[TheOtherOne]

Friday fodder.

P.S. When I have a hot flash, is it MANopause?

[TheOtherOne]

An article with HOT, HARD ON, and FEMALE, in the title . . .

and it's about menopause?

[umgud]

It's worse on their male subordinates. The only difference between a terrorist and a woman on PMS is that you can negotiate with the terrorist.

[Hildy]

This is not a joking matter. My sister-in-law is a bigshot where she works and she has this same problem. It's a nightmare. So please, no jokes from you men.

[Spirited]

Try andropause.

[Thinkin' Gal]

P.S. When I have a hot flash, is it MANopause?

Do real men have hot flashes? Maybe what you have is Metropause. ;-)

[keithtoo]

Insomnia attacks; women and minorities hit hardest!

That being said, I have had insomnia and it is horrible. I used to describe it as a double-hangover every day. You have the headache, the nausia, the anxiety, the short-temper. But you had NO fun the night before.

It is a horrible way to live.

One word that helps: Melatonin. It works.

[OwenKellogg]

>> Nearly 8 of 10 reported mental or emotional symptoms such as forgetfulness and irritability. <<

That's hard to believe.

[badpacifist]

symptoms such as profuse sweating, mood swings and memory lapses

Being the partner to the wife's symptoms ain't no picnic either, believe me. I do empathize.

[jonsie]

Been there, done that, the worst years of my life, trying to control me and 90 high school students.

[XpandTheEkonomy]

Well maybe some day modern medicine will get a handle on the situation. But the biology involved is complex. The hyper-feminine bloom phase takes tremendous biological energy and then the hyper-feminine mother phase taxes the system as well. After these two phases the system naturally moves toward a less feminine state to conserve energy. And it seems to work pretty well as female life expectancy continually proves. Hormone therapy might make an older woman feel better in the short run but I bet it negatively impacts life expectancy.

On a related note science is pointing toward higher average testosterone levels as the cause of increased rates of prostate cancer in black males i.e. hormones are a powerful reproduction strategy but they don't come without cost.

[teenyelliott]

after she stopped taking hormone replacement medication she had been on for about 10 years.

Well that wasn't very smart, now was it?