Menopause: How your body changes and what you can do

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There's a condition that leads to an increased risk of heart disease, dementia, and early death that's been affecting people for as long as they've existed. The many symptoms can severely impact quality of life - ranging from headaches and memory problems to anxiety and weight gain.
This condition affects more than half of the world's population, but unbelievably its rarely discussed and the scientific research that exists on it is limited.
Its called menopause, and it affects 1.2 billion women worldwide. It's not a disease, but the effects can be just as serious for some women.
Jonathan talks to the British doctor who's working to educate us about menopause and bring the discussion on the topic into the mainstream.
Dr Louise Newson is a GP, menopause specialist and founder of the Newson Health Menopause & Wellbeing Center. Director of the Balance Menopause App and the non-profit Newson Health Research and Education. Founder of The Menopause Charity.
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Timecodes:
00:00 - Intro
00:09 - Jonathan Intro
01:10 - Episode start
01:23 - What is menopause and why is it important for Dr Louise
04:29 - Being hormone-deficient is bleak
07:45 - The overall scale of menopause
13:27 - What is HRT?
18:23 - How little menopause is talked about
20:51 - Dr Louise’s push for menopause understanding & education
24:40 -What’s the accurate test for perimenopause?
30:04 - Understanding hormone deficiency symptoms
34:19 - What else can you do besides HRT: Nutrition considerations
43:57 - Does your body shape change while menopausal?
44:46 - Summary
47:18 - Goodbyes
47:47 - Outro
Books:
- Every Body Should Know This by Dr Federica Amati: amzn.to/4blJsLg
- Food For Life by Prof. Tim Spector: amzn.to/4amZinu
For transcripts of the episodes, visit: joinzoe.com/learn/category/nu...
Dr Louise’s non-profit organisation about improving and understanding women’s hormone health: www.nhmenopausesociety.org
Check Dr Louise’s app on perimenopause and menopause: www.balance-menopause.com
Follow Louise: / drlouisenewson
Follow ZOE on Instagram: / zoe

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@lilianbastos4521 Год назад

I found this podcast very interesting. I am 38 years old and starting to have many of the symptoms addressed by the doctor. My main concern touches my emotions, mood fluctuations and depression. I do sports, never had alcohol or smoke, and avoid processed food. After watching the podcast I feel encouraged to talk openly with my doctor and seek hormone treatment if it helps. I am suffering from sleeping problems, emotional sugar cravings and extreme fatigue. Many thanks for sharing knowledge and promoting education about menopause it is so important that people understand it and raise work policies that guarantee we won't be judged or discriminated against for something that we have no control over.

@lisasunshine773 2 года назад

This discussion was much needed. Thank you for your dedication to women’s health. I have had a hormone firestorm early on. I grew up on a farm that utilized Paraquat on the fields when I was about 15. I suffered severe endo. and fibroids along with sx that would never fit in a medical text book definition. I have been blessed with practitioners who thought outside the mainstream and helped me detox and find health. Thank you again!!! We need you and what you’re doing!!

@karenmcneill2602 Год назад

Thank you Dr Louise! This was incredibly helpful. I wish there were many more doctors who had your drive and concern.

@Gonergrat Год назад

I wish I had a doctor who took the time to listen.

@hedymills1372 Год назад

I started trying to get help just before I went into menopause. I was told no. I went back just after menopause. I was told no. I have suffered for eight years. My life might as well be over, it feels that way.

@gabbrielle5241 Год назад

Yaaaayyyyy! Thank you! At last some public address on a big big big issue!!! We suffer the greatest - all ignored. Thanks for getting the ball rolling to wake everyone up on this issue 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

@thecarjacful Год назад

Dr Louise is a star in this field and always talks great sense in an understandable manner 👍🏻

@dianashipp3589 10 месяцев назад

Dr Louise Newson is brilliant. She has such an in-depth grasp of the subject of Female Hormone Deficiency aka Menopause combined with an approachable and common-sense approach. I think every female person in the UK will be wishing she was their GP. She needs support and recognition from everyone - not only women. Jonathan did a great job in this interview too.

@donnarutkowski1627 Год назад

Perimenopause began with loss of flexibility when I was 40. It was sudden and startling but not as terrifying as the non-stop palpitations that followed. Fast forward to me at 57 and I am almost at the 12 month mark. I went through joint pain, weight gain, lack of sleep, lack of energy, and just recently a very high A1C. Each time I went to my GP with any of these issues related to menopause the response was “Yeah, that happens”. End of conversation. I figured there must be help somewhere for women going through the same thing and in my search discovered that the only menopause clinic in this part of the country (Canada) was closed due to lack of funding a few years ago. I have nowhere to go. I am grateful for the women who came before me and give me a safe space to discuss these changes. At first it was more like a cautionary tale, listening to all of the horrible things I can look forward to but now I’m receiving advice, sympathy, and compassion. All the things lacking in my GP.

@helenay5459 Год назад

This lady deserves a medal👏Thanks for explaining what hell we go through in menopause. Specially ladies like me with a hysterectomy due to ovarian cancer at 50 years old. No help whatsover and dealing with all that shit.

