Is perimenopause misunderstood or are we the patient misunderstood?

Something incredibly important I had to repost from my own experiences which had ultimately led me to the space I am in now from this EXACT same situation in a doctors rooms this time last year. 

It was the usual symptoms
✅ Insomnia
✅ Hot flushes
✅ Weight gain 
✅ Heart palpitations 
✅ Anxiety
✅ Low energy and self esteem

Those few symptoms literally send you round the twist and for me it came on suddenly. 

In my replay of events I was in tears at the doctors rooms asking for help and this was not the first time. I explained it all without exaggeration but I said I can’t handle the symptoms for much longer so what are my options?

“Well you can’t have HRT due to your breast density so you don’t have any choice other than a prescription for an antidepressant.”

“What about a natural route?”

She couldn’t suggest any other than a natural supplement my mother took 40 years earlier that did zip for me!

Well, I’m not depressed plus I don’t want a synthetic drug to mask the symptoms I need to fix the root cause not put a bandaid on it, so I said thank you, no, and I left. Disillusioned but not surprised.

So like all people who see a gap in the market one went searching to fill that gap!! Surely there’s a better way to manage these crippling symptoms?

Turns out there is…..

I’m happy to report that there are ways to help support your body through peri-menopause and all natural may I add. 

❌ No more insomnia
❌ No more anxiety 
❌ No more heart palpitations 
…and a lot more energy and happiness!!

For all the women out there still navigating this path;

👏 ALWAYS get a second opinion when it comes to your health. 
👏 ALWAYS listen to your intuition it’s there guiding you. 
👏 You ALWAYS have choice!

Thank you Louise Newson and the BBC for highlighting this important issue! 🙏🫶

Over and Out 
BB 🙏⚡️
 
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Thank you for to BBC and Eastenders for highlighting how hard it is for most perimenopausal women to be prescribed safe, effective body identical hormones treatments from many GPs. 

This happens far too often. I am actually embarrassed to be a GP and hear these stories. Prescribing hormones is safer than prescribing antidepressants too. 

This has gone on for too long and is harming women. 

How is hormone health going to improve for women? I actually am struggling to understand why there is so much resistance to change.

Dr Louise Newson LinkedIn post for those who wish to watch the clip.

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