The Pause: Positive Approaches to Perimenopause and Menopause

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Summary: The best!
Review: If you want to purchase only one perimenopause book, this is the one. It gives a very thorough list of some of the physical signs and suggests various treatment options--including herbs, Chinese remedies, acupuncture, diet, and lifestyle changes. HRT is mentioned, but is not suggested as the best or only option. This book has become my perimenopause bible (and--unfortunately-- my best medical advice, since my MD seems to think perimenopause is all in my 45-year-old-female head!) This is the best blend of medical and alternative treatment advice and common sense around.

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Summary: The Best Book on this subject.
Review: The Pause is absolutely the best book I have read on Perimenopause and Menopause. I went through menopause quite early (36!) and found this book to be very helpful. Perhaps because I was younger and was going through it more quickly I found some of the other books that focus on the emotional and "spiritual" aspects annoying. Just give me the facts Mam, and this book did just that. First she explains the physiology in a very understandable manner. Just that information helps you to understand so much. Then she goes into each symptom, explaining what you may experience and giving you ways to cope and possible treatments. She explains what your doctor would most likely recomment (HRT etc.) and she also recommends herbal and alternative therapies that other women have found helpful.
Before puberty we are taught what to expect. When we become pregnant the doctor gives us reading material on what to expect. This is a must read for women to understand this next stage in their lives.

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Summary: The Pause:Positive Approaches to Perimenopause and Menopaus
Review: This new edition is a must for any woman going through the change. The new edition covers a much broader view on this subject than the older edition. This edition gives different approaches to choices that exists in dealing with the hormonal rollercoater and allows the reader to compare allopathic methods to more complementary methods of treating menopause. As a healthcare provider, I find this a great source of information to refer to my patients who are working through this time of their life and not knowing which way to turn. I like the idea that it covers menopause from a practical forthright place that does not treat it as a disfunctional time, but more as a time to renew oneself and take control of ones life.

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Summary: The Pause:Positive Approaches to Perimenopause and Menopaus
Review: This new edition is a must for any woman going through the change. The new edition covers a much broader view on this subject than the older edition. This edition gives different approaches to choices that exists in dealing with the hormonal rollercoater and allows the reader to compare allopathic methods to more complementary methods of treating menopause. As a healthcare provider, I find this a great source of information to refer to my patients who are working through this time of their life and not knowing which way to turn. I like the idea that it covers menopause from a practical forthright place that does not treat it as a disfunctional time, but more as a time to renew oneself and take control of ones life.