Is it possibe that there are also physical changes too that mirror a teenager?? My husband developed quite bad spots on his face like a teenager and also he smelled different (weird I know but he just smelt different and I could never put my finger on it). He would sweat more too in the last year or so we lived together.
Quite definitely and this was from my own experience; there are changes that "mirror" a teenager, my husband DID sweat more, when he wasn't having hot flashes.
There WAS a strong smell on him; most likely caused by an overload of testosterone; he went from one extreme (low testosterone) to the other(high testosterone)..Our son was going though puberty at the same time my husband was going through MLC, so I KNOW for a fact, he and my husband, smelled EXACTLY the same; and it really surprised me. And it was STRONG..I never said anything to him about it; didn't want to make things worse. Apparently my husband must have been smelling it on himself, as he started taking as many as three showers a day. Then, when that didn't help, he literally poured on the cologne..anything to get rid of the smell; but until it was all said and done...it really never left him.
It always reminded me of a locker room in a gym..that's the closest I've ever come to describing that smell.
Thanks Snodderly for helping me out on the children. I'd thought, when I posted that, that I might NOT have it quite right. I remember clearly the ending, but not much during the crisis, and the memories I have come back in pieces.
I'm sorry, Lalxx, if I'd confused you in any way; that was not my intention; my husband's crisis ended 7 or 8 years ago, followed by my own, which lasted 6 years...and it has really fragmented my memories. I healed totally, as I was supposed to, but there are some things I will never remember correctly. I'd seen your post had been sitting for a time, and thought I'd at least reassure you that your mind was NOT on vacation. When it was me, I thought the same thing as you, when I'd first seen the children.Thought I was seeing things, or worse; I'd thought I'd cracked up from going through it for so long.
Our son saw them, too, so I knew we both couldn't be crazy...made me feel better that I wasn't "seeing things" that weren't there.
Believe it or not, I've talked about it in the past, and I've gotten some of the strangest looks you ever saw from people who've decided my imagination was pretty big. LOL!!
Have a good one.
Remember, as each person is different, every MLC/Transition is different..what works for one may not work for another. Most of the time it is trial and error for ALL involved.
