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I have ABSOLUTELY not been feeling like myself. Tasks that I used to enjoy are filled with so much anxiety. Driving is so hard for me now because I get so anxious. The night sweats are horrible and my work day is filled with fatigue and brain fog.
150-200 mg of progesterone!!!! + DHEA - NEVER estrogens!!! ua-cam.com/video/bOLp3s6UxvQ/v-deo.html
We have a free Empowerment Guide that can help you advocate for yourself with your doctor. It also includes resources to find a menopause educated doctor including Telehealth options. Here is the link to request it: mailchi.mp/00fb4ddf891c/empowerment-guide ~ XO Community Support Team
could be Vitamin A toxicity ggenereux.blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/poisoningforprofits.pdf
Yes! Can’t think straight -requiring much more energy to recruit the brain capacity to do the job I’ve done for years. I feeling on edge so much , I find myself holding my breath. I have less patience for the experiences I notably had loads of patience for in the past.
Same 😢
Same! But HRT definitely helps
Same here I have been perimenopausal for 2 years now I'm 52 last 8 months really felt the symptoms mentioned above, three doctors refuse HRT then my PCP prescribed venlafaxine antidepressant Marie Claire commented on my other reply to find a menopause specialist so I finally met with one last week and she told me to buy Equelle for 3 months and then come back and see her because the soy will help with my symptoms and I might not need HRT. Is she right or should I still keep going to the fifth doctor? Marie Claire , Any opinion please? I have probably 5 to 7 hot flashes a day 1-2 at night lasting 1-4 mins I'm very irritated lack of energy when I used to be a go get a girl. I am impatient with everybody around me yes I do have mood swings and lack of energy I have body aches and muscle aches as you mentioned before,.also right shoulder and arm aches. I feel I don't want to do anything and participate in world activities. Then once in a while have a great day maybe every 2 weeks 1 day is fantastic.
I'm struggling like mad with my P.M. I hate it, I hate it bad. My chronic pain is worse, the sweating, the belly, I feel strange mentally too. I've had enough now and can't do this for another 10+ years and the rage is unreal!
The rage ... I get that.
The rage is 😢
All of it! Im with you!
please avoid estrogen!!! ua-cam.com/video/bOLp3s6UxvQ/v-deo.html
Rage??
Praise Jesus! Finally! People are recognizing this. I’m 57 years old and have been feeling like this and struggling with a myriad of these symptoms! It wasn’t until I found this platform that I realized what was going on. I’m now on HRT and feeling so much better. Note: I have always watched what I ate, exercised and did all the things to maintain a healthy lifestyle and still experienced all of these symptoms (and more). Ladies, the struggle has been real. But I’m so grateful to have found Dr. Haver and her research!
How long were you on HRT before you noticed improved symptoms?
Omg yes!!!! I entered perimenopause last October and it’s been nothing but anxiety, panic attacks, irritability, mood swings, crying outbursts, heart palpitations are the worst, crawling skin feeling, tingly arms and hands, brain fog, fatigue, constant worry and fear , and the feeling of going crazy! It’s terrifying! I don’t want on antidepressants. I take magnesium and other vitamins to cope but to think how long this can last is frightening. I’ll be 41 soon btw. Thank you for your videos! Your been a huge part of my perimenopause journey! ❤️
Start HRT.. don't take antidepressants
I've started antidepressants a year ago and could see that it's not just depression, but depression caused by perimenopause. So started HRT 3 months ago and will be going off antidepressants soon
I plan to do the same!!! Thank God for the knowledge, energy and passion Dr. Haver has for this critical medical relief for women!!! I am spreading this to everyone!!! May God bless us all & restore us to good health. It's NOT just in our heads, ladies!!!❤
We have a free Empowerment Guide that can help you advocate for yourself with your doctor. It also includes resources to find a menopause educated doctor including Telehealth options. Here is the link to request it: mailchi.mp/00fb4ddf891c/empowerment-guide ~ XO Community Support Team
It fucking sucks, end of story, thank u doctor we appreciate your support ❤
HRT got me back to "feeling like myself" after years of not knowing WHAT was wrong but that SOMETHING was. Great video!
But the obg Drs I'm my country said you could get Cancer if take hrt. Please help
Pre-HRT = not feeling like myself. On HRT = I'm ME again (within a week and has lasted for 3 years now). The memory of the overwhelming relief of finding myself again after being progressively more lost for over 5 years still moves me to tears. I hope this long overdue research focus on menopause means future women won't have 5 years uncertainty! Thank you for the immense energy and time you devote to helping us all!!
