You need to have someone who knows the latest about HRT to counter this awful woman’s “advice”. I want you to imagine you are in the depths of despair and are led to believe you will magically become what you are “supposed” to be by suffering through the worst time of your life-when very simply you are hormone deficient and need proper treatment. HRT saved my life. Lots of women are utterly debilitated by this condition and while fasting and exercising is good for absolutely everyone it doesn’t give you back what you are missing. It’s also true that in early 2023 the advice on HRT did a total reversal and is now advised for almost all women. This is not only because the risks are negligible but it also prevents dementia, bone loss, heart disease and yes cancer but further it reduces anxiety, depression and returns us to more normal sleep. Please have someone on this channel who knows the actual science and can help women not delude them.
Haven't we all. Such a shame that I didn't give enough grace during these outrageous times for her. I will call her up tomorrow, explain this to her and understand her more than ever before now.
As a sixty year old I don't identify with this. If women are being bitches it's cause they're bitches. All I had was a few years of walking up hot at night. It was hardly a problem. I think everyone should read Germaine Greer's The Change and stay well away from hormone replacement therapy.
Both my mother and my grandmother claimed they didn’t go through menopause. But I totally feel you when you say that you went through your mother’s menopause! I am in perimenopause, and I feel like I’m still going through my mother’s menopause!
I'm staggered no one told me. We are given info we need when starting our menstruation, but there is no handbook for menopause. Thank you so much for this - it gave me so much hope for my upcoming life, that it made me cry. I'm almost there, feeling the calm coming over me. I'm grateful for a wonderful, understanding husband. He made it through with me, we are almost there. He also makes me feel beautiful every day, despite my aging, actually celebrating it. I don't know how I would've done with out him.
At 49 and Struggling with Perimenopause, I can agree that changing my lifestyle greatly reduced and normalised my symptoms to some extent. I joined my local gym, started working with a personal trainer, got put on a low calorie nutrition plan, lost 20 pounds since December - and I’m feeling probably 80% better, I’m sleeping, far less hot flushes, a little bit more emotionally regulated… I actually started just to reduce some of my menopausal belly fat, but it’s turned out to be the thing thing I’ve done for myself.
My soon to be ex husband doesn't get it. So I'm very happy that at almost 50 he is out of my life. He wasn't a good son anyway, so he could not deliver properly as husband. Now my job is to educate our son for the sake of his future wife and daughters! And his own one!
He don’t get it because he’s not a women. Most women don’t even get it. Try to educate him. Have him watch this video and others search menopause and relationships. Tons of videos to help.
Women start to see every man disgusting during the premenopause. Hormons make them despise men. Then they divorce. Then the phase is over. They start to look for men again, hitting Tinder etc. Its VERY common. My ex wife explained this years after menopause. She explained she saw me as a nasty beast during the premenopause. She made the forced divorce. After 2 years it was suddenly over. I looked like a lovely man again. But then it was too late.
As a man this is really fascinating. So much our fellow humans go through in which we are totally in the dark. If your a woman going through this or intimidated about this period; please teach the men in your life about it... or perhaps send them this video if thats too difficult.
I had surgical menopause at 35. No one talks about that. Having a full hysterectomy at 35 is my life's greatest regret. I was on HRT for 15 years and finally stopped and have had a horrible life since. I can't sleep, can't deal with family stress, weight gain is insane. The only thing that gives me some relief is a daily full body dumbbell workout and walks outside. Fasting is hard with hypoglycemia. I even considered suicide, which is not at all like me.
That's awful I pray to God you get better hang in there you've got this while I am still fertile and young I have been suicidal before and it does get better I hope you talk about you r doctor or therapist about it to get the help you need you are loved unconditionally by God even if you don't believe in them and you are strong sending you love🧡
Yes! When we go through peri-menopause and menopause, it's our first time. We are just as shocked, frustrated, and sometimes as scared as our partners. Thank you so much for talking about this!
I'm 51 and this past summer I almost killed myself and in so many ways....I did. I went outside and chose to be homeless for 23 nights....I just wanted to be alone and die. No period for 10 months now. Starting to feel better now, but I'm tramatized by the last few years of my life. I had no idea perimenopause was this bad. I use cannabis. I've never tried hrt or anything else. Perimenouse hurt so bad...it truly was killing me and my relationship with my adult daughter. No joke.
I had my last period at 46 before that in my peri menopause phase I had major hair loss, the worst pms mind you I never had major pms like that before.!My boobs felt like I was lactating, the worst nausea,major irritation , the sight of poop in the toilet sent me to hell. After I missed that last period I noticed my skin is better no hair-loss, very slight nausea. I don’t know what’s ahead but I pray for continual better days
Menopause has had me on a horrible roller coaster ride. I have found out I have Adhd and Autism. Everyday I feel like I’m Gaslighting myself and I’ve been so scared that I have Alzheimers, but the cried because I found out it’s menopause. I am 49. I have Graves’ disease, ibs, reactive arthritis, and asthma too. I am over weight and cannot drop Weight even though I eat like a hippie. HRT patches have saved my mental health. But I still Need help!
I hear you loud and clear. I only eat one meal a day. If I eat one more thing. I get so bloated and it's painful. I was suicidal for years. Just a mess. 51 now...no period for 10 months...feeling a wee bit better. Tough stuff Darling...hang in there. I love you. We are in this together. You are far from alone love.
Thank goodness you’ve done this. I’m In the midst of per-menopause and my whole life has changed: friends, work, the way I live. HRT isn’t always the answer! I’m still struggling in HRT. Everyone is so different.
I am 53, in peri menopause, thanks to keto and IF no symptoms! I feel great and strong! It is also the mindset: I have never feared menopause, I have always been looking forward to it, to get liberated from the periods, I see it as a positive change in life! I have heard that our surrenals take over some of the production of hormones, if we are healthy with a healthy lifestyle. I often talk about my menopause. I do not see why it would be a taboe.
