Ricki Lake & Abby Epstein: The Truth About the Pill 

Women’s health: let’s break it down. After all, it is the first episode of the March which happens to be #WomensHistoryMonth​, too. 💜 This week I tackle the mental health aspects of a woman’s cycle with the aim of understanding how women’s health care has changed over time and still has a way to go! The best part!? Not one, but TWO brave, badass trailblazers join me for the conversation. Listen on Spotify: spoti.fi/3kCVoPe Listen on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/3q8nN0R

Mayim, can you please do one on Perimenopause and Menopause?

Is it just me who wake up every tuesdays singing "It's Mayim Bialik's Breakdown, she's gonna break it down for you, because you know she knows a thing or two"? This podcast makes me a happy person, as simple as that. Thank you, Mayim and Jonathan!

Yes, I want to know all about historical ways women have prevented pregnancies!

A few years back I was put started taking a new birth control, and the same month my grandma whom I was very close with passed away. I was very sad about loosing my grandma and began having pretty regular crying fits and feelings of deep depression. After about 6 months my constant sadness and feelings of deep loneliness kept getting worse. I was crying at least once a day and anything that was said to me felt like an attack on who I was. I hated everything. I felt like happiness was this far away spec that I would never be able to find again. I wanted everything to just end. I realized that this no longer had anything to do with the loss of my grandma, and put together that it may have something to do with the birth control. I told my doctor I wanted to try something else because I felt like the medicine was making me crazy, and the doc told me that there was no research to support a connection between depression and birth control. They wouldn't put me on anything else because this particular medicine was supposed to help with hormonal migraines, which I am prone to during my periods. I looked on line and found countless groups of people on the same medicine as me talking about having weeping fits and feelings of suicide. Finally I just stopped the medicine on my own and within 3 months felt so much better. I felt proud of myself for making the choice, but so betrayed by my doctor.

Learned so much today.........but would love to also hear a show on perimenopause and post menopause. Because that is also something that is never talked about.......

Yes please, more about ancient forms of birth control.

I don’t know how you do it, but every week there’s at least one thing that makes me go “Huh... that explains so much about when I was dealing with that thing.” Thank you so much for another insightful episode.

So interesting. I studied anatomy in college and was fascinated by the natural rythym of the body. I decided early that I would never use hormonal birth control. I think you are the first person who I've ever heard express the same thinking that overruling the natural cycle is probably not good long term.

I'd really like to go into all the ways about ancient times preventing pregnancy.... just curious....

After watching, I realized how lucky I was in my mum. She taught me to pay attention to my body and what it was doing. Trust my instincts. My brothers also educated on girly stuff. I carry it forward with my daughters. 👋🇨🇦

Topics like this aren’t always easy to discuss but it’s one that needs to be talked about in an open and authentic way like what miss mayim, jonathan, ricki and abby did on this new episode. Thank you! I’ll definitely share it to my girl-friends and family💕

Yes, I would love to hear about Mayim's birth story(s).

I would love an episode also in menopause!

I've never been on the pill and I don't have children... but I am FEEEEELING this episode. The strength and perseverance and wisdom in this episode is incredible. The future is female, damn it.

My daughter is just heading INTO her cycles, as my body is heading OUT. I SO NEED THIS!!!!

Dear Mayim, please talk about the possibility of male birth control(by pill or otherwise). It is very unfair in my opinion that women have to carry all the burdens of procreation, we need equaity!

Mayim, please quit body shaming Jonathan. If it was another woman it wouldn’t be tolerated and shouldn’t be tolerated with anyone. I know it’s playful teasing but something that bothers me so I thought I say something. I think you’re both adorable! I appreciate the information you share and the people willing to come share their stories. Thank you.

Tell us how the Egyptians did it Mayim! 😉

This podcast was interesting. I feel it wasn't a well rounded episode. It seemed to be one sided with a list of "complaints" and not any solutions or alternatives suggested.

I absolutelly loved it. Again. Thanks. Suggestion for new topics: HSP (highly sensitive people). I am one. I believe you are too. In case you already did it, just ignore my suggestion.

I’m in my 40’s...Best choice I ever made was to eschew all hormonal birth control (It was first offered at 12 to control my period). I watched so many friends go through hell over it. Taking them, getting off them to have babies, going back on them. I also am childfree, so I have 20+ years of sexual activity that didn’t ever lead to pregnancy. It can be done.

Bring on Padma Lakshmi to discuss endometriosis!!!

this is why tuesday is my fav day of the week (edit): I’m coming back to this to say that I learned so much from this episode. I’ve never heard anyone else speak about the effects the pill has on my mental health and am so confused as to why gynecologists fail to mention these things? This podcast has really inspired me to inform myself more on all things mental health, to get better help and encourage my friends to do the same. Its also been EXTREMELY helpful in trying to word what i’m feeling better and being able to share the things that I’m experiencing with my family. Thank you so much for another amazing episode - as always, can’t wait for next week!