Can I ask? What hormones one get when is on HRT? I don't know this term in Czech and after couple dismissals I got progesteron to take 16. to 26. day of cycle but I didn't feel any change (I got only big stomach problems) so I stopped with it. Thank you
Me too! 4 years feeling worse and worse over time, then feeling a relief after couple days on HRT
@@flaneskait's not progrsterone but especially estrogen needed. Look up Menopause Taylor with hundreds of menopause videos
We have a free Empowerment Guide that can help you advocate for yourself with your doctor. It also includes resources to find a menopause educated doctor including Telehealth options. Here is the link to request it: mailchi.mp/00fb4ddf891c/empowerment-guide ~ XO Community Support Team
@@flaneskaI also got BIG problems with my stomach on the oral progesterone, now I’m trying vaginal pills on day 16-28 in combination with estrogen. It’s better than the oral progesterone, still some side effects like bloating and some stomach issues but not as bad. Taking estrogen helps with the whole terrible perimenopause journey and wish you did not have to take progesterone as well but since you can’t do that bc of risk for cancer choose the vaginal option.
I work with a group of Millennials who do not understand this phase of life. I suffer from severe brain fog, and fatigue, and they treat me like I’m crazy. I also have high anxiety in areas that do not negate this emotion. I’m fatigued far beyond my activity level. I am a mess! I can’t make them understand so most often I just withdraw. I want to thank you and every woman represented in the study. I am not alone, and I am definitely NOT crazy!
I’m a millennial and going through it myself. Let’s not stereotype. Lastly I think having the conversations with younger women is essential for continuing to change how society views and treats this. I am already talking openly to my 17 and 20 year old daughters about what I am going through in hopes that they not only can understand but can identify it for themselves as the time comes and so that the proper research and care continues to make headway so that women no longer have to suffer in the future.
@@laurenmarrs2501She didn't stereotype, she spoke about her own experience, it's not her fault if those around her who happen to be millennials are less than understanding.
The publishers of this study really just rummaged around in my brain and described my daily life for the last ten years. And not a single doctor or nurse practitioner is willing to give me HRT…unless I buy some kind of “wellness package” with a bunch of junk I don’t need or want for $800 or more PER MONTH.
The brain fog/forgetting!!! It feels like I am constantly forgetting what I was about to do!
Have not been feeling myself since Oct 23! Feeling heavy, depressed no mood just wanted to be left allowed however I am a nurse consultant so have to work! I felt like i had cancer! Then the penny dropped! My GP did all my bloods and I was low in zinc foilc acid iron B12 and vit d and perimenopause!! Now on all vitamins and fibre protein and started my HRT gel 2 weeks ago and feel back to normal and a better version of me! Thank you for all you advice and posts! They have helped so much!!
Are you taking estrogen? I am in perimenopause too . Trying to figure out what is for me because my doctor didn't want to prescribe me E.
@sandraibarra210 yes it's Estrogen gel and feel amazing! You must push and if anything print off the updated guide line reserch that Dr Mary will point you to and take it with you to the next appointment! Are you in UK? I am in UK Lincolnshire
I feel like so many women have lost so many years, including me, because no one had any information or knowledge on this subject. Thank you for sharing your knowledge it has helped me tremendously. Love HRT❤
MHT (menopause hormone therapy) was a game changer. The sleep I now get from oral progesterone harkins back to the sleep I got as a teen. Thank you Dr. Haver for making menopause treatment and education your mission. My mission is educating my friends and family. ❤❤
HRT has been a lifesaver. Thank you for elevating these symptoms and validating women everywhere. 💕
Felt all this in my 40s and my period stopped at 44.5 years old. Now in my 50s, have mild symptoms but years of HRT and now managing with nutrient dense eating, healthy lifestyle and exercise. HRT needs to be covered by insurance companies 👍🏼
All of the above! I've felt all of it. I'm so happy this is being recognized.
200% this is me! I'm 50, still having periods, no hot flashes or other "normal" peri symptoms. But I have all the symptoms you listed! I've been following you for a while and since there is only 1 NAMS certified doctor within 50 miles and she's not taking new patients, I just started hrt with Alloy. They're really expensive, so I'm still looking for someone I might trust here so I can get a generic prescription thats less expensive. Thank you for all your hard work!
Literally never had a problem with depression or anxiety my whole life until about age 44-45. I described it to friends/family/doctor as "not feeling like myself".