@@HH-gv8mx Hi! Since a week or two I wake up twice at night being hot, but no sweat. And lately I started noticing dry eyes. I will try to be more strict with keto or even go more to ketovore/carnivore.
@@KirstiCheetahh none of the females in my family talk about it. my mom had a hysterectomy so she didn’t experience menopause. Yet I remember experiencing her menopause!. I’m 48 and thought I was too young to be going through this already but too many symptoms pointing towards menopause. The night sweats just started. Not feeling rested, almost always exhausted like I’m pushing myself. And I didn’t know that dry eye what is the symptom of menopause but I have been having dry eye as well!. @KirstiCheetahh
@@HH-gv8mx I will try what happens when I eat more fatty fish, egg yolks, butter and liver paté. To get more fat and vitamin A. These are needed for the lipid layer (made by the meibomian glands in the eyelids) on the eye that keeps the tears from evaporating. Good luck to you too!
Women can’t get hormone replacement therapy patches in Australia and the world, thanks to the attention seeking parents and adult males that make a choice and decide to either mutilate their bodies of healthy young boys or their male bodies. Using FEMALE drugs to cosplay another gender when REAL women require these drugs to help them with the natural aging process that takes place. A process that REAL WOMEN cannot control or prevent and some require life saving treatment for. Rather than a social media driven, government developed attention seeking acts of mentally ill people pretending to be something they’re not! Australian women are now at a higher risk of osteoporosis, heart attack, stroke, anxiety and panic attacks, debilitating night sweats day sweats, dementia and suicide. Why the F is this allowed?!!! Women are STILL suffering, not from drs lack of knowledge but because of men cosplaying women’s gender! It’s wrong!!
At 40 and perimenopause hit me so hard, I'm now 42 and starting to feel more human again.... wished I'd known what was going on with my body before now! It's been hell and then some! Understanding what is happening is so important, once I gain knowledge of what this shitshow was it instantly became more manageable. Information is gold..... You're video helped too, thank you❤ stay strong ladies and gents whom are suffering the same. Love, time and patience really is a healer. ❤❤❤
Oh I feel for you Darling. I'm 51 and your hell hasn't even started. Nothing could have prepared me....I was suicidal....made myself homeless for 23 nights. Scared the crap out of my 22 year old. Wow, I turned into a monster. 10 months now no period. Starting to feel better. I destroyed my life in the past few years. No, I don't miss it.
At 56 years-old, my period finally (fingers crossed) has come to a sudden stop. I am fairly healthy: since 2018 I cut out obvious sugar (lollies, cakes, biscuits, etc), and have very limited wheat and almost no meat or dairy. I don't think I had any peri-menopausal symptoms apart from maybe two months of hot flushes once my period stopped (and no associated sweating) maybe two-to-five times a day. I used to get brain fog, but when I cut out sugar in 2018, it cleared. I'm grateful it has (thus far) been a breeze.
I suggest menopause pride month 💪💪💪😀 I want to march with all my cca 50 sisters, sweat like crazy and yell at people around me 😂 and repeat myself! And repeat myself! No seriously I'm a bit scared so thank you for this interview
The brain fog is treacherous! I'm 43 and am on the other side of menopause now. I started early thanks to my thyroid condition and PCOS, but the brain fog is the one thing that persists and is still a struggle. I know my limits now, and I understand my hormones SO much better.
I love "the cultural hush" I got really irritated with my husband when he acted like I was having my period on purpose...I said to him you grew up with a mother and 3 sisters how can this be a surprise to you. It happens every month keep a track of it yourself!!!
I’m only 41 & already going through peri-menopause. My period stopped for a year when I was 38 years old, so my journey started much earlier than the average statistic. And didn’t realise it.
Do you have trauma especially developmental or complex? Please check it out. There’s a definite link between trauma, adrenals, glands in the brain, hormones etc. It’s not just about the body or individual genetics (if so it’s probably epigenetics due to inter generational trauma not biology..) Contrary to what ‘they’ say, it’s not normal for a woman to reach menopause in her late 30s or even till mid 40s.
Also the processed foods we are eating nowadays are causing early menopause because they have harmful chemicals. I am 39 and I can already notice inconsistencies in my cycle and the symptoms mentioned in the vlog. My mother told me she had her last cycle at 55 years. She has spent a lot of her life in the countryside with much less stress and always fresh foods straight from the garden, so I think that has contributed to her good health.
I was in full menopause at 38. I didnt use any hormones. It was hell. Im 48 now. I still never got my mental stability back. I still have night sweats. Mood swings. I have always battled depression. But menopause caused a deep depression.
I thought I knew about menopause and was expecting hair loss, hot flushes and periods to go skewiff. Didn't see any of these in my 40s so I felt lucky I hadn't started my peri menopause. Unbeknownst to me, it had been creeping up for years and had not noticed bc i was unaware of any other symptoms apart from the ones i just mentioned. I had completely lost my libido, had slowly lost all motivation to do anything (least of all exercise), was constantly tired, had many ligaments/tendon issues so couldn't walk far and was in pain, put on a stupid amount of weight especially around my middle and had suicidal thoughts just before i would get a period (but didn't realise that connection at the time). This went on from age 43 to around age 50 when finally my periods started getting irregular and the penny dropped. Still no hot flushes and my hair is ok. Four months ago at 51, I started HRT patches and I'm beginning to feel like 'me' again. I still have a way to go bc many things haven't returned but at least I'm aware of why I feel the way I do and can better understand my self as can my husband. Many older women may say...'Oh I never had any menopause symptoms when I went through 'the change', but I bet they did and just didn't know that is what it was!
I'm 47 and perimenapause started last December hit me hard from nowhere. Period stopped for 6 months then came back last month. Hot flushes are the worse and so embarrassing. Emotions all over the place and I feel I can't control how I feel
Thank you so much for caring enough to do this series. It will be interesting to also talk about how hormones act up when you are peri- menopausal and pregnant.
