Customer Reviews
This is a wonderful book! - By: , 01 Aug 1999 
The absolute best book I have read about how estrogen affects the brain during menopause. I never realized how my brain fog & problems with spelling & memory were directly related to low estrogen levels.
Fellow "brain author"/physician endorses this book!!! - By: , 29 Jul 1999 In writing my own recent book, "The Care & Feeding of Your Brain" I searched the world's medical literature to produce a brief but well-documented "for women only" section. I can tell you that both the cyclical & the menopausal hormonal changes can wreak havoc on normal & even super normal brain function if not dealt with & managed properly. In "Menopause & the Mind",Dr. Warga documents this very clearly & offers many of the solutions I foundin my own research & interviews. I enjoyed it immensely. It is well written. May I also suggest "The Care & Feeding of Your Brain" as a good companion guide to support this & to help you with optimizing your natural baseline of mental functioning...All the best to Dr. Claire Warga...Kenneth Giuffre MD
This book saved my life! - By: , 26 Jul 1999 Wow! I'm 47 & was convinced I had early onset Alzheimer's because 3 or 4 times a day, I find myself using bizarrely wrong words ("wishbone" instead of "washcloth"; "plane" instead of "phone"). Dr. Warga's is the first book to point out how very, very common this is for womenin perimenopause (pre-menopause) & that it doesn't get worse --in fact, these symptoms usually stop when you've achieved actual menopause (because, as I understand it, it's not the estrogen loss that causes this syndrome, it's the wildly fluctuating estrogen levels of perimenopause that cause it). If you're a pre-menopausal woman who is experiencing mental fog, forgetfulness, word misusage, etc., you HAVE to read this book. It will allay your fears about Alzheimer's, etc. It has literally saved my life & my sanity! Thank you, thank you, Dr. Warga, for writing this groundbreaking book.
I'm not as crazy as I thought I was! - By: , 24 Jul 1999 Lately I've been worried about misusing words. For instance, I described a painting as having an architectural theme rather than an agricultural one. I make this kind of mistake frequently & have been mortified. It never occurred to me that my estrogen levels could be the culpritin my memory loss. After reading Dr. Warga's book, I have had my levels checked & adjusted.
Menopause & the Mind is almost a blueprint for menopausal sanity. It's very easy to read, frank & informative, & lets women like me know that there is hope & that we are not alone. I have bought this book as a gift for a friend who turned 50 & she insists that it is one of the best gifts that she has ever received.
I am not going crazy; I am not alone, and there is help! - By: , 30 Jun 1999 Dr. Warga presents the mental,emotional & physical upsets & changes that a woman may go through during her premenopausal years. Many of the changes are insidious because they manifest themselves gradually. She presents physical reasons for these changes & practical suggestions for improving the quality of lifein the middle-aged woman.
