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The #Menopause thread
Talking about the difficulty of younger women experiencing menopause and not being able to discuss symptoms with their peer group
#FiLiA2019
Talking about the difficulty of younger women experiencing menopause and not being able to discuss symptoms with their peer group
#FiLiA2019
Lack of sleep - disturbed sleep patterns that continues years after the hot flushes and night sweats
Periods - some suffer them so heavy you feel like you're passing a small country
For others they get lighter and more sparse but PMT / PMS gets worse
For others they get lighter and more sparse but PMT / PMS gets worse
Sharing personal views of online support groups to support women
Gaps in service provision/ support networks for young people going through #Menopause
Gaps in service provision/ support networks for young people going through #Menopause
Asking about the stigma of discussing #Menopause at work
Leads to lack of knowledge of whether symptoms are usual
Leads to lack of knowledge of whether symptoms are usual
Anxiety and panic attacks that come from nowhere
Adrenaline rushes out of the blue
Digestive problems that make period poos feel like nothing
Adrenaline rushes out of the blue
Digestive problems that make period poos feel like nothing
Itchy scalp
Itchy feet
Skin dryness is common
Dry hair - hair loss
Those on #HRT feel their hair condition improves
Discussion leads on to types of HRT
Why do GPs try to push women towards the coil?
Itchy feet
Skin dryness is common
Dry hair - hair loss
Those on #HRT feel their hair condition improves
Discussion leads on to types of HRT
Why do GPs try to push women towards the coil?
Discussion moves to herbal remedies and change in diets to alleviate symptoms
You can buy herbal gin to help with menopause
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You can buy herbal gin to help with menopause
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Dangers of self medicating with herbal remedies/ supplements without knowing possible side effects
Supplements don't have to provide list of contra indications in the same way medication do
Supplements don't have to provide list of contra indications in the same way medication do
Supplements that work for some don't work for others
It's trial and error to find something that works for you
Cultural difference impact on severity of symptoms? Some cultures deal with #Menopause differently
It's trial and error to find something that works for you
Cultural difference impact on severity of symptoms? Some cultures deal with #Menopause differently
Workplaces have temperatures set to what is comfortable for men - nightmare for women going through the #Menopause
#EverydaySexism
#EverydaySexism
How do women manage to work full time when going through the #Menopause
Lacking sleep among other symptoms that affect every day life make it so difficult to function
Lacking sleep among other symptoms that affect every day life make it so difficult to function
Revived symptoms when stopping #HRT
Current shortages of #HRT leaving some women overwhelmed with new symptoms of #Menopause
Current shortages of some types of #HRT leaving women having to use different types with new side effects
Current shortages of #HRT leaving some women overwhelmed with new symptoms of #Menopause
Current shortages of some types of #HRT leaving women having to use different types with new side effects
Brain fog
Losing words + concentration
Feeling generally ill with no specific cause or symptoms
Struggling to get GPs to diagnose #Menopause
Difficulty getting a simple blood test, no longer offered routinely for women
Women paying to get private health care for #Menopause
Losing words + concentration
Feeling generally ill with no specific cause or symptoms
Struggling to get GPs to diagnose #Menopause
Difficulty getting a simple blood test, no longer offered routinely for women
Women paying to get private health care for #Menopause
Magnetic knickers 
Even though some symptoms are talked / joked about we still can't talk about how debilitating periods become.
Not able to be away from a loo for more than half an hour
Not daring to sit down for fear of flooding
Passing clots that you can feel slide out
#Menopause
#FiLiA2019
Not able to be away from a loo for more than half an hour
Not daring to sit down for fear of flooding
Passing clots that you can feel slide out
#Menopause
#FiLiA2019
Self care / coping with mood swings / extremes
Feeling a very real need to kill - especially that smug friend who feels the need to tell you in detail that she's finding #Menopause easy
#FiLiA2019
Feeling a very real need to kill - especially that smug friend who feels the need to tell you in detail that she's finding #Menopause easy
#FiLiA2019
There isn't enough knowledge about what comes after #Menopause
There needs to more research into post menopause life but seems unlikely to happen because there's no money to be made looking after women who no longer need medication
@T4W_Henpicked
There needs to more research into post menopause life but seems unlikely to happen because there's no money to be made looking after women who no longer need medication
@T4W_Henpicked
Loss of sex drive
Guilt at losing sex drive
Nobody talks about women losing their sex drive as a result of menopause - why?
Guilt at losing sex drive
Nobody talks about women losing their sex drive as a result of menopause - why?
Please, please, please women keep this thread going.
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It is so, so important that we talk about #Menopause
It happens to all women eventually but we still only talk in hushed tones
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Comment on it
Talk about it
RT it
Bookmark it
It is so, so important that we talk about #Menopause
It happens to all women eventually but we still only talk in hushed tones
Shout it out