There are young girls who have horrible cycles and it always goes back to hormones! Eat WFPB, whole foods plant based. Daily self care will help with "reacting vs responding", breathe work, grounding, movement, a holistic approach 💗🙌
Complete nonsense for someone actually experiencing Perimenopause or menopause. Same con as “happy hormones”. The things you’ve suggested do not prevent heart disease, stroke, night sweats, osteoporosis, thoughts of suicide or suicide. It’s like suggesting to just breath and go for a walk when you have a toothache. Women with real symptoms WILL NOT benefit from the ideas you’ve given. It’s woke nonsense.
Oh God the forgetfulness is so true I thought I was going mental or loosing my edgy mindset. I even got nasty comments like you are like Dory in Finding Nemo!, I'm a teacher so that really hurt to hear that. Also it's great to hear that I need to slow down because that's exactly why I feel I should do and finding ways to do so whilst accomplishing work.
Thank you for making me feel some what "normal" after saying that there is a high rate of suicide during perimenopause (as ive had suicidal ideation ) so this is now making alot of sense to me. Ive been going through perimenopause since 37 - 38 yrs old (potentially even earlier as i only took real notice when the changes were intense and spoke to my GP who said no your not, your too young. I said i am, i know my body My doctor has put me on zoey which has helped me through my perimenopause plus aniexty medication (its getting me by, but its still a struggle) The pill has helped my sleep and lowered the hot feet at night. Thanks for this open discussion to normalise these symptoms
Thanks completely agree tht the hrdest part is the mood changes with anxiety and brian fog. I confirm that once the periods stop everything goes better.
I also now have fibromyalgia- 😢 every day is a struggle, migraines IBS I totally understand why 45-55 high suicide rates are so high. I want to eat better/ move more but too tired or in pain 75% of the time
The brain fog is real. Freaking annoying. And being more tired. Forget eating sugar or salt - the body can't handle it with blood pressure and increased insulin resistance.
I find the ages she is quoting here is very odd, from my own, and my friend's experience, Menopause is from 52-54 upwards, and the drop in hormone levels (Which blood tests can identify) called Peri-menopause starts around 45 upwards. The real Menopause issues like brain fog and sweats/flushes affect women whose periods have stopped, for years in some cases. She makes it seem like they all go away once periods stop, that is not the case. Everyone experiences menopause so differently but the age scale she is referring to is less common for the general population.
If you listen to the whole podcast, it's excellent. She runs through menstruation cycles first and how best to care for yourself or your partner. Then moves onto menopause. Really good info.
You and your friends were lucky, but there are variations in age, and menopause is happening earlier for a lot of women. Perimenopause starts about 10 years before the last period, and does cause menopausal symptoms for a lot of women during this phase. I know of several women who went into menopause from early to late 40’s. I think about 1/3 women will have severe symptoms too.
You and your friends are blessed. I started peri-menpause at 43. I am now almost 49 and deep in menopause and I can say its like living a nightmare you cant wake up from.
Have to comment again - I do the keto variation naturally, my body asks for carbs and generally more food abt a week before I should be getting my period, 3 days into the cycle (even if it doesn't arrive physically) I experience a dramatic drop in appetite. The rest of the time I eat keto. Thanks for an interesting show!
1:30 Losing progesterone 2:40 40-55, recalibrating loss of hormones 4:00 Average age 52 for menopause 7:30 HRT 9:30 Fasting 11:30 Schedule more downtime
I am still struggling with the up and down mood swings at 58 . I was unable to take HRT. I know I am not alone, a lot of women even into their 60's are still struggling .
Imagine those young females who think they are trans. Some even got hysterectomy. They don't know what they are doing; their parents don't know what they are doing.
I had no problems in peri menopause. I have many symptoms since turning 50. Post menopause hasn’t been good. Three years on I’m still waiting to turn the corner. It’s very frustrating.
Diet has been crucial for me. I've been perimenopausal from age 36 after having anorexia, and I'm now 44 and closing in on the finish line. I bloody LOVE not having a period. I feel like my mood is so stable. Fertility has been one big long depression for me.
This is so encouraging ! I hope when I hit perimenopause, it feels just like this. Fertility years were not my best. Still not are. It felt/feels like injustice to me.
@@K1ngq4t Perimenopause can be AWFUL when you're in the hormonal swings, but totally manageable with the right diet and lifestyle! Personally magnesium supplementation has been key, I use magnesium chloride gel, but heard Neuro-Mag is amazing for mood and mental health. Haven't tried it yet myself tho.
I recommend the non-soy HRT cake recipe, and going paleo. 10 months since my last period, and I’m 51. Spend a lot of my time furious. My mother, who was a complete basket case during her menopause, has completely blanked me - in her memory (she’s now in her 80s), she never experienced any of the symptoms and she was an angel. Ha-flipping-ha.
I think this is great , not something to put us down. Understanding our cycle means we learn to manage our life around it. We can still move forward during different times of our cycle but we can't be doing the same thing , for example that men can do. For example, weight training for men and women is different because men can train the same way all month, while women its more beneficial to lift heavy 2 weeks of our period and lighter or cardio movements the other 2 weeks, depending on our we feel. We can move forward but not the same way. Diet is key and weight training for balancing hormones. For example, I still work hard during certain time of my cycles but if for some reason Im having fatigue or close to my period I will not be hard on myself mentally. The rest of my cycle Ill be very strict with my schedule and will push myself but the world will not end if Im easy on my self 1 to 3 days of the month.
This is something I like talking about bc ppl do not talk about it.. but my issue is I’m 60 and I think I had my last period in June 2023.. my doctors took all kinds of tests bc they said “ there’s no way you’re still having periods.. it must be something else.. well every test came back negative.. it even said I was in peri-menopause and not menopause.. so now I wait…. To see if this is the last one 🤦🏾
All of this is like PCOS. We aren’t taught to get our levels checked and how to treat with healthy foods and supplements that provide what’s lacking and lowering what’s too high. We’re told we have a problem and just take another drug and it makes it worse. Only now are doctors and women in general finding a spot to mention we must find better ways to test and fix or help lower or increase hormones naturally. Sure, there are many who can’t naturally because their doctor doesn’t know how to do it naturally but many times it’s a bad gut issue. Know your body to the point you can feel the difference a food or supplement does for you. Write it down.
