‘Chance of a normal life is so exciting’

GOING through the menopause at 38 left Tanith Lee feeling she had ‘passed her sell-by date’.

Mrs Lee, a nutritional therapist and mother of two, said: ‘The psychological symptoms I experienced, including anxiety and loss of self-confidence, really took me by surprise.

‘I felt I was “less than” a woman, and just really old.’

Mrs Lee, 45, who blogs at www.mrsmenopause.co.uk, said research that could help reverse early menopause is ‘really positive’.

‘I meet teenagers and young women in their 20s going through the menopause,’ she said. ‘If they can get the ovaries working again that will make women feel better, their hormones will balance out again and they can lead a normal life. It’s really exciting.’