Personality Development Tips: Understand Your Man, He's just on Menopause (IMS) Irritable Male Syndrome

The Irritable Male Syndrome And Male Menopause | ThirdAge: "The key to saving our sanity and keeping our relationship alive and well is to understand two interrelated life changes affecting men (and the women who love them) at mid-life: male menopause and Irritable Male Syndrome. I sometimes think of them as the double whammy. But with a little understanding and help from those we love, we don’t have to let them do us in.

What are the most common symptoms of male menopause and Irritable Male Syndrome
(IMS)?

Hypersensitivity: The least little thing can set him off.

Anxiety: He worries all the time, even when things seem to be fine.

Frustration: At times, he seems like a pressure cooker about to explode

Depression: He may not have the classic symptoms like sadness, feelings of worthlessness, or thoughts of death; but he definitely isn’t happy and he’s often irritable.

Loss of sexual desire: He doesn’t seem as interested as he once was.

Erectile dysfunction: Even when he’s interested he may have problems with erections.

Fatigue: His energy level is often low even when he has had lots of rest. "

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