Famous TV host and philanthropist Oprah Winfrey revealed on her website how she discovered that she was reaching menopause after dealing with 2 years of lack of sleep.

"For 2 years, I didn’t sleep well. Never a full night. No peace. Restlessness and heart palpitations were my steady companions at nightfall. This was back when I was 48 to 50. I went to see a cardiologist. Took medication. Wore a heart monitor for weeks. And then, one day, walking through the offices of The Oprah Winfrey Show, I picked up a copy of The Wisdom of Menopause, Dr. Christiane Northrup’s book, and the pages fell open to the heading “Palpitations: Your Heart’s Wake-Up Call.” All of which she took as a sign of what was really happening.

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