10 Things I wish I'd know about menopause BEFORE it blindsided me!!

In this video I talk about 10 things I wish I'd known about menopause before it blindsided me. I was clueless and unprepared for perimenopause, menopause and menopause symptoms and knowing these 10 things beforehand would have saved me years of fear and discomfort.
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Chapters
0:00 - Introduction
0:29 - Things I wish I'd known before menopause
6:34 - Final thoughts

[Mamoo]

The stress alone also can cause terrible symptoms on top of the menopause stuff.

[anatino]

Threw me into psychiatric ward few times in past couple years.
For the grace of God and family I’m still here.
Thank you Jesus!

[reachhonduras]

I wish I had know that menopause kick starts the aging process and your brain thinks you are going to die! Hence, the extreme anxiety!

[lorigregor]

Menopause is so important. I don’t understand why it’s so in the dark. I’d wish I’d known earlier it would made things so much easier. I’m so glad I found this channel 😊❤

[DC-efop]

I had dizziness, hot flashes, night sweats, anxiety, frozen shoulder, aches pains, heavy cycle, 25 pound weight gain that still will not come off.😢😢😢😢😢😢 oh yeah and heart

[JC-kjng]

Thank you so much for your videos! I’m 47 and in perimenopause and appreciate your content greatly! Very informative and helpful! Thank you!

[yorkshiregirl]

I found out I was in perimenopause not because of my doctors, but YouTube algorithm placed one of your videos on my recommendation videos (and I accidentally clicked onto it). All my symptoms were in your video! I thought I was going crazy with overwhelming anxiety/health anxiety and a sense of doom, to name a few, but no just perimenopause. Just knowing helps slightly. 😊

[MeFirst]

I wish I knew when to go to the dr. Menopause really does make you feel like you're about to die. Drs, spouses, and even my mom don't recognize the symptoms. Which further makes us retreat because we feel like this is not normal. It's sad that we have to be our own physicians or come on here to find out we're not crazy. Thanks Kari. Keep em coming

[vickyarcilla]

Hello! Kari…menopause gives me depression with all the symptoms that I’m sure it will never go away but instead will give me more as I grow older, you know what sometimes I feel like I’m not alive and I’m just a wondering ghost because sometimes I feel like where am I like suddenly I don’t know anything… forgetting things that so hard for me to remember 😢.Thank you so much Kari you make me understand everything ❤…..

[Mamoo]

I wish I would have known that your mental outlook might change along with the body.

[karintraut]

4 in tge morning, but never miss my favorite utuber

[artcgal]

Thankyou Kari for being a terrific lady. Helping us gals get through the menopausal nightmare life event. Many blessings to you. Love your knowledge it's comforting❤

[Kate-qfiv]

Another amazing video! Thank you, @kariannwright!! Foot pain is my one symptom. Until you said it I thought I was going crazy! Thank you so very much for bringing up even the odd stuff that people don't agree are caused by hormone imbalances in women. You are the absolute best! I'm pretty sure I don't know what I'd do without you and your videos.❤

[karenhackney]

I was totally clueless and unprepared as well, and I had no one to talk to about what I’ve been going through 😢 Thank you for these videos. You have opened my eyes and educated me so much! We need to keep getting the word out to help even more women!

[siameseblue]

At 57 now I had so many of those symptoms for years, the worst for me now is racing thoughts, sleepless nights and the one I cry over is my very receding hairline😢

[LurkerSmurf]

I wish I had known it can take 15 years from the onset of peri-menopause until the real shutdown begins. I had always assumed you just had a year or so of irregular periods, then everything stopped and the hot flashes began. In retrospect, the process started in my late 30s. They need to teach this stuff in health class!

[reachhonduras]

I wish I had known that no one talks about menopause.

[sheryl]

Ive had menopause since i was 45 nw 57 and battling big time thinking I'm having heart attacks etc meds not helping either thanx so kuch fir your talks makes me feel little better b Blessed ❤

[ninilarosa-iljc]

It's the frozen shoulder and constant bloating for me... plus, my digestion has completely gone nuts 😢

[daniellezanco]

I wish I knew that along with my sweaty hot flashes, my heart beats so fast that I feel that my heart is going to pound out of my chest. Then as fast as that all happens, the cold flash happens and heart returns to normal. When I asked my doctor and OB-GYN both said it’s normal.