The Change Can Do You Good continued. . . The Change Can Do You Good continued. . . Reduced estrogen may cause irregular menstrual periods, hot flashes, trouble sleeping, fatigue, dry skin and hair, blurred vision, vaginal dryness, decreased sexual desire, weight gain, loss of muscle tone, headaches, depression, or memory loss.
Women vary in the number and intensity of symptoms.
A few have none before or after their monthly periods stop. Others experience symptoms up to ten years before menopause and ten years after. Women in Jones's study, all of whom had some college education, would have benefited from even this brief introduction to the complexities of menopause. The reason they gave was they were too busy to find out more. Only four gathered information for themselves and weighed alternatives.