"I try not to get too excited because then I get too disappointed"... ME TOO!!!

Was really hoping Ricki would elaborate more on her hairloss, its relation to hormonal birth control, and how/if she's had success with any treatments/techniques for regrowth (as this is an issue for me that I too am convinced is linked to having been on HBC for 20 yrs).

I was prescribed a birth control in college that made my face break out horribly, I gained about 20 lbs. It was finally needing to pull my car over to cry my eyes out, that I realized something was wrong. I stopped the BC and felt much better. At the very least doctors should realize that BC is not a one-size-fits-all. I knew other women who were not at all affected in the same way on the same birth control. Also, yes!!! Being overwhelmed by new motherhood is not always post-partum depressions, it's perhaps a symptom that modern U.S. life is not supportive of parents, mothers IN PARTICULAR

I really love this podcast! Love your team Mayim and Jonathan! Respect for Jonathan for being a part of a conversation that most men shy away from. More episodes please!

I used the pill for many years. It helped me.regulate my heavy menstruations. It did not give me problems, it is sometimes even considered a mood-regulator. I am sorry some women have experienced the opposite effects. I just wanted to leave my comment so people reading the comments don't think it is all bad.

I have a blood clotting disorder that was not found until my late 20s. In my early 20s the doctor tried to put me on birth control. I was reluctant to take the pill as I was afraid it was going to stop me from being able to have children as I got older. I later found out while I was pregnant (with an intentional pregnancy) that I had a blood clot in disorder. Had I taken the birth control pills as they were prescribed it could’ve caused me to have a blood clot as birth control pills can increase your chances of having a blood clot. My doctors did not do any tests in my early 20s to see if I had any type of blood clotting disorder they just said well your periods are painful and you’re sexually active so take the pill. Women please trust your body and your instincts and prior to being placed on any type of birth control please have your blood checked for any type of blood clotting disorders.

Oh a menopause podcast would be brilliant. I so enjoy listening to you and Jonathan and every guest, it makes me do some self care. Or try at least, its not easy that's for sure . However your topics make me take pause . Thank you for being your honest selves.

One of my biggest frustrations have been that we are being manipulated (or at the very least feeling like it) by the medical industry... We are told what we need to know to do what they want us to do. It isn't about INFORMED consent. And not just in this area! And I do think that training is so much of this puzzle!

Very interesting we men should learn to this it showed me how these changes impact a womans mood and it helps to be understanding of these changes ty for putting this subject out there

I found this all SO incredibly interesting. And SO many good points made. Thankfully, I learned long ago that "The Pill" was very bad for one. So true that the Pill unnaturally causes one's body to fool itself into thinking it is pregnant with unnatural hormones. I know many who use natural NFP and it works wonderfully for them. I do wish to be positive and really did enjoy most of this, but I take exception at the very unnatural concept that aborting helpless, unborn children is acceptable. As a scientist, I imagine that you, Mayim, may likely have to eventually come to the conclusion that an unborn child in the womb is actually a thriving, developing human being, with a heartbeat, even at an early stage, and they are provided little protection for continuing their development and life of their own outside of the womb. It's too bad that I rationally see so much progressive understanding and knowledge of so much, yet SO backwards in terms of aborting children with a beating heart. This is NOT anti-woman - it is pro natural life. Maybe look into the whole thing. Not being adversarial - love smart thought!

My mum never took me to the gynaecologist until I was around the time to get checked for cervical cancer. I thought it was because it wasn't necessary. Now I know she really didn't want to expose me to the pressure of being put on the pill.

Awesome show, thank you! I knew to go off the pill at 20, in 1980 btw, so that I could experience life as a woman and my cycles in a natural way. It didn't take me long to figure out that I was experiencing my cycles in COMPLETELY different way than my friends who were on the pill. Many of them stayed on through menarche, never experiencing a natural cycle! Your recognition of the types of attraction at ovulation is so right on! Anyway, thank you all for sharing and elevating this very important subject. Women have so much to contribute, and knowing who we fully are as women and humans is so important to the collective. It's like the dulling down of generations of women through pharmaceuticals.

This was a huge eye opener for me. It highlighted my own experiences of “feeling crazy” from the pill. I shared it with my teenager daughter who was taking the patch/pill.

Totally off topic, but I LOVE Mayim’s eyes. This is 100% a compliment. That said, they remind me of Siberian Husky eyes.💖

just watched my first episode of blossom. lol it was the one about her period . You were so freakin adorable

Good morning Mayim & Johnathan, I love this podcast.

