How the menopause can drive women MAD! Panic attacks, violent rages, hallucinations: just some of the terrifying symptoms you’re NOT warned about

• Christina Roberts suffered from anxiety and almost ended up agoraphobic
• She was initially prescribed anti-depressants before being switched to HRT by a doctor in New York
• Samantha Cole had similar problems with the menopause, she started to feel really down and victimised for no reason
• Jo Gordon was suffering from extreme rage and frustration, which she and her family found very hard to deal with 

When Christina Robert saw a strange man climbing in through her bedroom window, she was terrified.‘He was wearing dark jeans and a black leather jacket. I ran on to the landing and screamed for someone to call the police,’ says the 52-year-old writer, who lives in London.

‘My 16-year-old son and 13-year-old daughter rushed out to see what was wrong. It was only then that I realised it couldn’t possibly have happened — we were on the fourth floor. The entire thing was a hallucination.’

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