Perimenopause Symptoms Newsconsultant menopause symptom Yozzo-Drake coached one executive whose subordinates assumed she didn't like a proposal when actually she was having a hot flash: “They would put out ideas in their senior leadership meetings, and she would be stone-faced and stoic and starting to Menopause: Kitchen to the Corner Office.” - San Diego Union-Tribune Terri Bell knew menopause was hurting her work performance. She couldn't sleep at night and spent the whole day irritable, dying for a nap. When a new medicine finally gave her relief from menopause symptoms, she could function again. Her attention Is it hot in this cubicle or is it me? - San Diego Union-Tribune Hot flushes are a common symptom of menopause 75-80% of women will have hot flushes The frequency and intensity vary The exact causative mechanism is not known In general, they last less than 5 minutes, and the sweating that accompanies these |