Definitely all of the above. Severe horrible debilitating depression!!! I am 55 and in full menopause for one year now. My ovaries are in tact. No uterus. I have been praying for the day when someone
would create a brain test to test our hormones!!!! I found your channel last night and could not put it down. I rejoiced with so much joy from your findings! Especially also for Dr. LISA MOSCONI for the brain menopause work!! You two ladies are definitely doing the Lord's work!!! I look forward to discussing the use of the estradiol spray with my doctors asap!! May God continue to bless you both, Dr. HAVER!!❤❤🙏🏽🙏🏽
BTW for 3 years I have been on antidepressants and ABSOLUTELY NOTHING has worked. When my doctor told me 1 year ago I was in full blown menapause, I asked if depression, brain fog, cognitive, concentration, anxiety, etc., could be helped with HRT, her reply was "perhaps but they cause cancer." That scared me so I continued to see a male Psychiatrist who kept me on these USELESS ANTIDEPRESSANTS for the past 4 years. I haven't been able to work like before, it's been dreadful. 😢 Thank God I found you last night. I feel like there can be light at the end of the tunnel, I can have a shot at getting my life back!! Whew! God bless you Doc!!!❤🙏🏽🙏🏽
1000% to this - dramatic shift thank you for all that you do for the sisterhood. ❤
Yes, all the above!! I literally just said to my doctor "I just don't feel like myself". I'm 44yo, about to be 45
Add to that breakthrough bleeding on the CONTINUOUS (mini) pill (no placebo) and intense migraines…. 😣
The crying, anxiety and panic attacks are the worst - out of nowhere this very uncomfortable feeling and the need to cry and worry over things you never thought about earlier. It seems like the days of the “normal, happy-me” are becoming less and less each month… it sucks so bad, just want it to pass.
I thought I'm just overwhelmed by being a single mom of an autistic chils. Then weird pains started, no health issues found, treated for depression and anxiety, but pains stayed. 2 days with HRT and pains disappeared, I can focus more again, less anxiety, better sleep.I was quite young qhen everything started (35)and it was cov-id times also. Tool me 4 years of research and talking to older friends to figure out what's going on. I'm still not fully like my old self, but it's been only 3 months on HRT
I am Peri. I have horrendous anxiety, depression, brain fog, no concentration, no memory, yet as I have not started menopause yet I can't get treatment, as the NHS won't start HRT until you have not had a period for a year
I’m 44 and was given Activella a HRT by my ob/gyn for my horrid perimenopause, day 3, plz ask your dr again! I also use Effexor and it helps❤
Go to a bioidentical hormones clinic
search on the North American Menopause Society website for a menopause trained practioner in your area.
Birth control that have estrogen in them works as well, so it's a safe way to use at the younger age, as doctors don't see much of an issue with them. Hopefully in couple of years everything change and there will be more availability of hormones
Omg 😳 I’m definitely in autopilot 😫 I completely feel it like myself. I have anxiety, lost all sexual connection, moody, irritated, forgetfulness and worries.
This is exactly how I felt post two c-sections in my mid-30s. I’m 45 now, I often wonder if postpartum whacked out my hormones that it caused some symptoms peri women feel. I’m still dealing with the hormonal effects at 45. Please PLEASE check your hormones before and after ladies so you can understand your baseline and with a functional naturopathic doctors (not a regular doctor) get your hormones back into balance. It will save you a decade of pain and suffering like me
I've been wondering too. I got my fibroids (myomectomy) taken out last December and my perimenopause symptoms began in January. 😢 Mind you I never want to go back to the hell I was experiencing with the fibroids. That was over 20 years of suffering. But this is a whole new beast that I wasn't prepared to tackle. When I read that it can last for up to 10 years for more, that startled me.
Wooow! You pretty much described everything I just told my husband last night! Wild!
I’m so grateful to know it’s not just me and I am not crazy.
Thank you you really change my life, thanks to you I asked my family doctor for HRT and I am feeling much better and I started to sleep again. Millions of thank you ❤
This last few weeks have been extra hard, concentration/focus, fatigue, headaches, night sweats, sleeplessness, irritability, anxiousness. I’m exercising, being mindful of what I eat, don’t smoke or drink… I feel like crap and it’s unsettling
I especially when i hear sudden sounds it is as if my heart drops 200 meters down... as if you are falling from the top of a rollercoaster! such a sudden intense feeling is bad for my cortisol. I can't control it!