@dahniesedoc6244 Год назад

Thank you very much dokter for Your INFORMATION ,GOD Bless you ,bogoboho🔥💯❤️

@paulinebate9692 11 месяцев назад

I am. 73 and still suffering Had a hysterectomy 3 Years ago and they removed my ovaries.. Still suffering from depression and anxiety?. I have been given HRT.. But my Gp has said its too dangerous My life is a nightmare 😢😢😢

@mangoyacho 9 месяцев назад

@@paulinebate9692 Thank you for sharing your experience after a hysterectomy. Are you considering taking the plunge by taking on the HRT? Wishing you all the best as you try out several options.

@daisysmithson7558 2 года назад

I wish Dr Newson was my GP, she is lovely and very reassuring. I am so grateful for channels like this.

@taineedmunds6111 Год назад

I’ve suffered since I was 44, one dr called me lazy ! I had 2 jobs and couldn’t function 😢 at the age of 48 was diagnosed with fibromyalgia, I knew I didn’t have this went on hrt and started to live again, thought I was through it came off hrt at 51, I should never have, back to the same feelings, back on hrt and feel much better… thank you for this podcast, it makes me feel I’m not going crazy! Ps it’s me sons account 😂 Elly edmunds 😊

@evadebruijn 10 месяцев назад

What an a hole of a doctor with bedside manners like that passing judgment on your energylevels and functioning (sadly the compassionate doctors seem to be the minority, at least is my experience)

@edgeland-7876 2 года назад

This is the best information I have EVER heard about the menopause. What an inspiration Doctor Louise is and what a tough job she has.

@inaballik2643 Год назад

I've heard about Dr Louise Newson in the audiobook (appr. 8hrs) from Kate Muir "Everything you need to know about the Menopause", which I can highly recommend! It gives loads of examples and even a wider context. Fascinating, as I had no idea about the health implications.

@jacquelineredman130 Год назад

Her book is really good too x

@ally3854 Год назад

I totally agree with you. Very informative!

@niktwentytwo22 Год назад

This was so helpful and so closely spoke to my experience. I'm 50, in the US and am in menopause; I recently had my IUD removed and my female ob/gyn of nearly 20 years gave me hug and said take care. There was no conversation of this next stage in my life and I was so disappointed with her because we are the same age and I'm sure she is experiencing symptoms but I'm also sure that she is taking what she needs to feel better. Thankfully I've been researching this on my own for quite a few years and I pretty much realized that I would be advocating for myself. This is so incredibly disappointing that definitive plans of care are not part of preventative care for peri and menopausal women.

@theflowerpowercompany Год назад

Excellent interview. Thank you and please keep up the good work. It is so refreshing to have such clear details about the facts about the menopause and empowering to feel there are things women can do.

@livelikeawinner4087 Год назад

This alone was worth paying YT premium. This was a suggested video and it has made my day. I’m going to be starting HRT hopefully after my second appt tomorrow with a Dr. Where I live in the USA. Thank you. I just subbed to your channel.

@moragfrench 2 года назад

Genuinely best information and well considered discussion about menopause that I have heard to date...and I have listened to a lot as desperately interested!

@fionamcvey8635 10 месяцев назад

This video has been amazing!!! I had been battling for 5 years to get HRT. I have now been on it for nearly 2 years and it changed my life. It is an issue that should be taken seriously… not just because of the horrific symptoms women have to suffer, but also because the diseases the menopause triggers can cost the NHS so much money.

@jaynec7499 Год назад

A Zoe video on menopause shocked me as I learned my doctors never sought to give me HRH after a bone marrow transplant at 42 years old. My cancer has been in remission and isn’t hormone sensitive. I’m 50 now and on a low dose of HRH and beginning the journey (to be discontinued at age 55 per the doc). Just a long way to say thank you for bringing such a taboo topic to light.

@hannahlittler8762 Год назад

So interesting now just need to arm myself for a discussion with my GP! Thanks so much Louise and the Zoe team!

@rosehunter7788 Год назад

Menopause was huge for me. On medication for anxiety and sleep issues. Weight gain. I weighed the same my whole life until I began to enter that part of my life.

@Minkagurl Год назад

Same here. Was never overweight until I hit menopause. Overwhelming tiredness and headache

@karenharkness4847 2 года назад

Thank you so much for discussing this. I will be 50 this year and had a hysterectomy and BSO in 2019 at the same time as my Hartmann's reversal. I had to deal with a surgical menopause on top of being a Cushings patient with Adrenal insufficiency. Never had a follow up with the surgeon who performed the hysterectomy part, never given information about hrt or any other kind of coping strategies. Just left to muddle through on my own. Even my Endocrinologist never factors in my surgical menopause when assigning my hydrocortisone dose.

@16Elless 2 года назад

I’m 60+ & 12 years post menopause. I was lucky not to have too many issues going through menopause, mostly hot flushes but little else & never took HRT, which I was happy about due to all the talk at the time of increased breast cancer risk. Now, with all I’ve learned over the last year about all the health issues that can come along when we lose oestrogen, none of which I had any idea of except maybe risk of osteoporosis, I wish I’d taken HRT. This message seriously needs to get out to younger women so they can make informed choices when the time is right, though GP’s also need to know much more. It’s good that it’s becoming a less taboo subject & that peri menopause is being talked about more too because I’d never heard of it till I saw a book on it about 15 years ago. It was a revelation to me at the time, then a few years later I passed it on to a friend’s daughter & it was very helpful to her too. Thank goodness for Dr Newson!

