Le jour où Gillian Anderson a cru devenir folle

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L’actrice de 48 ans parle sans tabou de sa périménopause.

Il y a deux ans, Gillian Anderson a jeté son manteau par terre devant deux de ses enfants en criant: “Cette journée craint!” Il était à peine 8 heures du matin. “J’ai compris que quelque chose n’allait pas, parce que je me sentais incapable de gérer la moindre chose. Tout au long de la journée, je suis partie de plusieurs réunions pour aller pleurer dans les toilettes. J’avais l’impression que ma vie était en train de s’effondrer”

The first time she remembers experiencing perimenopause
Anderson: Two years ago it was eight in the morning and I remember throwing my coat down on the floor in front of at least two of my children, and saying out loud, “This day sucks!” The day hadn’t even started, but there was something about my inability to handle anything that morning that alerted me to the fact that something was up. And as the day went on, I kept having to excuse myself from meetings and go into the bathroom to cry.

It was at the point that I felt like my life was falling apart around me that I started to ask what could be going on internally, and friends suggested it might be hormonal. I went to a menopause specialist who informed me that my levels of estrogen, testosterone, and progesterone were incredibly low.

Can you explain what perimenopause is?
Anderson: Perimenopause, as I understand it, is a period of time that can last anywhere from a few years to even a decade before one’s period actually stops, before one actually goes into menopause proper. What happens is, over time our levels of estrogen start to deplete, and as a result we develop symptoms like anxiety, depression, mood swings, hot flashes, night sweats, fatigue, and find it harder and harder to cope with the normal routines of our lives.

I was used to being able to balance a lot of things, and all of a sudden I felt like I could handle nothing. I felt completely overwhelmed. When I talked to the menopause specialist, she said that she often gets phone calls from female CEOs screaming down the phone, “I need help now! I am losing my mind!”

And that’s completely right. I felt like somebody else had taken over my brain.

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Le jour où Gillian Anderson a cru devenir folle