Can you please tell me are we in menopause from 12 months after our last period until we die at whatever age that is. If I still have my womb and ovaries do I still have the right balance of hormones. Apart from not having severe sweats i have all the symptoms of menopause brain fog , low libido, anxiety, I am 64 and my last period was 14 years ago. Should I be on HRT. I hear the study that said the HRT caused a high risk of Breast Cancer was proven incorrect recently. Do GP’s know about this
My friend committed suicide in the menopause she was 52. I am now 52 and finding the menopause brutal. I have come off HRT as it was making me worse back to trying to tackle it naturally. My mother had a hysterectomy and was crazy afterwards screaming shouting talking to herself she wasn't given HRT for years.
My mom had a hysterectomy and was completely insane afterwards. She was so mean and awful to me. She became such a grouch. I don’t think she ever did HRT. She said that she never went through menopause because of having a hysterectomy. But it sure seems like she went through menopause. She was just awful!
Get your Mayo Calm to help level out your hormones and add Zinc. There’s also various other herbals that will help you lower stress and level your hormones. Get them checked too because foods will even make them change. Some foods will hurt.
Eesh, menopause absolute minefield, some sail through while for others it's like sinking in quicksand. Mines the latter, drives me insane how I can't affect it. Have always had an interest in natural health and fixing problems through the gut and liver but hey ho, not this time. HRT has helped a little but still feel I've lost myself and this is 10 years on.
My 45-50 phase is absolutely no better than 40-45 apart from just keeping the worst of it at bay with HRT. Don’t take her age groupings as hard cut offs. You’ll be disappointed.
Women start to see every man disgusting during the premenopause. Hormons make them despise men. Then they divorce. Then the phase is over. They start to look for men again, hitting Tinder etc. Its VERY common. My ex wife explained this years after menopause. She explained she saw me as a nasty beast during the premenopause. She made the forced divorce. After 2 years it was suddenly over. I looked like a lovely man again. But then it was too late.
Women start to see every man disgusting during the premenopause. Hormons make them despise men. Then they divorce. Then the phase is over. They start to look for men again, hitting Tinder etc. Its VERY common. My ex wife explained this years after menopause. She explained she saw me as a nasty beast during the premenopause. She made the forced divorce. After 2 years it was suddenly over. I looked like a lovely man again. But then it was too late.
I am 52 and I started having perimenopause symptoms at age 45. I have brain fog, very bad PMS and I feel bloated all the time. I would really want to get to the actual menopause phase but I still have periods although I sometimes skip some
I’m going to be 54 next month and had a hysterectomy but kept my ovaries about 4 years ago. No idea what or if my hormones exist but I am having brain fog, which could also be my thyroid and huge amount of stress. Just started taking care of my 96 year old grandma. Does this mean I only have one more year of crazy 😂😂😂
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You need to have someone who knows the latest about HRT to counter this awful woman’s “advice”. I want you to imagine you are in the depths of despair and are led to believe you will magically become what you are “supposed” to be by suffering through the worst time of your life-when very simply you are hormone deficient and need proper treatment. HRT saved my life. Lots of women are utterly debilitated by this condition and while fasting and exercising is good for absolutely everyone it doesn’t give you back what you are missing. It’s also true that in early 2023 the advice on HRT did a total reversal and is now advised for almost all women. This is not only because the risks are negligible but it also prevents dementia, bone loss, heart disease and yes cancer but further it reduces anxiety, depression and returns us to more normal sleep. Please have someone on this channel who knows the actual science and can help women not delude them.
I am 58, had my last period at 52, and have felt like the failure you mention for years. WHY has no one ever explained this?!!
My mother says she never went through a menopause. I bloody well went through her menopause though.. 😅😳
Haven't we all. Such a shame that I didn't give enough grace during these outrageous times for her. I will call her up tomorrow, explain this to her and understand her more than ever before now.
@@lespritdelescalier4858 agreed 🙏🏿
As a sixty year old I don't identify with this. If women are being bitches it's cause they're bitches. All I had was a few years of walking up hot at night. It was hardly a problem. I think everyone should read Germaine Greer's The Change and stay well away from hormone replacement therapy.
Both my mother and my grandmother claimed they didn’t go through menopause. But I totally feel you when you say that you went through your mother’s menopause! I am in perimenopause, and I feel like I’m still going through my mother’s menopause!
😅😂my mom is glad she never had it lol we loved it she dead wrong
I'm staggered no one told me. We are given info we need when starting our menstruation, but there is no handbook for menopause. Thank you so much for this - it gave me so much hope for my upcoming life, that it made me cry. I'm almost there, feeling the calm coming over me. I'm grateful for a wonderful, understanding husband. He made it through with me, we are almost there. He also makes me feel beautiful every day, despite my aging, actually celebrating it. I don't know how I would've done with out him.
This man is a wonderful human being. Thank you for being so compassionate.
At 49 and Struggling with Perimenopause, I can agree that changing my lifestyle greatly reduced and normalised my symptoms to some extent. I joined my local gym, started working with a personal trainer, got put on a low calorie nutrition plan, lost 20 pounds since December - and I’m feeling probably 80% better, I’m sleeping, far less hot flushes, a little bit more emotionally regulated… I actually started just to reduce some of my menopausal belly fat, but it’s turned out to be the thing thing I’ve done for myself.
I have the same age,ly boy is changing i feel old and i have memory problems
Key - to go take care of yourself. Something we really need to do but often can’t.
My soon to be ex husband doesn't get it. So I'm very happy that at almost 50 he is out of my life. He wasn't a good son anyway, so he could not deliver properly as husband. Now my job is to educate our son for the sake of his future wife and daughters! And his own one!
