Hello, New here, from USA, Revere MA Read the community a lot this past year. Helpful! Age 64. Been through the peri-menopause and now post for 3 years. Will list all the peri symptoms in future. Tried all the natural stuff; progesteron, soy, black cohosh, chastbberry/vitex, maca... All caused awful side effects, including migraine headache, lights in eyes, thyroid disruption, weak fatigue, trouble thinking, reading, vertigo... All gone after months no herbs, hormone creams... Main problem now is joints in feet. 3 injuries may have contributed to pain in top right foot, a bump, stiff ripping arches, other problems. Traveling into left foot but not as bad, suspect left foot strained compensating for right. and long walks, heavy lifting 4 years moving 3 times, 53, 17 stairs. Losing weight and a elevator in new home has helped. But 5-10 pounds gain, fat on abdomen brings back to pain, stiff feet. Take raw apple cider vinegar, diluted so as not to burn stomach. The scary part; foot, toe kept getting 'stuck' stiff-immobile suddenly when walking. Happens when overweight and right at the beginning of a hotflash sneaking up on me! I fell walking and dark black, blue knees for 2 weeks. Since then I am afraid to walk without a small shopping buggy to hold onto in case the foot does this. Hoping this is menopause and will cure itself. Foot doc says is arthritis. Almost 100% healed when lost 20 pounds. Trying again. Buying a chair for work. The hotflashes increase any joint pain, old injuries, even sinus, burning, itching, dry eyes living at airport... HJaw, ear muscle tension, neck... Any health problem is increased and muscles tighten, pull when a hotflash begins. Problem goes 90% -100% after the hotflash has broken through. Losing weight also helps prevent all this pain, stiffness during hotflash. Any advice? I truly sympathize with the ladies on here; its ROUGH!!