Oprah Winfrey has opened up about her challenging menopause experience, including severe concentration issues that forced her to pause Oprah’s Book Club. Her story highlights lesser-known symptoms, such as heart palpitations,

Winfrey, 71, said that in addition to a loss of concentration, she also suffered from heart palpitations -- a sensation of a racing or irregular heartbeat -- which she said she did not know were a symptom of menopause, the time in life when a woman's periods stop permanently.

Oprah Winfrey talks about her personal journey with menopause, revealing she had to give up her beloved pastime of reading due to menopause symptoms and felt that she would just die of the pain.