For the Hollywood actress, menopause began unexpectedly early. Because she couldn’t find any help from her doctors, she began her own research into her symptoms.
British-Australian actress Naomi Watts (“Twin Peaks”) says she experienced her unexpectedly early menopausal symptoms with massive overwhelm. “It was so shocking and flooded me with shame that I literally panicked,” the 55-year-old told the US magazine “People”.
At just 36 years old, Watts said, she had irregular periods and night sweats. She went to see doctors about the then-unexplained symptoms, “but they just dismissed it as stress or something like that, because 36 is obviously much too young.”
According to the British National Health Service (NHS), menopause usually occurs between the ages of 45 and 55. Watts only discovered the reason for her symptoms a few years later through internet research, she says.
Source: Stern
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