Good for you! ❤
Happy to read this ❤. I'd love to teach my future son the same. You're a great mom!
He don’t get it because he’s not a women. Most women don’t even get it. Try to educate him. Have him watch this video and others search menopause and relationships. Tons of videos to help.
Women start to see every man disgusting during the premenopause. Hormons make them despise men. Then they divorce. Then the phase is over. They start to look for men again, hitting Tinder etc. Its VERY common.
My ex wife explained this years after menopause. She explained she saw me as a nasty beast during the premenopause. She made the forced divorce. After 2 years it was suddenly over. I looked like a lovely man again. But then it was too late.
As a man this is really fascinating. So much our fellow humans go through in which we are totally in the dark. If your a woman going through this or intimidated about this period; please teach the men in your life about it... or perhaps send them this video if thats too difficult.
That is if they even care
thats the thing right there...@@K1ngq4t
I had surgical menopause at 35. No one talks about that. Having a full hysterectomy at 35 is my life's greatest regret. I was on HRT for 15 years and finally stopped and have had a horrible life since. I can't sleep, can't deal with family stress, weight gain is insane. The only thing that gives me some relief is a daily full body dumbbell workout and walks outside. Fasting is hard with hypoglycemia. I even considered suicide, which is not at all like me.
I'm so sorry.😢
@@bethkruse336 that's so kind, thank you 🤗
peace be with you.
Im so sorry babe
That's awful I pray to God you get better hang in there you've got this while I am still fertile and young I have been suicidal before and it does get better I hope you talk about you r doctor or therapist about it to get the help you need you are loved unconditionally by God even if you don't believe in them and you are strong sending you love🧡
Menopause made my mother go crazy. May she rest in peace. I love her and miss her.
Yes! When we go through peri-menopause and menopause, it's our first time. We are just as shocked, frustrated, and sometimes as scared as our partners. Thank you so much for talking about this!
I'm 51 and this past summer I almost killed myself and in so many ways....I did. I went outside and chose to be homeless for 23 nights....I just wanted to be alone and die. No period for 10 months now. Starting to feel better now, but I'm tramatized by the last few years of my life. I had no idea perimenopause was this bad. I use cannabis. I've never tried hrt or anything else. Perimenouse hurt so bad...it truly was killing me and my relationship with my adult daughter. No joke.
"The cultural hush" - yes! There is a cultural hush and it needs to end!
His sensitivity to this issue and his empathy and wanting to understand us brought me to tears. I wish my husband understood.
Plleeeeeaaaaassssseeeee can you ask this wonderful woman to come back and talk about menopause pleeeeeaaassseee
She has hundreds of videos on you tube.
They should teach this in school more for both men and woman so they understand better!
I agree! But sadly, doctors haven't even been taught about it!
They don’t tell us about it even As a woman! I had no idea about myself
I had my last period at 46 before that in my peri menopause phase I had major hair loss, the worst pms mind you I never had major pms like that before.!My boobs felt like I was lactating, the worst nausea,major irritation , the sight of poop in the toilet sent me to hell. After I missed that last period I noticed my skin is better no hair-loss, very slight nausea. I don’t know what’s ahead but I pray for continual better days
Thank you for doing this interview!! The more ppl understand what is going on, the more empathy we will have in the world 🙏❤️
A perspective changing convo served up in less than 13 minutes. Wow! What a great start to a relevant deep dive.
Menopause has had me on a horrible roller coaster ride. I have found out I have Adhd and Autism. Everyday I feel like I’m
Gaslighting myself and I’ve been so scared that I have Alzheimers, but the cried because I found out it’s menopause. I am 49. I have Graves’ disease, ibs, reactive arthritis, and asthma too. I am over weight and cannot drop
Weight even though I eat like a hippie. HRT patches have saved my mental health. But I still
Need help!
I hear you loud and clear. I only eat one meal a day. If I eat one more thing. I get so bloated and it's painful.
I was suicidal for years. Just a mess. 51 now...no period for 10 months...feeling a wee bit better. Tough stuff Darling...hang in there. I love you. We are in this together. You are far from alone love.
Flaxseed powder helped me sail through menopause.
Hah. Thank you for the tip. I add flaxseed to my morning oatmeal. How do you use it.
Special kind of distress when you had your children late (35 and 39) and then in full on menopause with teenagers - there is no time for a break 😢
Thank goodness you’ve done this. I’m
In the midst of per-menopause and my whole life has changed: friends, work, the way I live. HRT isn’t always the answer! I’m still struggling in HRT. Everyone is so different.
Perimenopause. Not premenopause. Us women need to use the correct terms if we want to be heard and understood.
@@HGCUPCAKESSo many women don’t know or understand these terms. Watching interviews like this changes many lives
I am 53, in peri menopause, thanks to keto and IF no symptoms! I feel great and strong! It is also the mindset: I have never feared menopause, I have always been looking forward to it, to get liberated from the periods, I see it as a positive change in life! I have heard that our surrenals take over some of the production of hormones, if we are healthy with a healthy lifestyle. I often talk about my menopause. I do not see why it would be a taboe.
No night sweats at all?
@@HH-gv8mx Hi! Since a week or two I wake up twice at night being hot, but no sweat. And lately I started noticing dry eyes. I will try to be more strict with keto or even go more to ketovore/carnivore.
@@KirstiCheetahh none of the females in my family talk about it. my mom had a hysterectomy so she didn’t experience menopause. Yet I remember experiencing her menopause!.
I’m 48 and thought I was too young to be going through this already but too many symptoms pointing towards menopause. The night sweats just started. Not feeling rested, almost always exhausted like I’m pushing myself. And I didn’t know that dry eye what is the symptom of menopause but I have been having dry eye as well!. @KirstiCheetahh
@@HH-gv8mx I will try what happens when I eat more fatty fish, egg yolks, butter and liver paté. To get more fat and vitamin A. These are needed for the lipid layer (made by the meibomian glands in the eyelids) on the eye that keeps the tears from evaporating. Good luck to you too!