Yes. I have experienced this but sometimes it doesn't even need to be a loud or sudden sound. Can be just from a normal conversation tone. Definitely adrenal and cortisol related. Perimenopause is a difficult time. Thought I was going crazy and/or dying.
All the best!
100 percent exactly how I feel. Thank you for posting.
EXACTLY!! My experiences EXACTLY 👍 THANK YOU so much for all your work in this!!
I ABSOLUTELY NON-DENIABLE HAVE NOT been feeling like myself. I just said these words the other day. The not being able to focus and the brain fog is unbearable at times which make me anxious. For the first time in my career I was placed on a performance improvement plan because I missed my quality mark by 3% for 3 consecutive months and that was very upsetting. I am on hormonal therapy however sometimes I feel like I need something more. Do you ever prescribe meds for ADHD to help women? The not being able to focus and over thinking is causing the anxiousness for me. HELP..... Thank you for all the hard work you doing! I bought your book but I can't focus long enough to read it. I have read the same paragh twice I get frustrated and just give up. The videos are very help. I am feeling all sorts of crazy. (rage, irratibility, moodiness, restless)
thank you so much for posting important study❤
Literally just look into getting my brain scanned. I totally feel like I need to be in the nervous hospital… I’ve become a hermit carb. Praying this estrogen patch and progesterone start working soon. I do feel a little better but the past 1 year has been complete hell on earth.
Makes me want to quit my job. But I don’t want to quit my job.
Anxiety. Have never had anxiety issues/panic attacks until perimenopause. It certainly sucks. Especially trying to hide it at work. Brain fog. Mood swings/irritability. Hair loss. Vaginal dryness. Feel like a one woman circus trying to balance everything. Too many menopausal plates spinning at once.
I am not feeling like myself at all and I dont recognize myself either!!😢😢😢😢
And I stand by every single symptom on that list!!😢😢😢😢😢
I am 46 and I have only had my period 1 time the last 12 month.😮😮😮
I will be 40 next month. This past year I have been tired, I have been extremely unmotivated to do my daily tasks/chores. I am a highly active person and workout and always got to be doing something. But these past several months, all I want to do is NOTHING! Even daily chores around the house seem like a HUGE task to complete. I have no desire to get up in the mornings, but I do because I know I got to work! Ugh!
Me 100% my bf keeps trying to figure out why. He thinks it’s due to me having my tubes removed 4 yrs ago. But I’m also 45. In my 30’s I swear I was having hot flashes but drs wouldn’t believe me. Now my mood is all over, it’s hard
I’m 40, I still have my periods, very regular… but, my Luteal phase symptoms are exactly what someone would describe as perimenopause :/
I had a baby 4 years ago and I nursed the entire 4 years. Finally weaned.
My body was in menopause the whole time as nursing mimics it. And now that my baby is weaned, my hormones are getting back to “normal”, I feel better overall. Sleep, sex drive, moods, skin, body fat is shifting from looking old to more feminine, and I’m finally losing weight without trying.
But, Luteal phase for me is so brutal, it reminds me of how awful I felt when I was nursing and having menopausal symptoms :(
I don’t know what to do. I feel like a stranger abducts my brain and body and it’s not me, I’m not myself until I get my period.
I am going to turn 40 soon, into perimenopause from this year and have not been feeling myself, have weird body pain, not getting good sleep, though I have been doing IF from before, taking care of diet and exercise 😐
I’m 41 and not feeling like myself is irritability, emotional, fatigue, depression, anxiety, heart palpitations, interrupted sleep, loss of concentration. I’m also noticing that I am having a harder time managing my weight. It does not help I’m dealing with a back injury/sciatica but I am still working out regularly and I have been lifting weights for the last 12 years. I want to start HRT and from my labs I definitely believe I’m showing evidence of perimenopause but I feel so lost and unsupported. I am also freaking out bc I have pmdd and have struggled for year and there seems to be zero data on pmdd and perimenopause/menopause experiences.
For me hrt has helped a lot mood wise, but my main symptoms now are crushing fatigue, headaches and restless legs in bed.
I started full blown perimenopause at the week of my 44th birthday with my first crazy feeling on anxiety I’ve never felt before I noticed it started in my head like I was going crazy this happened when I was on trips like on a cruise or in mountains out of no where it would hit me two months later my estrogen levels kept dropping closer together and didn’t know what it was until my dr confirmed it was perimenopause and gave me ssri nothing else. I couldn’t stand the feeling anymore at work or anywhere I went therefore I did research and went to my gyno and started me with estradiol birth control after a couple months I started feeling a little bit better and heard experts like Dr haver and more and he started me then on HRT and been on it for a month and half although I’m getting break through bleeding it says Clamira is part of the side effect.. waiting to feel even better in a few weeks on the lowest dose. 🙏
You have to take progesterone with estrogen.. then you won't have bleeding. The offset is crucial otherwise your lining will get too thick.
yes, oral progesterone is needed if you still have a uterus to protect the lining against cancers. Progesterone can still be beneficial even if you don’t have a uterus.