@jodounias2941 9 месяцев назад

Thank you Dr Neeson and Zoe Amazing!! For 8 years now I’ve been battling with my GP to prescribe HRT- but she keeps pushing back and refuses due to ‘cancer and other side effect scares’. I reached menopause at aged 52- I’m now 59. For the past 8 years I have felt that my memory is going, I get bouts of depressed for no reason - I never had this before, and I have started getting terrible IBS which has prevented me from taking up certain jobs. I used to be a healthy happy strong athletic woman but now I’m battling because of all these awful menopausal symptoms. Zoes video has made me determined to seek HRT, and won’t give up trying. I won’t put up with this any longer. Thank you Zoe for clarifying the misinformation on this subject. I’ll report back in 6 months with any progress.

@SandiD1959 2 года назад

Just about to do the course online. As a nurse in GP practice meet so many women who need help and advice.

@tjknz2482 Год назад

This is BRILLIANT information, that needs to be shared wide.....half the population of the world would be aided by knowing this. The personal search for answers/ info /figuring this out....led me to find this...thankyou. what a great resource and for doing what you are doing..

@fleurcraven9862 2 года назад

Thank god for Louise, I’ve been on topical HRT for 14 months now and it has really helped my symptoms, however I still had no energy to exercise. Since adding testosterone to my prescription I have started to spontaneously exercise, demonstrating lack of exercise for me was not behavioural! I highly recommend anyone still struggling to think about this missing hormone. 💕

@r8chlletters 2 года назад

Yes testosterone is very important and overlooked even by specialists unless you inform yourself and ask for it.

@kimberlyk3928 Год назад

I'm going to talk to my doctor about testosterone. I'm on hrt and have been for years.

@kiwichickie1975 Год назад

It's just accessng testosterone in the uK as GPs can't prescribe it. It can only be prescribed off label by a specialist.

@emmag879 Год назад

Are u on patches.

@Hasmiral Год назад

In Germany testosterone for women is not prescribed at all.

@user-jl5lh9mq2b Год назад

You listen? I was beginning to think that was archaic. Can't find anyone that listens, has empathy, and follows through. Thank you for your time here on RU-vid. Thank you for caring.

@janelitchmore-grant6425 Год назад

I am so glad I listened to this podcast. Having heard that hrt causes breast cancer, I had refused to consider it, following my GP's advice. However Dr Louise was clear and precise in her explanations. It's been edifying. Thank you both!

@andreafabiana3161 11 месяцев назад

she has an interview in her postcast with one of the specialists who was involved in that flawed study. Very interesting, very clarifying. I am in no fear, no more.

@vivianibeh417 Год назад

True about Low Testosterone on brain fog and muscle wasting. I’m a practicing Community Pharmacist in Lagos, Nigeria, and I enjoyed today’s podcast

@patriciaharrison4258 Год назад

This was so informative and explains so much. So much more than my GP. Thank for your commitment to women's health!

@szaritamordiceai7041 Год назад

Great program! I am 47 and believe I am exhibiting symptoms of Menopause..incidentally-whilst I had previously conducted my research, it’s my partner that has now taken up the baton-as recent as yesterday! And now my chance I pounce on this-I am absolutely grateful for the address and info broadcasted as it provides insight for me and I can only imagine how many others! Appreciated!

@emilyfarris3510 Год назад

Thank you for talking about menopause and answering questions about it. It's much appreciated!🥰

@poke_n_around 2 года назад

Brilliant Dr Louise Newson. Thank you for your insight. From your newest fan in Australia 🇦🇺.

@auntie44m Год назад

Thank you very much. So many points that are relevant and I’ve come across in discussions with various doctors. Many of whom advised hormone replacement therapy is unsafe, and now I find out their decisions are based on 20 year old studies. I was prescribed anti-depressants. I’ve had my cervix removed and you’ve advised I could benefit from oestrogen. Thank you Dr Louise I’ll be having a serious discussion very soon with my GP. Also, I’ve just retired due to tiredness and memory loss. Good grief I feel like I’ve been programmed by health professionals for failure. Eek. Bless 🌼

@sarahsimpson495 2 года назад

This is an amazing interview. I am fortunate to benefit from a GP who is a member of The British Menopause Society and am prescribed HRT, she has been professional and supportive. I am sad that depending on postcode, this affects womens healthcare and lives. Dr Jane is an inspiration, more women should investigate who is the best person to seek advice and care from.

@wbyfaith8974 Год назад

Medical menopause is suffering Opioid therapy has worked for me in an amazing way!

