Let’s face it ladies: menopause blows. If we’re not suffering through hot flashes, we’re battling fatigue. If our moods aren’t swinging wildly to and fro like a pendulem, we’re near tears because that one chocolate cookie we ate last night added 10 pounds to our once svelte frame. If our vajayjay isn’t as dry as the Mohave Desert, then our digestive tracts are suffering an intense unwanted overhaul.

Yeah, menopause blows.

So what’s a woman to do? Suffer through it with a smile plastered on our face, all the while inside our head we’re screaming bloody murder? I think not.

Despite what we may think while in the throes of it, menopausal symptoms are manageable. For that, we can breathe a sigh of relief, shout “Yesssss!” from the rooftops and eat an entire half gallon of ice cream (make mine caramel praline crunch, please). That was the good news. Now for the bad: you still have to go through menopause to reach the Post-Menopausal Promised Land. But not to worry; if you’re in menopause, chances are you’re having or will have at least one of the symptoms below. Whether your mom warned you or not, the infographic below offers up solutions for eight symptoms of menopause.

Take heart, ladies. Life is not over; it’s just the beginning of this brand new song!

Infographic: Cleveland Clinic