As coaching psychologist James Davis neared the big 5-0, he found himself burning out faster than candles on a birthday cake.
“It was actually my wife, Claire, that noticed I was becoming more withdrawn, that I was struggling more than normal to focus, that I was lacking get-up-and-go,” Davis, who lives in the UK, told The Post.
“I checked in with myself and actually I realized I felt low, a little apathetic, like life had gone a bit flat and that I was struggling for motivation and direction with work.”
Davis discovered that he was going through andropause, also known as “male menopause” or “manopause.”
While menopause is a well-defined and universal experience that marks the end of a woman’s fertility, andropause is more ambiguous and subtle — and it doesn’t affect all men.
“‘Andropause’ is a convenient term that the public may use because many people already are familiar with the term ‘menopause,’ ” Dr. William T. Berg, an assistant professor of urology at Stony Brook Medicine, told The Post.