@evelynnelavelle2015 Год назад

I am getting really sick of men's lightweight opinions on women going through the menopause!! They don't have to go through any of the the menopause, so how would they know what it's like

@evelynnelavelle2015 Год назад

I meant to say, many of the horrible menopause symptoms

@r8chlletters 2 года назад

Thank you for having Dr Newsom on the Zoe podcast. She helped me through a real nightmare along with a handful of other people fighting for the well-being of mature women. I know menopause and lack of treatment is why we see so few women represented in positions of power and leadership. As we get older without hormones most of us “evaporate”. We lose our will and our voice and our agency. It is a terrible loss for not only these women but for younger generations of women and girls and society as a whole. Doctors still insist on a year without periods to even begin helping us even when all the most recent and meaningful data indicates early therapy is crucial. I went 2 months without my period, had dysphoria and suicidal ideation among a host of 50 horrible symptoms and knew well enough to lie that it had been a year. Thank god I got quick treatment and am now doing EST, PR and T. Still, my generation (I’m 53) is a battering ram for my younger sisters who will hopefully have some good forms of testing and hormonal supplements as they begin lower hormonal levels in their 40s. My silly GP says it’s a short term treatment and I said “no, it’s for a lifetime to prevent a host of issues”. I have been to four doctors now and have a specialist who is working with me knowing I am well informed. We have got to do more for women! This is outrageous!

@hermioneevans6844 2 года назад

So glad I listened to this. I am 75. I suffered quite a bit during nenopause, but had a super GP, who actually listened to me when I said I wanted natural oestrogen cream. It was like magic. When once I felt better I stopped taking it as in those days ut was considered dangerous to be on it for long periods.. I started taking vagifem a few years ago for vaginal dryness and prolapse. Again it worked a treat, so when once covid struck I didn't bother ordering any more as I would have needed to see my GP, and F2F appointments were like Hens teeth. Recently I have really struggled with my weight and although fit find I have less stamina. Is it just old age or should I try the hot again?

@r8chlletters 2 года назад

@@hermioneevans6844 the most current evidence (2022) suggest that for many reasons (including higher bone density, lower heart risk and dementia prevention) hormone replacement therapy is for life not a short-term treatment. I plan to remain on it permanently for its many benefits and preventions.

@andreamcgill6738 Год назад

I'm sorry to hear this. Keep pushing for hrt x

@cleokarma7818 Год назад

Absolutely there has to be more awarenes created about this . I have been going through hell with dealing with menopause and its symptoms . I had lost my will to live , my immunity, my sleep almost completely . In fact I can say I had lost my life and refused to believe that a perfectly productive woman who had been a go getter and never said die could just stop functioning almost completely with just a hormonal balance shift . I have learnt the really hard way how powerful hormones really are and it is pointless to keep waging a war against it when there is a perfectly good solution available . Immediately after this podcast which is literally Gods answer to me to get my life back I called up my Dr and didnt ask her -I informed her - I have decided to take HRT will you prescribe it to me. She said yes of course and that is just it . Thank you ZOE and Dr Louse you have in all likelihood saved my life. I am very very grateful .

@jewelleryaddict Год назад

Yes as a boomer we were always fighting for rights its exhausting and then when your in a hormone drop life just can be unbearable. No one took our symptoms serious, our moms had to suffer thru and so they figured we must also. B.S. It impacts your whole life the sweats, the dry skin the odd feelings mental and physical that are REAL. We are expected to put on a pretty face and push on thru hell, Makes me feel awful was so hard to live up to a full potential in life fighting all this just to be heard or recognised let alone helped, and not put down and dismissed. We can only hope younger generations will get better treatment. We had no internet and lots of books and magazine articles written by men, we were near powerless over our own body. It was a cruel time. All women must band together whether we have bad menopause symotoms or not we must hold each other up.

@roseygirlsimpson8470 Год назад

Thank you so,so much ZOE for bringing on Luis she very very informative and aware of what she is saying I which I could meet her to sit and speak to her.🙏she is such a blessing 🙌

@rachelscottart6908 Год назад

I've learnt so much from this, that supports what I thought about HRT - thanks Zoe for puttimg such great information out there.

@mayamaker8841 Год назад

I had a surgical menopause when I was 48 in 1994. We had no Internet then and I resorted to magazine articles for information. I lived at that time in a developing country. I was sent home post the operation with no information as to what to expect. I went through depression and hot flushes. A young doctor trained in the USA told me to get help and I did. I was put on HRT, as we have osteoporosis in the family. But after 12 years, my well informed doctor took me off it (I was doing very well on it) and put me on osteoporosis medication. It 2022 and I am still on it. Wish this HRT news was out earlier.

@adesiyanadenike707 Год назад

I'm so greatful to come across this life saving discussion. Much appreciated Dr.

@helencrudgington7006 2 года назад

Brilliant! Thank you Louise, and Zoe, as ever!

@clairefromentin6644 Год назад

Thank you so much for this interview. Dr Newson’s explanations are very clear and convincing. I learnt so much on ménopause and HRT.

@JJmikra Год назад

Sooo important message! Thank you very much. I hope lots of medical doctors learn about this!

@pschilling5424 Год назад

This is very valuable information . I believe that this doctor is correct and have a few years, and many women friends over these years, that needed her medical care. Did not get it, and suffered life changes not to their good. I do hope that changes can be made as This Dr. brings forward. Cheers, to all.

