{"id":7052631,"date":"2026-08-31T12:13:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T12:13:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/perimenopause-is-from-the-devil-the-symptoms-nobody-warned-me-about\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T12:13:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T12:13:17","slug":"perimenopause-is-from-the-devil-the-symptoms-nobody-warned-me-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7052631","title":{"rendered":"Perimenopause Is From the Devil \u2014 The Symptoms Nobody Warned Me About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-body-6920608050214692815\">\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjzUX_Mg-omxYt_eQKutgNM6BveC5nvsTGbEQbKYpq8MHVlUrpJBJrrK5s_qDbg6xplS5VImzC2nqlMcRWRtgeg1Q5jKykg9JiKJ9pOCcNx99cK0xrNaBqhB5Y3sc16nOXD0H5eYwjvFnj91eC3hRLUAyrHNsT_IoTlfnBbr17JHX2WmTuX6GPlf6cgpnN5\/s1536\/Perimenopause%20blogger%20graphic.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Perimenopause Diaries: Perimenopause symptoms nobody warned me about\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1024\" data-original-width=\"1536\" height=\"213\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjzUX_Mg-omxYt_eQKutgNM6BveC5nvsTGbEQbKYpq8MHVlUrpJBJrrK5s_qDbg6xplS5VImzC2nqlMcRWRtgeg1Q5jKykg9JiKJ9pOCcNx99cK0xrNaBqhB5Y3sc16nOXD0H5eYwjvFnj91eC3hRLUAyrHNsT_IoTlfnBbr17JHX2WmTuX6GPlf6cgpnN5\/w320-h213\/Perimenopause%20blogger%20graphic.png\" width=\"320\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>If you are a woman who has entered the glorious season of life known as <strong>perimenopause<\/strong>, come sit beside me.<\/p>\n<p>Actually, don&#8217;t sit too close.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m probably hot.<\/p>\n<p>And if you&#8217;re cold, give me five minutes. I&#8217;ll probably be cold too.<\/p>\n<p>Welcome to the Perimenopause Diaries. \ud83d\ude02<\/p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t my first trip into the perimenopause trenches. You can read my <a href=\"https:\/\/amysamuel.blogspot.com\/2025\/06\/perimenopause-is-from-devil.html\">original Perimenopause Is From the Devil story here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve already survived this season, I salute you. You are one of the golden elders, and the rest of us would like to know exactly when this ends.<\/p>\n<p>If you haven&#8217;t gotten here yet, keep reading anyway.<\/p>\n<p>Consider this your warning.<\/p>\n<p>Because nobody warned me.<\/p>\n<p>And ladies&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>SOMEBODY SHOULD HAVE WARNED ME.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">The Night Sweats Started First<\/h2>\n<p>For me, this story actually started years ago.<\/p>\n<p>After having my youngest child, I started experiencing night sweats.<\/p>\n<p>And when I say &#8220;night sweats,&#8221; I don&#8217;t mean waking up with a slightly clammy forehead.<\/p>\n<p>Oh no.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m talking saturated sheets.<\/p>\n<p>Puddles.<\/p>\n<p>Waking up wondering if someone dumped a bucket of water in the bed.<\/p>\n<p>Standing outside in freezing weather because apparently Mother Nature&#8217;s air conditioning was the only one strong enough for the job.<\/p>\n<p>I was told my hormones were just balancing themselves out after having a baby.<\/p>\n<p>Ladies&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Those hormones apparently lost the directions to &#8220;balanced&#8221; because I&#8217;m still waiting.<\/p>\n<p>For years, I simply accepted poor sleep and waking up hot as part of life.<\/p>\n<p>Then somewhere around my mid-40s&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Things really started heating up.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Literally.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Then My Metabolism Apparently Packed Its Bags<\/h2>\n<p>Let me paint a picture of pre-perimenopause Amy.<\/p>\n<p>I exercised.<\/p>\n<p>I drank water.<\/p>\n<p>I tried to eat reasonably well.<\/p>\n<p>And then one morning I woke up and apparently my metabolism had submitted its resignation without giving me two weeks&#8217; notice.<\/p>\n<p>My pants didn&#8217;t fit.<\/p>\n<p>I stepped on the scale.<\/p>\n<p>Five pounds.<\/p>\n<p>Okay.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m bloated.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Another five pounds arrived.<\/p>\n<p>Then another.<\/p>\n<p>Excuse me?<\/p>\n<p>I CHANGED NOTHING.