# Pre-/Menopausing Dopers: Talk to me, please

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-menopausing-dopers-talk-to-me-please/541733>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 3, 2010, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-menopausing-dopers-talk-to-me-please/541733 "2010-06-03T04:09:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chicken\_Fingers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Chicken\_Fingers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicken_Fingers)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2010, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-menopausing-dopers-talk-to-me-please/541733/41 "2010-07-11T01:48:49Z")

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I hate the memory and concentration issues. I forget really important things. And so much for my nine-month no-flow stretch. Now I have to start counting all over again.

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**Author:** ![spoike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@spoike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spoike)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2010, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-menopausing-dopers-talk-to-me-please/541733/42 "2010-07-11T03:01:17Z")

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> [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](#):
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> …And just as an aside, **Cat Whisperer** , she also did the soy thing, and ended up with fatty liver…she’s vegetarian and has been for about 16 years. Apparently the soy was the issue.

I’m a vegetarian and had never heard that, so I went searching. I found [one study](http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6T2P-484DV1S-38&_user=10&_coverDate=05%2F31%2F1992&_rdoc=1&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_searchStrId=1396574775&_rerunOrigin=google&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=b79526c09f3fc0a68ceac86fb884027e) from 1991 that seemed to say that excess cystine in combination with soy contributes to fatty liver disease, but [the rest](http://www.google.com/search?q=fatty+liver+soy&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla) of the information indicates soy has a preventative effect, based on a 2005 study.

I have no idea if that means we should avoid soy or consume it, but I’m going with consuming it just because it tastes good. 🙂

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**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2010, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-menopausing-dopers-talk-to-me-please/541733/43 "2010-07-11T14:49:29Z")

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I find I have to write notes-to-self on a daily basis. No joke. My purse is full of notes - things to be done on pink paper, things to buy on yellow, newspaper clippings of interest to be shown to other people (yes, I do live in a cave and still get a newspaper and write things on paper, I know there are more modern ways). Point is, one does get forgetful. And for some reason, unless I concentrate, my handwriting has gone to hell - I can’t even read my own scribbles half the time. Whether this is menopause related is questionable, but there it is. Must be all those hot flashes that de-rail my train of thought.

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