Why Hollywood star Naomi Watts is reshaping the narrative around menopause
ABCAcademy Award-nominated actor Naomi Watts was just 36 years old when tests revealed she was close to menopause. "Firstly, I'll say I had two children naturally," Watts told an audience gathered to hear her speak on a panel held at South by Southwest Sydney. Watts said she had long ago been told by an agent that she needed to "work, work, work" because she only had until she was 40 to "play a leading lady". During postmenopause, some symptoms such as hot flushes usually become less concerning or disappear altogether A woman's risk of cardiovascular disease and osteoporosis naturally increase in postmenopause Sources: Health Direct, National Institute of Aging, Mayo clinic Weeping, rage, anxiety 'and then throw in some teenagers' Members of the panel described feelings of rage and anxiety while experiencing perimenopause and menopause as well as sleeplessness and brain fog. "The peak period of vulnerability in a woman's life is actually around perimenopause and the early postmenopausal years and it's actually the peak time for suicide as well … and divorce," she said.
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