Menopause comes with a multitude of annoying symptoms like hot flashes, mood swing, anxiety, decreased libido, etc. Memory loss is not one of them. Memory loss comes with aging.
In the latest study that exonerates menopause as a cause of impairing the ability to recall, researchers compared the memory of hundreds of women before they had any menopausal symptoms to their memory as they entered menopause. They found that the women who were going through the menopausal process scored as well or nearly as well on five different cognitive function tests.
If you are entering menopause, you don’t need to worry about losing your memory. Memory loss during menopause is a myth started by women who felt that going through menopause reduced their mind sharpness. This is their perception and it is not true.
Studies suggesting that hormone replacement therapy might protect against dementia strengthened the belief that memory loss is caused by the hormonal imbalance at menopause. However, a large study later found that in older women, hormone replacement therapy not only didn’t help protect women from dementia, but could actually increase the risk. So what is the truth?
The truth is that as you enter menopause that does not mean you’ll develop memory loss. As you’re going through perimenopause and experiencing symptoms like hot flashes, anxiety, fatigue, mood swings, you may feel lousy and have trouble sleeping, which might temporarily affect your cognitive skills. How many times you felt your brain doesn’t work right after a night of insomnia, even if you are not menopausal?
The conclusion of this article is that the hormonal imbalance at menopause is not the cause of losing your memory; therefore memory loss is not a menopause symptom.
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