Can’t help but love how Jonathan and Mayim acts so professional every time they’re on the podcast. Shows that they are really serious about what they want to deliver. If I didn’t watch celebrity game face, I wouldn’t know that they’re dating.

10 Years ago I almost lost my life due to the birth control pill. I had a 17lb adenoma attached to my liver. I had my gallbladder and most of my liver removed. Once I was off the birth control pill, ALL my numbers went back to normal. I have since gotten the copper IUD and have had no problems since. "May cause blood clots" is NOT A JOKE. Be aware people. Thanks for this podcast.

Omg i was put on the pill since i was 16 to 36!!! 20yrs!! Then when i tried to get knocked up..i couldnt..went to a naturalpath and she said its bc i was on the pill so long my body doesnt know what to do..i should of never gone onto birth control. I was blessed to have one baby..which was a e.r. section bc she got weaged and would not move..and i was slowly losing it and not able to push her out..im grateful for the medical intervention bc it saves both myself and my child..there was heartbreak bc i couldnt go natural. In the end we both made it

yes please, I want to hear about contraception throughout history!

*Hysterical*: It's a word with a very female-baiting history, coming from the Latin hystericus ("of the womb"). This was a condition thought to be exclusive to women - sending them uncontrollably and neurotically insane owing to a dysfunction of the uterus (the removal of which is still called a hysterectomy). I wish women would stop using this word because it's a slight. It's now perhaps not as bad as racial slurs, but it started out as a gender slur because women and their uterus are 'less than' men. Know what words means.

Great episode, dear Mayim. When I was on the pill for nearly 20 years, I had loads of headaches and felt my brain was in a chemical fog. In my mid 30s I decided to undergo sterilisation surgery (in the Netherlands) because I didn't wanted children, nor wanted to remain on the pill until menopause. Also, those hospital costs (€1,000 in total for a day treatment which happened more than 10 years ago) were fully covered by my Dutch health insurance. My gynecologist was fully supportive and there wasn't a stigma when I discussed it with her. My natural monthly cycle returned after my surgery and it still remains today. It was the best choice for my physical and mental health and I'm glad I did it.

I love how things are broken down in the simplest way that they could for listeners who are not familiar with the techical terms. Indeed, Mayim is serving the needs to break down the things that we should know so we would not have a breakdown. Kudos, to Mayim and Jonathan ❣️

Mayim, Ricki, Abby and Jonathan: Thank you so much for this important topic! As a naturopathic physician, I discuss the pitfalls and concerns about chemical contraception all the time. I definitely see women who are having mental health issues while on it, and I encourage them to think about stopping when appropriate. I can't tell you how many women I see that come in with a history of some sort of problem in their teens, and then being given chemical contraception at them time, still on it since then and they're in their 30s! They've never had their own natural period! Is this the best that medicine has to offer? In naturopathic medicine we have so many things we can do. I obviously don't insist that someone who is happy and healthy on their chemical contraception come off it, but usually I see women who are having trouble, and it is likely a large contributor. You said so many things that I say to my patients, alarmingly, all the time!

I'm about 21 minutes in and she's talking about educating people on the reproductive cycles of the female body vs hormonal birth control and I gotta say it sounds like she's heading into what we i call Natural Family Planning. I'm curious if she'll use that term. Let's keep watching!

I almost bled to death 2015-2020 when perimenopause kicked up my endometriosis that had gone 31 years without being diagnosed. I kept asking for a hysterectomy just to make it stop. They kept trying birth control pills. I'd have to wait 3 months to see if it worked. They would change it. They tried to talk me into an IUD and uterine burning. I fought for a hysterectomy. I have had 2 kids. I have 2 grandkids. I am dying and could not go on that way. It was awful. Then Covid made operations stop twice. They called it elective. I was suggested to have transfusions I couldn't afford. I finally got surgery, had to borrow $12,000. They said the scar tissue from the endometriosis was some of the worst they had seen. My intestines were covered and took months to heal. Women's healthcare is a joke. I was always told, take Ibuprofen. 🙄

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Two amazing books on this subject: Invisible Women by Caroline Perez and How The Pill Changes Everything by Sarah E Hill. The first looks at gender data biases & the second looks at the effects the pill has on all aspects of the female body.

What a lovely topic to have on Women's Month. I have PCOS and the first and only option I was given was to go on pills without actually educating me what are the side effects, whether short term or long term. I recognized that the pill does have its merits but not being given alternatives or proper education on its effects, I think I'm being deprived of the right on my body. After this podcast I knew I made the right decision to hold it off till I have armed myself with proper education and more options.

Bias - you aren't kidding. Viagra for men, birth control for women. On the topic of self-medicating, might shopping and collecting be considered self-medicating?

Now that Roe v. Wade was overturned, do you feel that this topic needs to be revisited?