<\/p>\n<p>I was drinking so much water my pee looked like it came directly from a mountain spring.<\/p>\n<p>So, naturally, I went to the doctor.<\/p>\n<p>I was told that as we age, metabolism can change and maintaining muscle becomes increasingly important.<\/p>\n<p>Wonderful.<\/p>\n<p>So I followed the advice I was given.<\/p>\n<p>Diet.<\/p>\n<p>Exercise.<\/p>\n<p>More attention to what I was eating.<\/p>\n<p>And my body basically responded:<\/p>\n<p><strong>That&#8217;s adorable.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bloodwork came back normal.<\/p>\n<p>NORMAL?!<\/p>\n<p>Ma&#8217;am, I am standing here telling you I feel like an alien has taken possession of my body.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing about this feels normal.<\/p>\n<p>That became one of the most frustrating parts of this season for me\u2014not simply the physical changes, but feeling as though I couldn&#8217;t explain what was happening inside my own body.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Why Am I Crying?<\/h2>\n<p>Then came the emotions.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve always considered myself a pretty patient person.<\/p>\n<p>I love people.<\/p>\n<p>I love helping people.<\/p>\n<p>I love encouraging people.<\/p>\n<p>My faith is incredibly important to me, and I&#8217;ve always wanted the people around me to experience the love of Jesus through the way I treat them.<\/p>\n<p>And then perimenopause showed up.<\/p>\n<p>Suddenly I was crying about EVERYTHING.<\/p>\n<p>Commercial?<\/p>\n<p>Crying.<\/p>\n<p>Something sweet?<\/p>\n<p>Crying.<\/p>\n<p>Something sad?<\/p>\n<p>Definitely crying.<\/p>\n<p>Someone breathing slightly too loudly in my general vicinity?<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re going to need to pray about it.<\/p>\n<p>I began experiencing anxiety in a way I hadn&#8217;t before.<\/p>\n<p>There were days at work when I needed to step away for a few minutes simply to breathe and regroup.<\/p>\n<p>And I started craving something I had never craved this much before:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alone time.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">When I Stopped Wanting to &#8220;People&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>I used to love crowds.<\/p>\n<p>Live music.<\/p>\n<p>Dinner with friends.<\/p>\n<p>Being around people energized me.<\/p>\n<p>Then suddenly, after being around people all day at work, the idea of voluntarily being around MORE PEOPLE sounded absolutely exhausting.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d come home, go to my room, turn on Netflix and ignore my phone.<\/p>\n<p>And I liked it.<\/p>\n<p>That quiet became my peace.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually I realized something:<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes I didn&#8217;t want to go anywhere.<\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t want to talk.<\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t want to answer questions.<\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t want to &#8220;people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Apparently perimenopause had turned me into someone whose love language was:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Please leave me alone for approximately 48 hours.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\ude02<\/p>\n<p>And then there was traffic.<\/p>\n<p>Once upon a time, someone would cut me off and I&#8217;d think:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Maybe they&#8217;re rushing to the hospital. Lord, keep them safe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Perimenopause Amy?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;JESUS, YOU BETTER TAKE THIS WHEEL.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Because apparently sanctification gets considerably more difficult when you&#8217;re having a hot flash.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Hot. Cold. Hot Again.<\/h2>\n<p>Getting dressed for work became its own Olympic event.<\/p>\n<p>Jacket on.<\/p>\n<p>Jacket off.<\/p>\n<p>Sweater on.<\/p>\n<p>Sweater OFF IMMEDIATELY.<\/p>\n<p>Am I freezing?<\/p>\n<p>Yes.<\/p>\n<p>Am I sweating?<\/p>\n<p>Also yes.<\/p>\n<p>How?<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know.<\/p>\n<p>At this point, I stopped asking questions.<\/p>\n<p>I just started dressing in layers like I was preparing to experience all four seasons before lunch.