Menopause would have definitely put me in the insane asylums back in the day. Ignorance is not an excuse anymore!
Women can’t get hormone replacement therapy patches in Australia and the world, thanks to the attention seeking parents and adult males that make a choice and decide to either mutilate their bodies of healthy young boys or their male bodies. Using FEMALE drugs to cosplay another gender when REAL women require these drugs to help them with the natural aging process that takes place. A process that REAL WOMEN cannot control or prevent and some require life saving treatment for. Rather than a social media driven, government developed attention seeking acts of mentally ill people pretending to be something they’re not!
Australian women are now at a higher risk of osteoporosis, heart attack, stroke, anxiety and panic attacks, debilitating night sweats day sweats, dementia and suicide. Why the F is this allowed?!!!
Women are STILL suffering, not from drs lack of knowledge but because of men cosplaying women’s gender! It’s wrong!!
My granny had a nervous breakdown going through the menopause bless her. Probably Wouldn't have happened if there was help for women back then.
At 40 and perimenopause hit me so hard, I'm now 42 and starting to feel more human again.... wished I'd known what was going on with my body before now! It's been hell and then some! Understanding what is happening is so important, once I gain knowledge of what this shitshow was it instantly became more manageable. Information is gold..... You're video helped too, thank you❤ stay strong ladies and gents whom are suffering the same.
Love, time and patience really is a healer. ❤❤❤
Oh I feel for you Darling. I'm 51 and your hell hasn't even started. Nothing could have prepared me....I was suicidal....made myself homeless for 23 nights. Scared the crap out of my 22 year old. Wow, I turned into a monster. 10 months now no period. Starting to feel better. I destroyed my life in the past few years. No, I don't miss it.
At 56 years-old, my period finally (fingers crossed) has come to a sudden stop. I am fairly healthy: since 2018 I cut out obvious sugar (lollies, cakes, biscuits, etc), and have very limited wheat and almost no meat or dairy. I don't think I had any peri-menopausal symptoms apart from maybe two months of hot flushes once my period stopped (and no associated sweating) maybe two-to-five times a day. I used to get brain fog, but when I cut out sugar in 2018, it cleared. I'm grateful it has (thus far) been a breeze.
I suggest menopause pride month 💪💪💪😀 I want to march with all my cca 50 sisters, sweat like crazy and yell at people around me 😂 and repeat myself! And repeat myself!
No seriously I'm a bit scared so thank you for this interview
I felt that Inthe bones lady .❤
I'm with you😂
The brain fog is treacherous! I'm 43 and am on the other side of menopause now. I started early thanks to my thyroid condition and PCOS, but the brain fog is the one thing that persists and is still a struggle. I know my limits now, and I understand my hormones SO much better.
I love "the cultural hush" I got really irritated with my husband when he acted like I was having my period on purpose...I said to him you grew up with a mother and 3 sisters how can this be a surprise to you. It happens every month keep a track of it yourself!!!
I’m only 41 & already going through peri-menopause. My period stopped for a year when I was 38 years old, so my journey started much earlier than the average statistic. And didn’t realise it.
The stats are actually outdated. Most women start at 38. Ask your friends. You will see it.
Do you have trauma especially developmental or complex? Please check it out. There’s a definite link between trauma, adrenals, glands in the brain, hormones etc. It’s not just about the body or individual genetics (if so it’s probably epigenetics due to inter generational trauma not biology..) Contrary to what ‘they’ say, it’s not normal for a woman to reach menopause in her late 30s or even till mid 40s.
Also the processed foods we are eating nowadays are causing early menopause because they have harmful chemicals. I am 39 and I can already notice inconsistencies in my cycle and the symptoms mentioned in the vlog. My mother told me she had her last cycle at 55 years. She has spent a lot of her life in the countryside with much less stress and always fresh foods straight from the garden, so I think that has contributed to her good health.
Here with you! I’m 40 now, and realizing mine started around 37.
I was in full menopause at 38. I didnt use any hormones. It was hell.
Im 48 now. I still never got my mental stability back. I still have night sweats. Mood swings. I have always battled depression. But menopause caused a deep depression.
I’m so sorry I’m going through it the depression is relentless
That is where I am now at 52. More downtime, mindfulness and meditation and it has helped a lot. ❤
I thought I knew about menopause and was expecting hair loss, hot flushes and periods to go skewiff. Didn't see any of these in my 40s so I felt lucky I hadn't started my peri menopause. Unbeknownst to me, it had been creeping up for years and had not noticed bc i was unaware of any other symptoms apart from the ones i just mentioned. I had completely lost my libido, had slowly lost all motivation to do anything (least of all exercise), was constantly tired, had many ligaments/tendon issues so couldn't walk far and was in pain, put on a stupid amount of weight especially around my middle and had suicidal thoughts just before i would get a period (but didn't realise that connection at the time). This went on from age 43 to around age 50 when finally my periods started getting irregular and the penny dropped. Still no hot flushes and my hair is ok. Four months ago at 51, I started HRT patches and I'm beginning to feel like 'me' again. I still have a way to go bc many things haven't returned but at least I'm aware of why I feel the way I do and can better understand my self as can my husband. Many older women may say...'Oh I never had any menopause symptoms when I went through 'the change', but I bet they did and just didn't know that is what it was!
Thank you for explaining this. I wish you could explain this to all the people in OBGYN department! They have NO answers for me.
I'm 47 and perimenapause started last December hit me hard from nowhere. Period stopped for 6 months then came back last month. Hot flushes are the worse and so embarrassing. Emotions all over the place and I feel I can't control how I feel
Thank you so much for caring enough to do this series. It will be interesting to also talk about how hormones act up when you are peri- menopausal and pregnant.
OMG! Thank you for this interview. I have shared it with all my family. Knowledge leads to understanding.
