The Female Brain

Perimenopause eventually does pause.
Brizendine calls a woman's second puberty "a rock 'n' roll for the hormones" -- that time when everything from mood and sex drive to even sensitivity to caffeine and alcohol changes rapidly. "Men write to me all the time and say, 'What happened to my wife?"' says Brizendine. "I assure them that this transition won't last forever." Perimenopause can last anywhere from two to nine years; for the average woman, this stage begins between ages 44 and 45 and ends between ages 52 and 55. The key word that men should cling to, says Brizendine, is patience.

Yikes!!!! I am 43.......