‘I was grieving on a very biological level’: how three women got through menopause

Women’s experiences can differ vastly. Some manage their symptoms easily. Others struggle for years. And sometimes menopause can bring benefits they’d never imagined

“I discovered what perimenopause was when I was probably going through it,” laughs Anita Powell. At 45, she had joint pain and insomnia; people told her she had become “extremely snappy” and at work she found it harder to empathise. “I’m a community worker, I’m supposed to like people!” Among her friends and colleagues, too, she noticed, “conversations were changing. I realised everything was changing: health, relationships, mental health …”

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