5.
“ANYTHING about perimenopause! It’s like a secret you don’t learn about until it hits you like a freight train! Growing up, we are told it’s hot flashes. It’s actually depression, intense anxiety, hair loss, skin dryness, clitoral atrophy, mood swings, bouts of rage, crying without reason, and about 100 other random things that I wouldn’t even realize were perimenopause-related if I didn’t talk to other women.”
“I’m in the itchy-ear-canal phase these days.”
“Apparently, there are estrogen receptors in the ear and ear canal. The Rx estrogen cream on a Q-tip works. There are estrogen receptors all through the body and brain.”