Menopause matters
About two years ago, Sarah Connor was driving to her Wellington home when her head suddenly felt like it was on fire. “It was as though it was melting from the inside out,” she recalls. “I felt faint and my vision started to blur. Luckily, I could pull over safely and wasn’t far from home.”
Over the next months, Sarah, who was 46 at the time, developed a range of inexplicable symptoms. The writer and communications specialist went from being a person who had never suffered from depression or anxiety, to one who was often crippled by both. She suffered from panic attacks, insomnia, a low and depressed mood, nausea, faintness, achy hip joints, itchy skin and a metallic taste in her mouth.
The mother of two was afraid of what was happening to her. She’d randomly burst into tears, didn’t feel like eating and was constantly tired. She’d always been a good sleeper and had been known as
