*Oprah Winfrey is breaking the silence on menopause with her new Hulu special, “An Oprah Winfrey Special: The Menopause Revolution,” aiming to support women by sharing her own challenging experiences.
She describes the severe impact menopause had on her life, saying, “When I was going through menopause, I could not sleep for two years. I could not concentrate. I could not read my favorite books. I had heart palpitations. No one told me about this. Now we’re talking about it, so no woman suffers,” Winfrey wrote on Facebook.
“The worst part for me, this is when I knew I was really in trouble, is when I couldn’t concentrate reading,” she revealed to ABC News, noting that estrogen treatment eventually helped her regain focus.
Unlike typical menopause symptoms such as hot flashes, Winfrey experienced less-discussed signs like heart palpitations, which she initially didn’t connect to menopause due to a lack of awareness.
“When I was going through it, there was nothing. There was nobody,” she said, emphasizing the isolation she felt.
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The symptoms became so severe for Winfrey that she had to stop leading her popular book club.
“I brought [the book club] back when I started taking estrogen because I could concentrate again, but I actually never shared that before, that the real reason I had to stop it is because I could no longer concentrate. It makes me want to cry,” she shared.
Winfrey’s special, now streaming on Disney+ and Hulu, seeks to educate and encourage women to seek medical help early, urging them to find doctors who will listen and act.
“Because it affects every cell in your body, the first time you have any of the symptoms, that’s when you need to go find a doctor who will listen to you, hear you and take action for you,” she advises.
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