That is so true! I am getting to this age when the inevitable is starting to show that it will happen and from what I can tell, I am starting to be dealing with what must be hot flashes, and already for some time with some problems during intimacy. But whenever I bring up some issues I am recently having with my doctor, whom I have used for many years, her reaction is basically "just deal with it, and by the way, there are various aides", although she says it with fewer words than that. However, it seems clear that ultimately the effects on body and mind of this "situation" are much more significant than the amount of effort the average doctor wants to spend on it.What infuriates me is the lack of scientific research and understanding on menopause vs. say pregnancy.
You go to your doc with peri/menopause symptoms (even your older female gynos who have been thru it) and it's basically a shrug and a mystery and knowing chuckle that every woman is different, la la la. Hot flashes, crazy hormonal stuff worse then when you were a teenager? ok they say things like try yoga and tea and herbal stuff.
Compare that to pregnancy... I recently searched on books on amazon on pregnancy - over 50,000. On peri-menopause? - 2,000.
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