@@SPower-yl9ww yes I’m taking it too but today was the first with no bleeding after 9 days
@@26evajdiaz it will stabilise. If you do 25 days on, 5 days, won't bleed at all
@@SPower-yl9ww you HRT for 25 days and then 5 days out of it?
I have almost all of these symptoms at 42. The doctors I've seen only want to prescribe oral progesterone and topical testosterone because the 1 blood test i had done 2 wks prior to my cycle showed adequate estrogen levels. Im thinking about just going on BC at this point for the estrogen but am fearful of the blood clot risks and having the MTHFR mutation. Some relief would be a godsend though!
Yes, yes, and yes!
I think they should teach boys at a young age what women have to go through. I think this would be a good idea I wish I knew more before
That study is describing me😮
I wish they would understand it happens to women so much younger then that typical age, how come that's not talked about. After I had my 2nd in 2020, I have not felt ok and I was 36 at the time. Now almost 4 yrs later things have gotten worse and my previous gyno laughed and said oh no your too young to start that. Never went back.
It was same with me, around 35, had my first child, I thought it's just exhaustion from motherhood. But feeling better on HRT
@@niebieskimotyl3308 have they started that with you? I'm very curious about it
I was first diagnosed with Graves Disease and then a year Katerina after being medicated had my Thyroid removed. At that time I was Estrogen dominant, then normal just before surgery. I am now 4 months post op and Perimenopause.
I feel like I am going bonkers and my body hurts all the time.
My husband said he hopes he can get the old me back soon. Ugggg.
What I suspect was the onset of perimenopause brought on severe PMDD, and Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. It’s been a long 2 years of ups and downs and not getting help or being heard simply because I’m 35 (my mother stopped at 40). I suffer with all of these.. the fearful anxiety that creeps in before my period starts (which can be at any time for any length and flow) is one of the hardest to bear. I’ll handle the hot flashes, insomnia, moodiness all day long but that anxiety is killer for me. My progesterone is super low, so is my FSH, and my TSH. Progesterone pills about killed me. That’s all I’ve been offered minus antidepressants. I can’t take birth control. Thank God for vitamins.. at least they’ve helped.
I will add I miss being able to be intimate with my husband.. due to sex being too painful 💔
You may benefit from a vaginal estrogen like vagifem plus there are others forms of progesterone besides oral. Search on the North American Menopause Society website for a menopause trained specialist in your area. In the United States there are online menopause practioner you could also search for.
Here is an article to help you find a menopause educated doctor. There are also telemedicine options in case you live in an area that doesn't have a lot of choice in doctors.
thepauselife.com/blogs/the-pause-blog/top-4-tips-for-finding-top-notch-menopause-care
~ XO Community Support Team
@@maryclairehavermd8473 thank you so much!!
Yes! What options are there for help?
Where can I find the 7 page guide you mentioned in one of your videos that said it had important questions to ask your doctor?
100% this is me.
Yes, Yes, Yes and I hate this feeling and feel like I could not get out of this funk. What remedies are out there that I should learn more about or try?
Hormone therapy…..transdermal estrogen and progesterone and possibly testosterone.
Me!!! I just got laid off. 😢 I couldn’t focus.
Harder to learn new things, which never was an issue. Re-reading things over and over again. Loss of zest or get up and go, which Dr dx vitamin D deficiency. The vitamin D helped but still didn't feel like me.
I have ALL of these. Desperation led me to you and then ultimately to a hormone clinic where I started pellet therapy with testosterone and progesterone. I feel great for about 3 weeks and then experience a full on crash in energy and emotions and I'm right back to NFLM again. I am 47, still have my period, and pretty fit for my age. I was told that I "burn" thru the pellets faster due to my low fat body index. Is this true? The pellets hurt in my butt almost the entire 3 months. I was also told that was because of my muscular build. My low libido is still tanking. Haven't experienced any incline in that area and it's hurting my marriage. Some days I wanna unalive, some days I wanna cry all day, some days I just sit and feel sorry for myself. It's a terrible feeling because I actually sought out help, paying a buttload of money, and still don't feel good...... I'm on my 2nd round of pellets and my periods are so much worse now too. Each. month they are heavier, longer, more emotionally draining and I literally become another human being than no one can be around.
