Power Surge + Hot Flash = Insomnia

It happens just about every night.  After reading for about a half hour, I’m finally sleepy and relaxed. I turn out the light and sink into my down pillows and high thread-count sheets. I’m just falling asleep when, wham – it happens. It feels like my body has been plugged into an electrical socket and… who turned [...]

Is this Menopause?

My younger sister, who has yet to hit menopause, but clearly approaching this time of her life, told me that she recently left the keys in the car…and the motor running…for two hours while she shopped. “Is this menopause?” she asked.  Perhaps as a stand-alone occurrence, you could chalk it up to being pre-occupied or [...]

43 Million Hot Flashes

There are 43 million women of menopausal age (45-54) in this country alone and if my conversations with friends on both coasts are any indication, the collective hot flashes of this demographic group must be contributing to global warming.  Now that I’m one of them, I’m noticing other “members” of this tribe wherever I go. 

At a movie [...]

Going the Alternative Route

Last weekend, my husband insisted that I visit Pharmaca to look for some natural, over the counter products to alleviate my insomnia. (Poor guy, my insomnia keeps him up too). Pharmaca positions itself as an integrated pharmacy, combining traditional prescription services with natural remedies.  Elephant, which offers an herbal pharmacy, is another chain in this category.  [...]