Hi Julie DF, welcome to MM! I think it is very individual folks experiences and there can be such a wide range of symptoms that for some (myself included as menopause initially excluded by medical staff) you get anxious about what it could be, especially in relation to anxiety, lack of confidence etc which is alien to you. Hopefully you will find it reassuring being on here that so many of us go through these feelings/fears and can relate to what you are suffering. I think if we were all better educated about the wide range of symptoms and what to expect and roughly when it may not come as such a shock especially if we are in the younger age range! I hope you start to feel some improvement, and don't get disheartened if you don't for some women it can take trying various treatments/products before they achieve the improvements they are searching for. x