. Her daughter asked a simple question. The kind she would have answered without thinking. And she just could...
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Why Am I Suddenly Afraid of Everything During Menopause?

Lynn was afraid to take a shower. Not because of anything that happened in the shower. But because getting in meant her heart rate would go up. And she had become so afraid of what her heart might do that any...
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Why Don't I Feel As Sharp As I Used To?

Menopause and Slowed Processing Speedย  (You Haven't Lost Your Edge) She used to be the fastest thinker in the room. Quick with answers, sharp in meetings, someone her colleagues depended on to cut through complexity...
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Have You Ever Forgotten Why You Went Into A Room?

Menopause and Mental Disorientation:ย When Your Mind Feels Like It Belongs to Someone Else She was at a stop sign she had driven to hundreds of times. On a route she had driven for years. And suddenly she had no idea...
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Why Do I Feel So Emotional During Menopause?

EMOTIONAL SYMPTOMS OF MENOPAUSE | YOU'RE NOT CRAZY, YOU'RE IN TRANSITION You snap at someone you love and immediately think, where did that come from. You cry for no reason. You feel completely fine one hour and...
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Why Am I So Clumsy All Of A Sudden?

Menopause and Clumsiness | Why You Keep Dropping Things and Bumping Into Everything Dropping things for no reason. Bumping into something you normally would not. Misjudging where something is. It starts small and...
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