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">And Then Came the Brain Fog<\/h2>\n<p>Ohhhhh, the brain fog.<\/p>\n<p>Ladies.<\/p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I walked into the kitchen and forgot why.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I wish.<\/p>\n<p>This is forgetting WORDS.<\/p>\n<p>Normal everyday words you&#8217;ve used your entire life.<\/p>\n<p>I was at work one day having a conversation with my work bestie when, right in the middle of a sentence&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>My brain stopped.<\/p>\n<p>The next word was simply gone.<\/p>\n<p>She looked at me with her head tilted and asked:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Are you okay?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And all I could say was:<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Words.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it.<\/p>\n<p>Words.<\/p>\n<p>I CAN&#8217;T WORDS.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\ude02<\/p>\n<p>I knew there was supposed to be another word.<\/p>\n<p>My brain knew there was supposed to be another word.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently nobody had informed my mouth.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually I just gave up.<\/p>\n<p>And if you&#8217;re currently reading this thinking, &#8220;YES! THIS HAPPENS TO ME!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Come here.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;re my people.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">The Hardest Part Wasn&#8217;t the Hot Flashes<\/h2>\n<p>Here&#8217;s where I&#8217;m going to get serious for a minute.<\/p>\n<p>The hardest part of perimenopause hasn&#8217;t necessarily been the sweating.<\/p>\n<p>Or the weight.<\/p>\n<p>Or forgetting words.<\/p>\n<p>It has been looking in the mirror sometimes and thinking:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who is this woman?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My body changed.<\/p>\n<p>My emotions changed.<\/p>\n<p>My energy changed.<\/p>\n<p>Things I enjoyed changed.<\/p>\n<p>Even the way I wanted to spend my time changed.<\/p>\n<p>And nobody had prepared me for the emotional part of realizing:<\/p>\n<p><strong>I don&#8217;t completely recognize myself anymore.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s hard.<\/p>\n<p>Especially when you&#8217;re still expected to show up.<\/p>\n<p>For work.<\/p>\n<p>For your family.<\/p>\n<p>For your marriage.<\/p>\n<p>For your friends.<\/p>\n<p>For church.<\/p>\n<p>For LIFE.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;re still you&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>but you&#8217;re learning a new version of you.<\/p>\n<p>And I think more women need permission to say:<\/p>\n<p><strong>This season is hard.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Without feeling guilty.<\/p>\n<p>Without feeling dramatic.<\/p>\n<p>And without someone immediately trying to fix us.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes we just need another woman to say:<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Girl. ME TOO.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">So Where Does God Fit Into All of This?<\/h2>\n<p>Right here.<\/p>\n<p>In the middle of it.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve learned that God doesn&#8217;t require me to have everything together before I come to Him.<\/p>\n<p>He isn&#8217;t intimidated by my emotions.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s not disappointed because I&#8217;m tired.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s not standing there shaking His head because I forgot what I walked into the room for.<\/p>\n<p>Again.<\/p>\n<p>God&#8217;s love for me hasn&#8217;t changed because my body has.<\/p>\n<p>And neither has my value.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s something I&#8217;ve needed to remind myself of during this season.<\/p>\n<p>Because when your body feels unfamiliar and your emotions feel unpredictable, it&#8217;s easy to start believing you&#8217;ve somehow lost the woman you used to be.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe we haven&#8217;t lost her.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe we&#8217;re simply meeting the woman we&#8217;re becoming.<\/p>\n<p>And God already knows her.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Let&#8217;s Talk About It<\/h2>\n<p>One of the things that has helped me most is talking to other women.