There are young girls who have horrible cycles and it always goes back to hormones! Eat WFPB, whole foods plant based. Daily self care will help with "reacting vs responding", breathe work, grounding, movement, a holistic approach 💗🙌
Complete nonsense for someone actually experiencing Perimenopause or menopause.
Same con as “happy hormones”.
The things you’ve suggested do not prevent heart disease, stroke, night sweats, osteoporosis, thoughts of suicide or suicide.
It’s like suggesting to just breath and go for a walk when you have a toothache.
Women with real symptoms WILL NOT benefit from the ideas you’ve given. It’s woke nonsense.
Thank you for this conversation❣️. Thank you, thank you‼️. I can’t say everything right now because you are explaining my life😵💫
I had a total hysterectomy at age 26, my health mental and physical has gone down hill. It’s impossible to find affordable help
I am 51, w/ discipline, diet and yoga, no problems until now.
Oh God the forgetfulness is so true I thought I was going mental or loosing my edgy mindset. I even got nasty comments like you are like Dory in Finding Nemo!, I'm a teacher so that really hurt to hear that.
Also it's great to hear that I need to slow down because that's exactly why I feel I should do and finding ways to do so whilst accomplishing work.
Thank you for making me feel some what "normal" after saying that there is a high rate of suicide during perimenopause (as ive had suicidal ideation ) so this is now making alot of sense to me. Ive been going through perimenopause since 37 - 38 yrs old (potentially even earlier as i only took real notice when the changes were intense and spoke to my GP who said no your not, your too young. I said i am, i know my body
My doctor has put me on zoey which has helped me through my perimenopause plus aniexty medication (its getting me by, but its still a struggle)
The pill has helped my sleep and lowered the hot feet at night.
Thanks for this open discussion to normalise these symptoms
Thanks completely agree tht the hrdest part is the mood changes with anxiety and brian fog. I confirm that once the periods stop everything goes better.
I also now have fibromyalgia- 😢 every day is a struggle, migraines IBS I totally understand why 45-55 high suicide rates are so high. I want to eat better/ move more but too tired or in pain 75% of the time
Increase your magnesium for migraine, prebiotic & probiotic for gut health. Trust God to help you he will.
So am 10 years post menopause, none of this info around when I started my menopause.... So what about 60+ women?
The brain fog is real. Freaking annoying. And being more tired. Forget eating sugar or salt - the body can't handle it with blood pressure and increased insulin resistance.
I’m 57. I did not experiencing menopause. I think because I was fasting with a clean diet.
No. It's more linked to generic.
Impressive thanks for this amazing podcast I really needed these information 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I find the ages she is quoting here is very odd, from my own, and my friend's experience, Menopause is from 52-54 upwards, and the drop in hormone levels (Which blood tests can identify) called Peri-menopause starts around 45 upwards. The real Menopause issues like brain fog and sweats/flushes affect women whose periods have stopped, for years in some cases. She makes it seem like they all go away once periods stop, that is not the case. Everyone experiences menopause so differently but the age scale she is referring to is less common for the general population.
If you listen to the whole podcast, it's excellent. She runs through menstruation cycles first and how best to care for yourself or your partner. Then moves onto menopause. Really good info.
You and your friends were lucky, but there are variations in age, and menopause is happening earlier for a lot of women. Perimenopause starts about 10 years before the last period, and does cause menopausal symptoms for a lot of women during this phase. I know of several women who went into menopause from early to late 40’s. I think about 1/3 women will have severe symptoms too.
You and your friends are blessed. I started peri-menpause at 43. I am now almost 49 and deep in menopause and I can say its like living a nightmare you cant wake up from.
I’m only 38 and have started Peri the past 2 years.
I had night sweats at 43. It stopped as soon menopause at 50. Brian fog, fatigue, forgetfulness and extreme emotions still there.
Have to comment again - I do the keto variation naturally, my body asks for carbs and generally more food abt a week before I should be getting my period, 3 days into the cycle (even if it doesn't arrive physically) I experience a dramatic drop in appetite. The rest of the time I eat keto. Thanks for an interesting show!
1:30 Losing progesterone
2:40 40-55, recalibrating loss of hormones
4:00 Average age 52 for menopause
7:30 HRT
9:30 Fasting
11:30 Schedule more downtime
I am still struggling with the up and down mood swings at 58 . I was unable to take HRT. I know I am not alone, a lot of women even into their 60's are still struggling .
i so thank you for this podcast, yes, i have subscription. i am in de middle of menopause, i hate it!!!
Thank you, thank you, thank you for this video❤ I really needed to hear this today and to help me during my new journey
That is the perfect title for the book
Imagine those young females who think they are trans. Some even got hysterectomy. They don't know what they are doing; their parents don't know what they are doing.
If been sharing this like mad such a wonderful interesting subject xxx
I had no problems in peri menopause. I have many symptoms since turning 50. Post menopause hasn’t been good. Three years on I’m still waiting to turn the corner. It’s very frustrating.
The hot flashes at night and the interruptions to sleep are the worst bits.
Diet has been crucial for me. I've been perimenopausal from age 36 after having anorexia, and I'm now 44 and closing in on the finish line. I bloody LOVE not having a period. I feel like my mood is so stable. Fertility has been one big long depression for me.
This is so encouraging ! I hope when I hit perimenopause, it feels just like this. Fertility years were not my best. Still not are. It felt/feels like injustice to me.
@@K1ngq4t Perimenopause can be AWFUL when you're in the hormonal swings, but totally manageable with the right diet and lifestyle! Personally magnesium supplementation has been key, I use magnesium chloride gel, but heard Neuro-Mag is amazing for mood and mental health. Haven't tried it yet myself tho.
I recommend the non-soy HRT cake recipe, and going paleo. 10 months since my last period, and I’m 51. Spend a lot of my time furious. My mother, who was a complete basket case during her menopause, has completely blanked me - in her memory (she’s now in her 80s), she never experienced any of the symptoms and she was an angel. Ha-flipping-ha.
