Thank you for posting this... I am really struggling with this whole menopause thing. Emotionally I feel a wreck. I feel like my life is over and that I'm a worthless being. Everything I knew about myself is changing - I used to be a highly motivated, professional woman - now I can't even string 2 sentences together. I used to be slim... now I feel like a tank. Totally unattractive... I know it sounds shallow and pathetic but that's how it is. I used to enjoy going for meals with wine.. now if I eat I feel like I'm just going to make my size worse and therefore everything I enjoyed before is dead to me too. What do others do? I'm on hrt, but palpitations and sweats are still there. Do I just need to get over myself? Accept this is how it's going to be?