Every single one 😢
Hi Doc, I'm in 40's, still single..lots of issues High b.p low glycemic index ,brain fog ,lots of anxiety weight gain what to do Doc I'm using Magnesium glycine, vit D3, I don't which diet and supplements shld I use .
Thanx
Regards ❤🎉
Watch her long videos for starters
I honestly don't know how I'll get through this.
We have a free Empowerment Guide that can help you advocate for yourself with your doctor. It also includes resources to find a menopause educated doctor including Telehealth options. Here is the link to request it: mailchi.mp/00fb4ddf891c/empowerment-guide ~ XO Community Support Team
I am struggling so much
This is happening to me. I can't take HRT, I have a blood clotting disorder (genetic). What can I do?
I have all these symptoms my doctor is no help 😢
Quick question? I've been experiencing menopause since I was 38 and now I am 45. I have done hormone therapy with pellets and I am wanting to do replacement therapy. What are the side effects?
Pellets are a form of hormone replacement therapy although not one that is generally recommended by most menopause practitioners. Transdermal (a gel or cream applied topically) is the preferred method along with body identical progesterone if you still have a uterus. Testosterone can also be offered if needed.
Dr. Haver usually prescribes transdermal estradiol patches and oral micronized progesterone as well as vaginal estradiol cream (used locally it is not absorbed systemically). A menopause educated doctor should be able to help you with this. Here is an article to help you find a menopause educated doctor. There are also telemedicine options in case you live in an area that doesn't have a lot of choice in doctors.
thepauselife.com/blogs/the-pause-blog/top-4-tips-for-finding-top-notch-menopause-care
~ XO Community Support Team
Brain fog, poor memory, and I get upset over little things that I would laugh about it before.
I seriously wonder if menopause is actually the beginning stages of the female human dying because in the past women didn't live as long as we do now , aren't we all just artificially extending our life past our expiration date? And menopause is our body telling us that it's almost time to go? Because none of these bizarre symptoms and unnecessary suffering makes sense!
This is what Menopause Taylor explains in one of her videos. Women were just dying young from multiple pregnancies, or poor living conditions
@@niebieskimotyl3308 but that doesn't answer the question if menopause is realistically the dying process of the female human, are we supposed to die and we're just prolonging our existence with modern medicine? I personally am not afraid of death but I am terrified of suffering I don't want to suffer, but it seems like many women are choosing suffering instead of naturally dying is that what's really going on???
Look up The Grandmother Hypothesis-human females are only one out of a couple mammalian species that can live well beyond their reproductive years. Why might that be the case? One theory why human females can live well beyond their reproductive fertility years is that human infants are very labor intensive to raise and it takes many many years before the infant reaches adulthood. So the theory is that, from a species-wide/evolutionary perspective, it was advantageous for human females to continue living beyond their own years of fertility in order to provide the necessary additional support to younger mothers still in their reproductive years to ensure survival of those younger mothers’ offspring.
@@gailgrigg I've heard of that theory but I don't believe it
I don't think humans were meant to have so many children either
Out of all species the human child is the most difficult and longest to raise , animal children are so much easier there has to be a reason why human children were made to be so difficult, even human pregnancy is damaging and stressful on the human female , before modern medicine women did die at a certain age , the longer you live the more your body falls apart
If we didn't have modern medicine today would we still be living this long? Look at all the people that should have died from a heart attack or died from other conditions yet they still live because they're preserved by modern medicine, sometimes I see fragile old weak people and I think why is this person still alive just suffering trapped in their old debilitated body
Menopause from everything I've heard sounds like punishment of living too long but I still wonder if it's the beginning stages of the dying process for the female human
I remember my pets before they died they also went through stages
Not exactly similar to menopause but menopause itself makes no sense as being something natural
And if it is natural that doesn't mean that it's a good thing, we can say cancer is natural that doesn't make it a good thing, I personally hope that one day soon assistant euthanasia will be legal in all 50 states of America because people should have the right to leave and not suffer
Instead being forced to continue prolonging the existence of suffering
I am miserable and my dr doesn’t want to give me a hormonal panel test. I eat right I exercise everything I’ve gained so much weight. Don’t know myself any more. I even use fowl language sometimes. So not myself.🥲
I don’t know my body. The energy that it takes for me to get up and move just a little bit of the day is exhausting.