Twinkle Khanna is well-known for her witty writing, as well as for voicing her thoughts. She is not afraid to discuss her vulnerabilities and taboo topics such as menopause. In her latest post, Twinkle opened up about her challenges of going through menopause. The actress is also known as Mrs Funnybones, revealed that she had always imagined reaching 50 to be a journey of self-discovery, but her reality has been quite different. Instead, it's 'losing hormones.'
Twinkle Khanna discussed how menopause makes the life of a menstruator difficult. "I am tired and energised, alert and foggy, overheated and clammy," she stated in her post.
She compared menopause to a burglar who not only opens the safe but also flees with your possessions. "Along with hot flushes, night sweats, eroding bone mass, thinning skin, and a new chin hair, I have also developed sound sensitivity - to high-pitched sounds and to the tide's rumbling waves," according to an excerpt from her column.
The actress also said that she envies males who don't have to deal with hormonal abnormalities as women do."I forget names - people, movies, books, only to have them return the next day like they had gone on an overnight camping trip," she added.
"I always thought turning fifty meant finding your true self. Instead, it's losing hormones. And looking for your reading glasses. In the dark. At 3 am. This was supposed to be the time when the children leave home. But it is my hormones that seem to have packed their bags and set off for an unknown continent while I am left behind peering through cold glass windows at a starlit sky," the actor wrote in her column.
Twinkle also said that one time she cried while walking in her yard with her husband Akshay Kumar and their dog. She admitted that she always had a metaphor ready, but that day she could only say, "I don't know," before falling down.
Twinkle Khanna also revealed some of the things she has been doing to manage the symptoms of menopause. "I started lifting weights again after nearly 20 years. I squat, lunge, and perform pelvic floor exercises while working on my novel. I take magnesium glycinate, ashwagandha, Lion's mane, Brahmi, and, yes, primrose oil. I read aloud every morning to maintain verbal fluency. I buzz like a bee while performing Brahmari. I'm Rocky Balboa, with all the sweat and none of the blood."
She also said that she now eats toasted sandwiches for lunch and dinner and has fewer desires for her favourite snacks, such as soya chaklis, banana chips, and peanut chikki. She now enjoys Tadgola ice cream every two weeks with her daughter Nitara.
