The Menopausal Minute

The Menopausal Minute

I Thought I Was Fainting

Turns Out It Was My Hormones

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Allie Theiss, MSc CSC ABS IFN
Oct 14, 2025
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It happened in the middle of a store. One second, I was comparing skin serums. The next, the floor shifted like I was standing on a boat.

a blurry photo of a woman's face
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My heart raced. My vision tunneled. And I thought, Great, this is how I go out—aisle 12, next to the hyaluronic acid.

I wasn’t fainting. I was dizzy—hormonally dizzy.

Turns out, estr…

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