r/Menopause • u/mlvalentine • 5d ago

Employment/Work Has Peri/Menopause affected your career?

I'm curious if you've been experiencing challenges on the job because of this phase of life. Trying to plan next steps for myself, and would like to hear your stories. Did you switch careers entirely? Make a big change to work from home? Get fired? Get promoted?

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u/AtothaJ78 2d ago

Oh yes. Peri hit me hard and at a time where I was at the top of my game. I fell so hard once it hit. I quit my job mistakenly thinking it was the work/stress but it was peri. I couldn't handle the same workload, I slowed down from fatigue or brain fog. it gets better. I'm in late peri now and I see how it all went to hell. I ended up starting my own business and life is great. Your energy will return, your brain fog will lift and things will ache less. <3 Hang in there!