@sharonmcilvenna7257 Год назад

I’m in Australia and my doctors have refused to help me get HRT. I have all the symptoms it has caused havoc on my life . I’m now just trying to cope with pain etc I’ve gone from a healthy person to constantly feeling terrible for several years. Thank you for helping women. I will try again to get HRT thank you :-)

@granolagirlGfunk Год назад

Try looking online. Sometimes you can get a Telehealth appointment and get a prescription.

@gloriasaliba3395 Год назад

Sharon, are you in Sydney? I can give you details of GPs who specialise in HRT

@r8chlletters Год назад

I’m sorry to hear your struggle. It’s important not to ask for HRT but to inform your doctor you have a hormone deficiency and state you need HRT. Be prepared to be given the silliest low dose imaginable and book the next appointment before you leave their office so that you can review your symptoms and ask for higher dosing levels as needed. You may have to do this every 45 days for a few months. Don’t be shy about saying what you need and expect to remove your symptoms entirely. I had to get to 2mg estradiol (from .5!!) and 200mg progesterone to sleep well and stop severe symptoms. I am also now on .75gm testosterone for strength, stamina and confidence. I did not get any of these things being sweet or waiting for a doctor to know what I needed. I did my research and I got demanding and I didn’t stop til the doctor did what was needed. Ultimately a specialist was necessary. Menopause makes us feel reduced, depressed and lacking in confidence the very things that stop you from self advocacy! You only have a decade long window to see the long term health benefits from HRT and you need it for life. More immediately your body has about 3 days of soluble hormones in it. Don’t wait any longer.

@emmag879 Год назад

Hi can't believe you're been refused. Where in oz are u? Try Jean hailes menopause clinic. There are so many gps who specializes in menopause.

@jemimabennett7552 2 года назад

This has been truly inspirational to listen to and think it is wonderful that Dr louise has taken this subject to her heart to help women of all ages. It is a subject that GPS need to have a greater understanding of for younger women particularly .

@ingababy5196 Год назад

I’m 52 and I’m going through it right now. I can’t stand how it makes me feel 😌😌

@snsn7251 2 года назад

Amazing interview. She is the best out there.

@ngosztyla 11 месяцев назад

Wow, thank you so much for this info, as I've felt crazy for having these symptoms, especially the heart palpitations, sleep problems, hot sweats, anxiety, etc.. I'm almost 60, eat a whole food plant based diet, and have been under the belief that HRT was the devil. I'm going to talk with my doctor about this now. Thank you!

@wendy1908 2 года назад

Fabulous presentation. I truely believed HRT was bad for everyone and an absolute last resort. Forwarding this to many and going to seek out a GP to start HRT asap

@helencrudgington7006 2 года назад

Brilliant! Thank you Louise, and Zoe, as ever 👍

@sueharris5841 2 года назад

Thats an eye opener for me and I'll tell my daughter about it thanks so much

@L.A.6482 2 года назад

After a hysterectomy 15 years ago, I was diagnosed with a mental disorder by male practitioners instead of being given HRT which is what I obviously now know I needed, I was given heavy psych drugs. For ten years I have suffered with this. Finally weaned myself off of it and got on HRT three years ago. I thought I would die if I didnt stop the awful side effects of the drugs. I managed it myself and felt 100% better. Such wasted damage to my body everything else. Living life with my eyes wide open now with diet in my focus and getting healthier inside.

@v.h.l.4261 Год назад

Wow, well done! 👍

@elisabethscheepers1899 Год назад

I'm so stressed, I'm suffering from it, sweating, not sleeping, weight gain, dry eyes, dark patches on my face skin, hair loss, brittle hair to mention but a few of mu symptoms since 2014, I'm fed up and have withdrawn socially 😔

@orioljewall1968 Год назад

Hi lovely I so can relate to you. I've been having all them symptoms for a couple of years now. 😕. Sending lots of love to you ❤️ 💗

@nensi1972 Год назад

...i hope you will find way to manage , and ease, the simptoms,...it Is esential to start to take extra care for Our health, body and mind, ...with proper diet, herbs, vitamins, minerals, exercise...etc, ... 🙏🏻❤️i hope you will be good....

@Indiekiwi Год назад

I’ve been suffering since 2020. No one tells you how many symptoms you’re going to get. Every month I seem to get something new. I feel completely fed up. I have no motivation anymore. I feel like I’m forcing myself to do things. My stamina is not what it used to be.

@hayleysmith5077 Год назад

HRT saves lives ! Get an appointment with this Lady which has Centers in Uk or find The Right gynechologist believe me you can get over Even over depressive Symptomes blessings 🌷⚜️🙏🏻

@mandydolan3902 Год назад

I have peri menopause, I feel your pain!! am the same weight gain, swollen ankles, excessive sweating, mood swings. Depressed, anxious mess but us woman are warriors keep on keeping on much love sent your way 💕

@wendyhsu192 Год назад

I’ve been asking people why nobody has “solved” menopause fallout. I’m a very healthy 55, my back is killing me, I’m pre- diabetic and exhausted ALL THE TIME. The gynecologist at Kaiser in San Francisco said it’s “ normal ageing process”. WTH??

