Can anyone point me in the direction of information regarding increased libido during #perimenopause ? It's impossible to search for online as you just get a gazillion bits of information about the exact opposite.
These super strong hot flashes have been kicking my ass today. Not just with extreme heat (which never reaches to my freezing finger tips or toes), but with the dizziness and nausea as well.
Thought. I have always run warm. I do feel the cold, but not as much as most people. I hate (detest?) overheated department stores. This got worse with the onset of perimenopause, & I was unable to wear jumpers for years, because I couldn’t get them off quickly enough during hot flushes, which threatened spontaneous combustion. This settled somewhat after finally going on HRT.
I’ve noticed a change since going on ADHD meds. I now wear winter pjs on a “cool” summers night, & a nightie on warmer ones & am more likely to don a jacket of an evening.
Nieuwe podcast over #Overgang#Menopause . De idioot lange lijst symptomen, de gebrekkige onderzoeken en HRT.
"Menopause is hetzelfde alsof mannen hun ballen zouden krimpen en verdwijnen op hun 51ste."
Er wordt 7 keer meer onderzoek gedaan naar mannelijke impotentie dan naar menopauze. Tegen vrouwen wordt gezegd: hier heb je antidepressiva en doe niet zo flauw.
La découverte de la longue survie de femelles chimpanzées au-delà de leur période reproductive alimente de nombreuses questions sur la nature de la #ménopause. Est-elle issue de notre mode de vie ultra-protégé ou de millions d’années d’#évolution?
#Poitiers : la semaine prochaine, c'est le retour des MENSTRUEUSES ! On inaugure mardi 21 avec un atelier d'écriture sur la #ménopause organisé par Elise Thiébaut et une séance de ciné, et on termine dimanche 26 avec un atelier #fanzine à la Fanzinothèque. Entre les deux : expo, concert, manif, spectacles et conférences.
This is the cat that nearly burns her whiskers off on heaters, likes to sleep under the hot steel of the airtight wood stove, and lays directly in the hot Sun during heat waves.
Lately, she's been sleeping in the bathtub when it's wet, letting me shower her daily, and found the coldest place in the bathroom to sleep.. Behind the toilet.
She's weird. Takes after her dad. #Caturday#BlackCat#SeniorCat#menopause
I can remember my Mum and her friends talking about the 'the change'. Not in an open way that really explained what it is was, far more vague than that. "Well it's probably the change" kind of phrases. I did know it was the menopause but all I knew was that your periods stopped and things were 'different'.
Of course as I got older I learned more but mostly that did nothing
I want to talk about Women's Pain. I've never had "good" periods, not since I was a teenager, but as I aged they got worse and worse. I was basically bedridden three days out of the month, and popping ibuprofen for a while after that too. I even got a prescription for Marijuana, because I knew the ibuprofen wasn't good for my stomach, and I needed something to ease the pain. Despite all of this, I just assumed that this was what it was like for most women.
I've always had a lot of anxiety about doctors, but it had ramped up since childhood. My Mom has been in and out of hospitals her whole life, and has had some pretty traumatic experiences. I watched my Dad die in an ER in front of me. But my best friend died suddenly of a preventable illness, and I decided I had to do better, regular Doctor visits was the top of the list, since I had only been going when I absolutely needed to. I casually mentioned to the doctor increased pain during periods and he (like a very good doctor) ordered an ultrasound just in case. This started months and months of tests and doctor visits, 4 ultrasounds, birth control pills that made me sick, an MRI, two different specialists, one of which let me know that I was a mess inside, but I would need surgery to find out exactly how, basically a nightmare. I was so ready to be done with it that when they said surgery I said Yes, immediately, I was so ready to be done. My surgeon was fantastic, but basically said they wouldn't know what the end result was be until they were in there could be just cyst removal, could be a total hysterectomy. In the end, they had to remove my right fallopian tube, right ovary, and some cysts, they also put in a Mirena IUD. I had endometriosis for years, and didn't realize it.
I tell this story, because in a way, I was lucky, my doctor believed me about my pain, but there are thousands more stories where Women's pain gets ignored by the medical establishment, they tell them they are just stressed and hysterical. The average endometriosis diagnosis takes about 7 years, because of this. Men get better care than women, period, and if you're a woman of color or LGBTQ, watch out, the stats are even worse for you. Men get treatment and pain management far more often and far quicker than women. And to top it all off, women are just told pain is normal and part of life from the time they are small children, your period will hurt, so will sex, pregnancy, menopause. We are expected to live in and accept pain our whole lives. Women don't have a higher pain tolerance than men, we are just expected to grin and bear it in a way Men simply are not.
So, final message, if something feels wrong, don't wait, go to the doctor, don't take no for an answer, if your doctor denies you, get another doctor. You know your body better than any other person, you deserve the best care for it, love yourself!
If you have any other advice for women, and dealing with the medical establishment, or just want to share a story, please feel free!
@APBBlue@RickiTarr@inkstainedmags I was pretty ecstatic when my doc told me that my bloodwork said that I'd hit #menopause. #perimenopause was probably my least favourite segment of my hormonal lifecycle. I had NO idea that it would go on for SO LONG and that everything would intensify so much. Also, my favourite aspect of life as an older female was becoming invisible to men on the prowl. I really hadn't realized how much energy and vigilance it took to deal with that!
"Bis heute gibt es viel Unwissenheit, Klischees und Mythen über die #Menopause. Julia Westlake trifft #Frauen aus der Kulturszene, die das ändern wollen."
“My own ordeal was my link to those accused of witchcraft in the 17th century. Writing about women’s tribulations in a culture that deliberately disbelieves women’s pain gave meaning to the meaningless anguish I faced daily in my own life as well as the women's lives I researched.” I revisit my thoughts on HRT, crones and hope on World Menopause Day
"Did you know that UTIs account for 7 million visits and hospitalizations annually and 25% of all infections in older people? In fact, apparently one third of the total Medicare expenditure is around UTIs."
Someone at the conference I'm at today introduced themself to me. We were making pleasant conversation when I said "whew, it's hot in here." Without a beat, the guy says to me I must be in #Menopause because he's fat and wasn't hot. I "kindly" (it was not kind) thanked him for overriding my feelings with his own.
Then turned to someone else and talked about the human rights complaint against him.
Hot flash progression:
1)The rim of my eyes get burning hot
2)My hands and feet get burning hot
3)I get a wave of fatigue
4)I get a mild brain fog
5)All of me is as hot as a 100 degree fever, but not sweating to cool it off
6)Lasts 5 minutes to a half an hour
7)Will repeat several times a day
8)Will continue for years (on year 5 now)
I can’t do HRT for it either because I’m the poster child for rare side effects
Health Update. Just had phone app with GP. White blood cell count is back to normal after being wonky for over a year. Bloods show #Menopause is kicking in, declined HRT for now. Gabapentin prescribed for pain since its increasing. Ultrasound of abdo to be arranged. MRI on 2nd October. Then it will be back to the GP in about 3 weeks to see where we go next. Getting somewhere at last. I love the #NHS.
Ik lees dat #collageen supplement voor vrouwen in de #overgang over t algemeen betrouwbaar werkzaam is.
Vandaag bij H&B even gaan kijken en ik ben best geschrokken van de prijzen. Voor gewrichten zou viscollageen het beste maar....#vis? Ik ben niet #vegan maar me wel bewust van de visachterstand.
Echter, ik kan geen goede info vinden over vergelijkend onderzoek. Vegan collageen, werkt dat wel?
Het ratelt rond in mijn hoofd dus ervaringsdeskundigen, ik hoor graag jullie mening. #menopause