Fatigue, both mental as well as physical, is very intimately associated with menopause in women. Women who approach the stage of menopause may experience a number of symptoms of which fatigue can be one. Menopausal fatigue in women generally occurs because of hormonal changes and declining estrogen level in their body.

When women approach menopause hormonal changes take place in her body and there is also a drop in the body’s estrogen level. This may lead to a feeling of constant fatigue and tiredness of body and mind. The intensity of menopausal fatigue varies from woman to woman. A woman may feel a little bit of tiredness after any physical activity while another woman may experience a complete inability to take up any physical activity. There can be a complete lethargy of body and mind. Apart from the hormonal imbalances other menopausal symptoms like insomnia, depression, stress or night sweats may cause fatigue.

Menopausal fatigue may appear in various forms. Some women experience extreme tiredness after exercise. Again some other women may suffer from motion sickness fatigue when menopause comes to their lives. But some menopausal women may develop a chronic fatigue syndrome and they require treatment to combat the symptom.

Apart from the physical tiredness menopause can also cause mental fatigue. A person may find that her brain is so tired all the time that she can not properly think anything. She can display lack of attention and confusion coupled with irritability. These types of symptoms are very hard to battle with and needs proper care and measure to combat them. Otherwise the symptoms can greatly affect the victim’s day to day life resulting in numerous problems.