| View Larger Image | Could It Be...Perimenopause?: How Women 35-50 Can Overcome Forgetfulness, Mood Swings, Insomnia, Weight Gain, Sexual Dysfunction and Other Telltale Signs of Hormonal Imbalance | Paperbackby Steven R. Goldstein (Author), Laurie Ashner (Author)
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| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | Little, Brown and Company | | Page Count: | 256 Pages | | Publication Date: | January 14, 2000 | | Sales Rank: | 231,620st |
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EDITORIAL REVIEWS |
Product Description
This comprehensive and compassionate book covers everything women need to know about the natural and treatable effects of perimenopause, the changes that occur in the decade before menopause. Steven R. Goldstein, M.D., one of Americas foremost authorities on perimenopause, clearly explains what women can expect when their estrogen levels begin to fluctuate and describes the natural remedies and state-of-the-art medical treatments that can give women the upper hand. |
Amazon.com Review
The decade before menopause, says Dr. Stephen R. Goldstein, is a time of profound change--both physically and emotionally--yet many women don't realize this. They may try to ignore subtle-to-bothersome symptoms such as erratic menstruation, "free-floating anxiety, inability to concentrate," forgetfulness, weight gain, sexual difficulties, and insomnia, when they could be effectively treating these problems. Unfortunately, not all doctors recognize perimenopause or know how to treat its symptoms, which may lead them to discount patients' complaints, or worse, suggest unnecessary treatments--including hysterectomies. That's where Could It Be ... Perimenopause? can help. In clear, supportive prose, Goldstein offers no-baloney advice. "Today's perimenopausal women has neither the time nor the patience to go through four to fifteen years of symptoms without relief," he says. He fully delineates the roles of various hormones, how to determine if you're in perimenopause or not, as well as how to treat the various symptoms to gain control over your life. He's a big advocate of low- and ultra-low-dose birth-control pills: "There is nothing inherently advantageous about bursting the capsule of your ovary and having to repair it each month. There's no reason for having fluctuating levels of hormones floating around unless you want to have a baby." He also recommends some natural and herbal treatments (he tells which ones are more appropriate for menopausal or postmenopausal women, and which are worthless or even dangerous). He's also a big promoter of sonohysterography, a type of ultrasound test that he says could prevent up to three-fourths of all emergency-room visits made by women with excessive uterine bleeding. With added resources, including URLs for recommended newsgroups, Web sites, and medical databases, along with information about the very latest in treatments (such as crinone, a natural progesterone gel), Goldstein's created an enormously beneficial reference for both women and health-care providers who could stand to brush up on this topic. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 30 reviews)
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Why couldn't a doctor have explained this years ago? by Jo-Ann Freburger (Pasadena, MD USA)  5 Stars
November 27, 2009
This book explained it all. I found out I've been in perimenopause for probably 7 years now and didn't know it. I kept up my GYN appts. once a year, and when I would mention night sweats years ago, she's tell me it was too soon.
The forgetfulness really had me wondering. I had just lost my mother in April 2009 and she had suffered toward the end with dementia. I kept thinking I was just over stressed taking care of her and dad and my husband. Trying to be a grandmom, wife, mother and caregiver and working full time. I would take a walk and think to myself that the old line was teenagers think they know everything. I thought, maybe they do. I know I was a lot quicker with figures, etc. when I was in my teens and twentys. Now, thanks to this book, it all makes sense. I may not like the whole aging process, heck, taking care of everyone, I've really had it "jambed down my throat, the good, the bad, and the ugly of it". But, at least, I have a "reason" for it. Oh, and I'm 49 years old. I'll be 50 in June 2010. It isn't too early. Now, I'm going to find a new GYN that actually listens to me and takes me serious. My regular physician ran my bloodwork upon request after I got this book, and shazam, batman, my hormones are all over the place.
I wished I'd gotten this book 5 years ago.
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Every woman should know . . . by Rita Rivit (Florida) 5 Stars
August 17, 2009
This book had a lot of great information on what changes take place in woman's body in the years just before menopause referred to as perimenopause and what can be done to alleviate some of the more bothersome symptoms. It will put your mind at ease with what you may be going through and having a difficult time with. I would recommend this book.
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Say "no" to perimenopause by Piasta Wnuczka  1 Stars
January 12, 2008
Perimenopause is a marketing construct, intended to sell drugs, books and other products by instilling self-doubt and insecurity. Resist the effort to pathologize everything about women's bodies.
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Thorough Job by Sandy (Albuquerque, NM) 5 Stars
July 23, 2007
I really liked this book's approach to the subject matter. I found a lot of information in here that was helpful and timely. This book is a keeper for my home library.
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Too Drastic, Too Closed Minded by Cindy Brock (Georgia, USA) 1 Stars
January 14, 2005
Well, as one of the previous reviewers said, there were just too many things about this book that were not to like. When you're on a mission of trying to discover "what's happening," you need facts uncluttered by opinion, etc. Would not recommend.
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