# Are Perimenopausal Hormones Doing This to Me? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 8, 2011, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-perimenopausal-hormones-doing-this-to-me/566848 "2011-01-08T04:25:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2011, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-perimenopausal-hormones-doing-this-to-me/566848/41 "2011-01-17T23:01:54Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > Because I’ve been driving for thirty years, and this is the only time this has happened to me? Look, have you never seen someone on a multi-lane highway driving faster than others and passing cars, changing from lane to lane? I see others doing that at least three times every trip. I just stay the hell out of their way. ONCE, I resembled one of those drivers for maybe two or three minutes before I took notice and slowed down. Hey, \*you \*were the one who described _your own_ behavior as: > [@Two Many Cats](#): > > doing 85, and swerving across lanes and around cars like a maniac. Whoops. If you were just exaggerating for effect, then don’t start whining now when people actually take you at your word. > [@Two Many Cats](#): > > Oh, and Lamia? I did not say I had “near misses” with the car. > [@Two Many Cats](#): > > So, **you had near misses with the car too** , huh? ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-perimenopausal-hormones-doing-this-to-me/566848/42 "2011-01-18T00:32:41Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > Oh, and **Lamia**? I did not say I had “near misses” with the car. Yes, actually, you did say that. > [@](#): > > I had a single incident, which will not happen again, because I will NOT fantasize in the car anymore, as I said. You say that now, but in your OP you said that it was tough for you to NOT fantasize in the car. Which post should I believe? Since you are unwilling to admit that there’s anything unusual or dangerous about driving “like a maniac” then I am inclined to doubt that you’re genuinely determined to change your ways. Even if you are, that’s not going to solve the problem unless your problem is strictly one of self-control…and if you thought that it was, you wouldn’t have started this thread. Once again, you need to stop making excuses and see a doctor. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-perimenopausal-hormones-doing-this-to-me/566848/43 "2011-01-18T04:19:14Z")
When I said “near misses”, I was referring to the fact that this other poster had mentioned her incidents in the **plural**. A commiseration, if you will. I, myself, have only had this ONE incident. And yes, it is tough not to fantasize in the car. Do you know how boring the tollways are? But since that _ **ONE** _ incident, there have been no others. I don’t expect that there will be others. I didn’t start this thread to “change my ways”. I just wondered if other perimenopausal women experienced an upsurge in racy urges or fantasies. I don’t want the fantasies to go away at all. I WILL refrain from use of said fantasies while operating heavy machinery. That’s only common sense. ---
**Author:** ![Amber\_in\_Treasury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc79bd/32.png) [@Amber\_in\_Treasury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amber_in_Treasury)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-perimenopausal-hormones-doing-this-to-me/566848/44 "2011-01-18T06:59:14Z")
**Two Many Cats** : Backpedal much? **Wile E,** what do you mean by “natural methods”? ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-perimenopausal-hormones-doing-this-to-me/566848/45 "2011-01-18T07:03:07Z")
[quote=“Amber\_in\_Treasury, post:44, topic:566848”] **Two Many Cats** : Backpedal much? Only about the stupid car incident which a lot of folks blew out of proportion, and from this point onward, I will no longer comment on. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2011, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-perimenopausal-hormones-doing-this-to-me/566848/46 "2011-01-18T15:04:54Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > Only about the stupid car incident which a lot of folks blew out of proportion, and from this point onward, I will no longer comment on. That’s the only thing you posted about that could lead to death or injury for another person but hey, by all means feel free to ignore it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-perimenopausal-hormones-doing-this-to-me/566848.md?page=2)