Naomi Watts admits she was 'spiraling out of control' when she went through menopause at 36 years old

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Naomi Watts is getting candid about what it was like going through early menopause at 36, admitting that it left her "spiraling out of control." The British actress, 54, revealed in an interview that "going through menopause at such a young age was not easy, especially during a time when there was so little information available about it." "Mood swings, night sweats, and migraines… I was feeling like I was spiraling out of control," she told Hello magazine.

According to the Mayo Clinic, women have entered menopause when they have missed 12 consecutive menstrual periods.This usually occurs in a woman's 40s or 50s, but the average age is 51 in the United States, per the Mayo Clinic.

Watts continued, "Going through this journey led me to a deeper understanding of myself, and I came out on the other side feeling more authentically me.

A lot of freedom came in the self-acknowledgement." She added, "I had those voices in the back of my mind reminding me how old women are let out to pasture, but there was a lure to this desire to be authentic, to crawl from behind the invisible wall and just acknowledge for myself something that everyone could have probably guessed." The "Watcher" actress shared that her journey prompted her to partner with Menopause Mandate, which consists of people who "are devoted to creating a coalition of campaigners to achieve everyone's ultimate goal of revolutionising the support and advice women receive from both our health service and wider society," according to its website. "I truly believe that if menopause hadn’t been such an off-limits topic when I first started experiencing symptoms, I would’ve had an easier transition," Watts said. "I was part of a cycle that desperately needed to be broken.".