Great doctor this lady
Thanks for sharing blessings
This is gold!
I think this is great , not something to put us down. Understanding our cycle means we learn to manage our life around it. We can still move forward during different times of our cycle but we can't be doing the same thing , for example that men can do. For example, weight training for men and women is different because men can train the same way all month, while women its more beneficial to lift heavy 2 weeks of our period and lighter or cardio movements the other 2 weeks, depending on our we feel.
We can move forward but not the same way.
Diet is key and weight training for balancing hormones.
For example, I still work hard during certain time of my cycles but if for some reason Im having fatigue or close to my period I will not be hard on myself mentally. The rest of my cycle Ill be very strict with my schedule and will push myself but the world will not end if Im easy on my self 1 to 3 days of the month.
Wow this is sooo helpful
This is something I like talking about bc ppl do not talk about it.. but my issue is I’m 60 and I think I had my last period in June 2023.. my doctors took all kinds of tests bc they said “ there’s no way you’re still having periods.. it must be something else.. well every test came back negative.. it even said I was in peri-menopause and not menopause.. so now I wait…. To see if this is the last one 🤦🏾
All of this is like PCOS. We aren’t taught to get our levels checked and how to treat with healthy foods and supplements that provide what’s lacking and lowering what’s too high. We’re told we have a problem and just take another drug and it makes it worse. Only now are doctors and women in general finding a spot to mention we must find better ways to test and fix or help lower or increase hormones naturally. Sure, there are many who can’t naturally because their doctor doesn’t know how to do it naturally but many times it’s a bad gut issue. Know your body to the point you can feel the difference a food or supplement does for you. Write it down.
I wish someone would help me fix my bad gut and my hormonal issues. Ive suffered my entire life with hormones and now I am in menopause.
Ok, so I'm just gonna hibernate for the next 6 years. Because I've been in perimenopause for years....I'm damn tired.
I had my lifestyle dialled in and was crushed by perimenopause.
Great video!
There is a bit of a stigma around women in menapause
More than a bit IMHO
Why wasn’t this taught in school?!
So in short the menopause process is just a mirror to the puberty process.
Women need to understand what's happening to them.....and self reflect...and stop blaming everyone around them...for how they feel and react.
Can you please tell me are we in menopause from 12 months after our last period until we die at whatever age that is. If I still have my womb and ovaries do I still have the right balance of hormones. Apart from not having severe sweats i have all the symptoms of menopause brain fog , low libido, anxiety, I am 64 and my last period was 14 years ago. Should I be on HRT. I hear the study that said the HRT caused a high risk of Breast Cancer was proven incorrect recently. Do GP’s know about this
Thank you 🙏🏻.
I would not have made it through peri/pre/menopause without my bio identical progesterone.
What bio identicals did you work with please?
Hormones or Hrt can not be taking by all women . Of u have had certain cancers, u are told not to take it as it increases your risk of cancer
My friend committed suicide in the menopause she was 52. I am now 52 and finding the menopause brutal. I have come off HRT as it was making me worse back to trying to tackle it naturally. My mother had a hysterectomy and was crazy afterwards screaming shouting talking to herself she wasn't given HRT for years.
My mom had a hysterectomy and was completely insane afterwards. She was so mean and awful to me. She became such a grouch. I don’t think she ever did HRT. She said that she never went through menopause because of having a hysterectomy. But it sure seems like she went through menopause. She was just awful!
wow this is good!
This should have been longer
Get your Mayo Calm to help level out your hormones and add Zinc. There’s also various other herbals that will help you lower stress and level your hormones. Get them checked too because foods will even make them change. Some foods will hurt.
Can you elaborate? Thanks
Please help with the names of the herbals
Eesh, menopause absolute minefield, some sail through while for others it's like sinking in quicksand. Mines the latter, drives me insane how I can't affect it. Have always had an interest in natural health and fixing problems through the gut and liver but hey ho, not this time. HRT has helped a little but still feel I've lost myself and this is 10 years on.
My 45-50 phase is absolutely no better than 40-45 apart from just keeping the worst of it at bay with HRT. Don’t take her age groupings as hard cut offs. You’ll be disappointed.
Women start to see every man disgusting during the premenopause. Hormons make them despise men. Then they divorce. Then the phase is over. They start to look for men again, hitting Tinder etc. Its VERY common.
My ex wife explained this years after menopause. She explained she saw me as a nasty beast during the premenopause. She made the forced divorce. After 2 years it was suddenly over. I looked like a lovely man again. But then it was too late.
Feel like the conversation could have been longer .
Men are so lucky.
Women start to see every man disgusting during the premenopause. Hormons make them despise men. Then they divorce. Then the phase is over. They start to look for men again, hitting Tinder etc. Its VERY common.
My ex wife explained this years after menopause. She explained she saw me as a nasty beast during the premenopause. She made the forced divorce. After 2 years it was suddenly over. I looked like a lovely man again. But then it was too late.
I am 52 and I started having perimenopause symptoms at age 45. I have brain fog, very bad PMS and I feel bloated all the time. I would really want to get to the actual menopause phase but I still have periods although I sometimes skip some
I’m going to be 54 next month and had a hysterectomy but kept my ovaries about 4 years ago. No idea what or if my hormones exist but I am having brain fog, which could also be my thyroid and huge amount of stress. Just started taking care of my 96 year old grandma. Does this mean I only have one more year of crazy 😂😂😂
Obe jad good results with pueria mirifica.ots like a natiral version of hrt
I disagree with this woman regarding post menopause." Post" menopause was far worse for me.
If your hormones are healthy you should not have too many issues just help her with a healthy lifestyle
I wonder what the mRNA technology has done, and will do, to the female cycle, considering it has been shown to target the reproductive organs.
one meal a day (OMAD) no sugars ladies 😊
I'm 62 and just barely finishing up with menopause now...late bloomer, I guess.
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