@penewhite7542 Год назад

Thank You Thank You ❤️ full hysterectomy 2012 no hrt ever because of studies( I worked in breast clinic). I have so many of the symptoms described like heart palpitations (I thought it was all in my head) memory loss, brain fog,the weight gain 50lbs etc. I am making appointment immediately. The risk without HRT is worse than having Therapy . Thank Again ❤️❤️❤️❤️

@patriciapyper4617 Год назад

What a brilliant pod cast thank you Louise you are amazing ♥️

@la_sarito Год назад

thank you for bringing Dr. Louise. Thank you for talking about this topic. ♥

@mslydieschrepfer7191 2 года назад

Thank you so much for this video. I just realised I may be premenopausal! When asked on the Zoe questionnaire about menopause if I had any symptoms, I answered no. But my histamine intolerance, weight gain, sugar cravings and heavy periods I developed in the past 5 years are totally within the menopause symptoms. So little is explained to women, it's astounding. Even the consultant I saw who wants me to have a Mirena didn't explain why, apart from helping reduce my periods. Now that I have seen your video, I will definitely ask for HRP if it turns out to be beneficial for me. THANK YOU!

@pininfarinarossa8112 Год назад

Try bioprogesterone say Famenita - it should help with heavy periods...you are perimenopausal not menopausal as periods are there

@charlenejefferies9109 Год назад

THANKs YOU so much for your sharing. Im 56, still menstruating regularly and have been suffering from weird joint pains for the past seven years and feeling more stiff and inflamed over the past years. I wou in the most holistic way possible. lI would LOVE to know who I can actually trust and then afford to help me regulate my health at this point in my life without the nagging fear that my health will just deteriorate and not having an idea it will affect my overall wellness.

@samanthajane11.11 Год назад

An absolutely amazing informative podcast guys THANK YOU!🙏

@HeatherJRedhead Год назад

I’m 63 and I’m taking HRT. I’ve recently increased my dose due to worsened symptoms. I’m already feeling better.

@bernardnepo Год назад

What is HRT?

@HeatherJRedhead Год назад

@@bernardnepo I suggest you do some research..

@NannyOggins Год назад

Your introduction is excellent thank you for taking this seriously. Everyone is affected by the menopause, I remember my mother going through it and believe me, the entire family suffered. I went through a surgical menopause in my late 40s and was not offered any help other than HRT which caused other symptoms and my weight which had been within the guidlines until then suddenly went out of control. I admire Dr Newson so much for bringing this the attention it needs.

@jacquelinebland4672 Год назад

Very good info! This is not talked about enough! Thank you!

@sallyallerton9279 2 года назад

I’ve been trying to get help from my doctors for well over a year. I’m 57 and have been told by my doctors, following blood tests, that I am where I should be for a post menopausal woman. I keep explaining that I am not post menopausal but they are not interested. Having done my research, it scares me that the drop in hormones can have an effect on dementia and because my mum has Alzheimer’s I really want to get on HRT for that and to help with all the dreadful daily symptoms I suffer from.

@pilatesyogataichifit 2 года назад

Sally: at 57, you may still be getting periods but your hormonal levels may be similar to a postmenopausal woman (i.e. you may not be ovulating). According to a book I was reading, it is better to go through menopause before age 60 anyway, because women who go through menopause very late are at higher risk of diabetes. Go figure!

@alanhat5252 2 года назад

Fascinating, thank you. Too much to think about to start commenting.

@luisijatem 11 месяцев назад

Excellent. How well this has been showed and explained. Thanks a million

@sc3010 2 года назад

I’m almost in tears listening to this. I’ve suffered with increasing palpitations, anxiety, reduced muscle mass and decreased libido since I was in my early 50’s and I’m now 62 but I was told HRT was dangerous at the time. How different my life would have been then and now if this current information was available today. Is it too late for women of my age?

@j9dw 2 года назад

I started at 59½ and my sister started at 63. We are both benefiting, particularly with our bones, so, no, it's not too late

@nikijewett 2 года назад

Me too! Brought me to tears. I have been suffering with almost every symptom you can have with menopause and peri menopause for about 10 years. I have been turned down again and again for HRT by GPs as I have family breast cancer history. Finally I am having a consultation with my GP today after consultants have said HRT will not increase my breast cancer risk. I don't feel in good knowledgable hands though and I cannot afford to go to private clinics. I feel so desperately sad for all the millions of women who have and still continue to go through these debilitating symptoms. Thank you, Louise Newson and Davina McCall, for bringing this more into the public domain and Zoe too. How to re-inform and educate GPs about the reality of this issue? so all women can access appropriate treatment that will transform the quality of their lives and ultimately save the NHS billions in treating the life threating diseases that HRT can prevent.

@gloriasaliba3395 Год назад

It’s not to late for you to start HRT

@wbyfaith8974 Год назад

It's different for everyone. For me opiate therapy has helped me with menopausal symptoms and other issues as well.

@emmag879 Год назад

Feel for u. I suffered badly now on patches although feeling leg weakness.

