Most women don’t look forward to their fifties because of the looming arrival of menopause. Menopause is the period when the ovaries cease to function the way they used to. It literally means in Greek, “the end of monthly cycles.” Production of female hormones decreases dramatically causing a lot of discomfort in women. The most common symptom has got to be frequent hot flashes. It doesn’t need to be hot for women to just suddenly feel hot all over the neck and face, which is often accompanied by dizziness and nausea among other things. Hot flashes however, usually end in chills which can be alarming for those who experienced them the first time. Yay to 50′s.