Suzanne Somers Quotes

I don't like any of it. I'm sick and tired of menopause.

In my case, when it arrived at 49, perimenopause was terrifying and like nothing I had ever before physically experienced.

The literature of menopause is the saddest, the most awful, and the most medical of all genres. You're sleepless, you're anxious, you're fat, you're depressed - and the advice is always the same: take more walks, eat some kale, and drink lots of water. It didn't help.

Women know when they've got the menopause but men don't quite know. They know it afterwards.

My first day as a woman and I am already having hot flushes

Menopause. A pause while you reconsider men.

I'm what is known as perimenopausal. "Peri", some of you may know, is a Latin prefix meaning 'SHUT YOUR FLIPPIN' PIE HOLE'.

Right now I don't call it the menopause, I call it men-on-pause.

I was getting hot flashes and sweats on a regular basis. That's not normal, even for my age.

I did many interviews, and went out and talked to many people and went to rallies. It was the same thing with menopause. I traveled around the country on talk shows and talking to women about.

I will not tolerate your menopausic outbursts.

Every woman is different when they go through menopause, and... I didn't know emotionally how I would feel.

When I was going through menopause, I didn't sleep. I didn't sleep for two years and ended up blowing out my thyroid, and I became nonfunctional. It's difficult to remain fully present if I'm not getting enough sleep, so I work at getting enough.

Menopause, perimenopause, childbirth and breast-feeding can all cause a woman's sex drive to shut down.

The menopause is probably the least glamorous topic imaginable; and this is interesting, because it is one of the very few topics to which cling some shreds and remnants of taboo. A serious mention of menopause is usually met with uneasy silence; a sneering reference to it is usually met with relieved sniggers. Both the silence and the sniggering are pretty sure indications of taboo.

What has gotten into you lately? Save a little craziness for menopause!

We are very lucky to be men because women have a terrible time getting older parts. It's much more difficult.

I have a friend named Doris who argues, on good authority, that the single biggest cause of global warming is menopause.

The first indication of menopause is a broken thermostat. It's either that or your weight. In any case, if you don't do something, you could be dead by August. God, middle age is an unending insult.

When the brain perceives you are no longer reproductive because your hormones are out of balance, it tries to get rid of you, and it usually activates the cancers in perimenopause.

Pregnancy is uncomfortable and draining, and the end isn't in sight until it becomes unbearable.

God, my brain really goes to mush when I'm pregnant.

The early stage of pregnancy for me is quite hard to hide.

Being pregnant is a conundrum. You have this freedom, because it's a wonderful time that a human being is growing inside of you, and it is truly magical. On the other hand, your body changes.

Not sleeping is a problem when you get older. Not only is it linked to weight gain but the whole point of sleep is it allows your body to heal and replenish itself which is vital for good health.