@EileenR11 2 года назад

Fantastic - so interesting. I have few obvious symptoms of menopause per se but have been conscious of a sudden leap in the pace of biological ageing, which I just assumed I had to live with. I will now rethink and speak to my GP. Thank you.

@r8chlletters 2 года назад

Your GP is likely not well informed so do your research and go in there and demand what you deserve to have. Be prepared or you will be waved off as a lunatic wanting “dangerous drugs”. I had to go through 3 GPs and an eventual specialist referral to get what I needed.

@donz5995 Год назад

OMGosh, A Big Thank you for such an informative video. Dr Newsom summed it up perfectly for many women and explaining the symptoms which is exactly how I’ve been feeling for the past decade. ❤ Women’s Health is important. Often talking about this topic is Taboo to men, Employer’s and Governments a like.

@Healthyhappywholeyou 10 месяцев назад

Thank you so much for talking about this! Thank you for your studies and looking forward to what you find that I can help women around the world.

@jvahl8747 Год назад

Excellent, informative interview. What I would have given in 1993 to have had this information. Early menopause brought on by toxic breast implants...and incompetent doctors in Germany who prescribed an addictive, mind-altering antipsychotic when I requested HRT. (Still suffering to this day - @ 71 yrs)

@nas3426 Год назад

What an amazing human being to go above and beyond to help women so much and empower them with such incredible knowledge and information ❤

@thegreatouv 2 года назад

Brilliant! Thank you. There is a problem getting hold of the oestrogen gel at the moment. I was going to stop it, but I’m going to go back to my doctor and ask what the solution is.

@mai_8j888 11 месяцев назад

Illuminating. Thank you for this. I have been avoiding HRT because of "risks" that were publicized in media. Am going to revisit with my primary care physician.

@rutharendse3917 Год назад

Thank you, Dr. Newson, that was so interesting!!!!!!

@janettosan3739 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for having her on your show… I’ve lost everything because of M…

@beth6787 2 года назад

A word of caution : I developed oestrogen receptor positive ovarian cancer three years ago (at the age of 51 ) which means this tumour feeds on oestrogen to grow and metastasize. Under these circumstances it is imperative that women DO NOT take any HRT as this will significantly negatively impact both PFS (progression free survival) and OS (overall survival). Always ensure that the “menopausal” woman presenting to you in clinic is not displaying the symptoms of epithelial ovarian cancer prior to suggesting an HRT regimen. Dr. Beth Dyer

@skilla2542 Год назад

Hope you are fully recovered. What would be the symptoms of epithelial ovarian cancer? I have ovarian cancer running through my Mum's side of the family but I am on HRT. I have a lot of fibroids so am being scanned every year though.

@angelataylor2049 Год назад

I had a huge fibroid removed at 43, I’m 54 now, I wish I had take calcium d glucarate then which helps the liver to get rid of excess oestrogen.

@carliebeau5329 Год назад

Yup its only a matter of time for me

@francesthompson1324 3 месяца назад

Thank you, Dr. Dyer. I feel, your input is appreciated. Many women though the struggle is real feel better postmenopause. Nine year struggle but hanging in there💪😉

@leanderparsons2621 Год назад

Hi. This was a great listen. Currently peri menopausal I wasn't aware my symptoms were such. I've used acupuncture to support me through the past 4 years and I'd be interested in hearing much more about non HRT/lifestyle support mechanisms as well as more on biological age research. Thanks for the continued good work.

@MeeplandHeights Год назад

Acupuncture works on placebo and is based on an ancient Chinese religious belief the CCP brought back last century for propaganda reasons (for example they claim their people always had a cure for cancer in Chinese medicine, yet obviously it doesn't work or they'd use it today). It's really not that hard to look into the politics behind the re-emergence of various Chinese practices and the intensive research on acupuncture (in case you're unaware you should be reading meta studies not just individual studies) and see that the Chinese people obviously advanced beyond primitive pseudo sciences like the English dropped blood-letting. You should probably start increasing the quality of the research you're doing into your health as opposed to looking for confirmation bias as it looks like you're seeking from this comment. Please, it will only be to your benefit

@germainenewman8526 Год назад

Research natural progesterone cream and Judy Evans naturopath.

@lesleydahler2404 2 года назад

Brilliant information. I was peri menopause at 35 but didn’t realise, then menopausal at 43 luckily my gp at the time encouraged me to take HRT which I took until I was 60. I’m now 71 but in the last 11 years have suffered terribly with osteoarthritis in my back, neck, shoulder, knees, thumbs, and some toes. I now wish I had not been advices to stop talking HRT. I’m certain if I had continued with HRT my osteoarthritis would not be so bad. I felt really well while I was on HRT.

@jewelleryaddict Год назад

Me too same thing.

@annelizabethnugent6089 Год назад

Wow 43 so young

@gillbates9554 2 года назад

Wow! I wish I'd known all this 10 - 15 years ago when I started losing my confidence, sleep problems etc etc. X

@nh6003 2 года назад

Thank you for this imortant and fascinating information.

@dawnmaria6811 2 года назад

Thank you, this was very interesting!