<\/p>\n<p>Seriously.<\/p>\n<p>We need to TALK ABOUT THIS.<\/p>\n<p>Because every time I&#8217;ve shared something embarrassing, frustrating or downright ridiculous about perimenopause, another woman has said:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;WAIT. YOU TOO?!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And suddenly neither of us feels quite as crazy.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s why I&#8217;m continuing the <strong>Perimenopause Diaries<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re going to talk about the brain fog.<\/p>\n<p>The exhaustion.<\/p>\n<p>The vitamins taking over the kitchen counter.<\/p>\n<p>The snap-crackle-pop when we get out of bed.<\/p>\n<p>The doctor appointments.<\/p>\n<p>The hot flashes.<\/p>\n<p>The emotional days.<\/p>\n<p>And those moments when we look in the mirror and wonder exactly when our mothers started staring back at us.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re going to talk about the hard stuff.<\/p>\n<p>But we&#8217;re also going to laugh.<\/p>\n<p>A LOT.<\/p>\n<p>Because sometimes laughter is the thing that reminds us:<\/p>\n<p><strong>We&#8217;re going to be okay.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">One Important Note<\/h2>\n<p>I&#8217;m sharing my personal experience with perimenopause\u2014not giving medical advice.<\/p>\n<p>Bodies are different, symptoms can have many causes, and what works for one woman may not be appropriate for another. If you&#8217;re experiencing new, severe or concerning symptoms, please talk with a qualified healthcare professional. The same goes for medications, hormones, vitamins and supplements.<\/p>\n<p>What I <em>can<\/em> tell you with complete confidence is this:<\/p>\n<p><strong>You don&#8217;t have to go through this season silently.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Find women you trust.<\/p>\n<p>Talk about it.<\/p>\n<p>Ask questions.<\/p>\n<p>Advocate for yourself.<\/p>\n<p>And give yourself some grace while you&#8217;re figuring it out.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">From Surviving to Living Well<\/h2>\n<p>That&#8217;s really what Living Well with Amy is becoming about.<\/p>\n<p>Not pretending every season is wonderful.<\/p>\n<p>Not slapping a Bible verse over something difficult and pretending it doesn&#8217;t hurt.<\/p>\n<p>And definitely not pretending we have everything figured out.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s about learning to find God, grace, humor and hope <strong>right in the middle of real life.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Even perimenopause.<\/p>\n<p>So hang in there, ladies.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m told this eventually passes by the golden elders who have lived to tell the tale.<\/p>\n<p>Until then&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll keep showing up.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll keep talking.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll keep laughing.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll keep praying.<\/p>\n<p>And we&#8217;ll keep reminding one another that we&#8217;re not alone.<\/p>\n<p>Because we&#8217;re not just trying to survive this season.<\/p>\n<p><strong>We&#8217;re learning how to LIVE WELL through it.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And if today isn&#8217;t a particularly &#8220;living well&#8221; kind of day?<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s okay too.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll try again tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>I love you.<\/p>\n<p>I might not like anybody very much during my next hot flash&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>but I love you.<\/strong> \ud83d\ude02\u2764\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Amy<\/p>\n<p><em>Living Well with Amy<\/em><\/p>\n<p>*<em>P.S. If you&#8217;re somewhere in the perimenopause trenches with me, tell me in the comments: What&#8217;s the ONE symptom nobody warned you about? Your story might just make another woman feel a little less alone.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are a woman who has entered the glorious season of life known as perimenopause, come sit beside me. Actually, don&#8217;t sit too close. I&#8217;m probably hot. And if you&#8217;re cold, give me five minutes. I&#8217;ll probably be cold too. 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