@VAgnerian18 Год назад

Now being in my mid 60s' listening to Dr. Newson I relived my difficult and disfunctional premenopausal years ' and as a consequence was fired from my job due to too much absenteism' by calling in sick' having gone through all the symptoms she mentioned and more, legs feeling paralyzed, fainting spells, dizziness, loss of equilibrium, tingly pins and needles feeling 'crawly skin sensation all over' severe migraines' crying for unreasonable things ' having become short tempered' being sent from one doctor to the other with no clear diagnosis' by the end of about six years' an emergency room female doctor suggested anti anxiety medication' Welbutrin' and gradually it did help to become a little bit functional ' Thanks for this very informative and educational and much needed interview'

@fiujenniev8755 Год назад

Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful n healthy program..

@terrianncroker1795 Год назад

Menopause has been awful ... I had no idea id go thru EVERY symptom ! I havent missed a beat .. One right after the other .. No break .. BOOM ! Dont we go thru enough ? !

@spicykitchen2083 Год назад

Please try and reduce your stress levels. It plays a big role in bringing unpleasant symptoms. I went through the same.

@sorayapetersen634 Год назад

Terri it's a horrible feeling I'm going through the same it's bad I can't stand the hot 🔥 flashes

@spicykitchen2083 Год назад

@@sorayapetersen634 I am sorry to ask you. Have you ever tried yoga and meditation. It helped me a lot. I am leading a normal life. With the grace of God.

@augustineshigwedha Год назад

Terribly

@turkanismail1848 Год назад

Shes amazing. As is his understanding. Thank you

@dianasmith1398 Год назад

This is the second time I listened to this podcast and remarked on it. I had a resent fall and doctor was shocked I didn't break my leg or hip. I am 73 yrs. I believe it is cause I was on hormone therapy for 10 yrs before the doctor cut me off. That time I am sure kept me stronger and I really feel I need to be on hormones again because I have had so many negatives since stopping the therapy. I hope I can find a doctor here in Canada to help me .

@emmag879 Год назад

That's amazing it helped your bones. How are y feeling now. When did u start hrt.

@jobell7356 2 года назад

Yep, one of those women put off hrt because of that cancer scare. Now nearly 70 and struggling.

@rolypoly7143 8 месяцев назад

Thank you for this share-worthy video. I am 67 and still on a low dose estradiol. When my pro-hrt doctor retired a no-hrt doctor replaced her. I had to replace her with someone who was interested in my health and well being. My bones are strong and I am in very good health. I believe it is partly because of my continued usage of estradiol and good doctors.

@essanjay8604 2 года назад

I started on HRT some 15 yrs ago and I can tell you it was SO difficult then to get the information I was looking for. However I persevered and came to the conclusion that what I needed was oestrogen gel and micronised progesterone. Luckily my wonderful GP recognised I'd done my own research and was happy to prescribe my (then) "unusual choice"!

@sailinglass 2 года назад

I did the same and came to the same conclusion. Unfortunately my GP would not prescribe what I wanted and I went though all sorts that I had to try first. I was an unlucky one - I ended up with breast cancer. l I think it was because I was on systemic i.e. pills rather than the gel +micronised progesterone for the 3 years I was on it, plus years on the contraceptive pill prior to that. Please note my saying unlucky. I am not trying to scare anyone here, and wouId still recommend HRT is your life is unbearable. l wish I could still take it

@essanjay8604 2 года назад

@@sailinglass I'm sorry you had to go through all that. Most women approaching menopause in 2022 have it relatively easy though I'm aware some are still having to battle to get what they want.

@judyridyard2752 Год назад

Do you not need testosterone?

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@emmag879 Год назад

My doc had to put me on blood pressure medication since I was perimenopause even though I'm slim and eat okay. Because I developed anxiety I got obsessed with my blood pressure readings as I bought the machine. Would I be able to come off BP med I'm only on small dose 2mg perindopril. Would I be able to come off seeing I've been on hrt 2 years now.

@lisafaulds3276 2 года назад

My mum has 4 sisters. Only 1 took HRT and she was the only one to develop breast cancer. In fact the only one in my entire family - no history with grandmother great grandmother. I switched to drinking soya milk which is high in plant estrogen and I feel great

@essanjay8604 2 года назад

Yes but how long ago exactly was that Lisa?

@lisafaulds3276 2 года назад

It was 20 years ago that she started on it and was treated 5 years ago for breast cancer:,

@hayleysmith5077 Год назад

This Lady is such an angelic beeing HRT is Life saving God bless her 🌷💝🙏🏻❤️

@lauraburke8352 Год назад

Incredibly informative!

@nas3426 Год назад

. Brilliant podcast! Thank you so much🙏🏼

@marjoriecodner3336 9 месяцев назад

Im so glad for all this information I'm 55 and I have all of these symptoms its very stressful at times but i try and cope

@kristybarrett5293 Год назад

This podcast has been super to watch and listen to. Please can you direct me to further information about HRT and blood clots, Having had a stroke/tia (on blood thinners) and a deep ein thrombosis I have been told I am unable to access HRT but even now am suffering from memory, loss anxiety, etc and as you on the verge of giving up work.