I chuckled when you referred to men's cycle. My guy friends and I call it Manstrating because sometimes they just feel moody, extra emotional, cranky in their body, etc, and just don't understand why. Some of them have a predictable pattern, or are triggered by their partners cycle. Those who aren't offended by the term often come to hang out with me and get very chatty during that time.

I was in my late 30s when I started a new relationship and started on the pill. In addition to the mental aspect of taking the pill, and why we take it, I learned the physical things that go with it. I developed a DVT, and it traveled to my lungs. And that scary thing isn't discussed as much before prescribing the pill. And there is a whole new mental aspect that goes with surviving a PE. I love all that you do. You are so down to earth in the way you discuss things.

PLEASE please please do an episode on ancient and modern means of birth control.. Sounds fascinating..

100% so happy for this. Thank you 🙏 Also, so profound that you mentioned the grieving and “little death” that happens with each period - something that I think a lot of us are disconnected from. I never wanted to have children, but even I noticed that - especially as I headed into my thirties. Those feelings change. That awareness changes. Something in us realizes it’s a missed opportunity and a loss of life. A little grieved egg that never hatched. Also, “you don’t really like him, you’re just ovulating” has saved me from many mistakes. Too bad that knowledge came late in life 😜 We don’t know when there’s a problem because everything about us as women has been made into a problem 🎤 🖐

This video is amazing!! Thank you! Thank you for finally talking about women's health. Finally.

Yay for another episode! Every week, I learn so much from your podcast. I can’t express how thankful I am to you for doing this, Mayim! You’ve been my inspiration for years and everyday, you remind me why I admire you so much. I can only wish to meet you one day!!

I absolutely love your podcast! Thank you for sharing your knowledge on this topic. I had 2 kids before I read the book Taking Charge of Your Fertility before I knew what my body did. I'm so going to get your book. I haven't watched the whole podcast yet... if you didn't address it, I think it needs to be addressed... The medical and insurance control over fertility. How young women who are not married and do not have children aren't allowed to get surgical permanent birth control. How married women have to have their husband's sign off on getting surgical permanent birth control! We have the choice to terminate a pregnancy, but not prevent it? Seems a bit backwards!

Where were you when I was going through my periods? God this episode is so necessary for all women. Thank you... thank you, thank you. I’m already through menopause, but I have nieces who are in their 30s, so I am going to send them to this episode. You are providing such an amazing service. Thanks 🙏

I really love this podcast with Mayim and Jonathan. (Hi from Canada!) Much cheaper to listen and learn from this podcast, then have to pay for a therapist. Stay healthly and safe!

Wow I loved this!!! I am becoming more and more of a hippie and I need to hear you talk more about the moon! PLEASE! I will patiently wait for part 2, part 3, part 4 ect 😉

She could talk about anything. I'll listen.

So I was just at the gynecologist and found out that now they’re doing Pap smears every 4-5 years instead of 3. Also, I think freezing your eggs should be covered under insurance.

This show was so filled with information about “our Friend “ being always my enemy. I am 75 yrs old and before I was married the month before I took the birth control pill to be safe on my wedding day . When I went to my final fitting fir my grown it was tight because I was gaining weight . I was Starving all the time. I was on them for eight months and 40 lbs later the Hormones were crazy. I got Pregnant right away when I wanted to infect to keep my husband and Out of Vietnam. I do believe the pill was not a good fit for me .

I am dazzled by the cultures that forbid the use of any pregnancy prevention, AND vilify abortion. It would seem like the best way to reduce abortion is to reduce unexpected pregnancies.

Insurance companies had to be forced to cover birth control for women. But, as soon as it was on the market, Viagra was covered by insurance.

i swear tuesday is the best day of the week like i wait for tuesday all week ❤️

Mayim can you do an episode on uterine fibroids and how they might be related to chemicals? Thank you. ❤️

Education & knowing your own body!!! Bingo!!

This was so good! I would love to hear Mayim speak more about how a woman’s cycle affects physical and mental health. Especially the luteal phase... I know I’ve personally experienced PMDD and that’s a whole scary thing. Thank you!

I’ve been getting the depo injections for 8 years with no periods. I am also a carrier for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. I know that the injections could have something to do with my anxiety, but I would much rather live with anxiety than pass on a genetic disease. No one suggested for me to get the injections, it was completely my decision, and I think it was a good choice for this time of my life 😊

Where were you all when I was 13? Put on the pill for heavy periods. I think it was the worst decision made. Battled depression my whole life. I tell young women don't do it!

I am so in love with your podcast, Mayim and Jonathan! Since I am a much more frivolous person then you, let me talk about the baseball hat for a second! Firstly, I am Italian and in our culture the baseball hat is a proper accessory only if you are a (famous) rap or hip-hop artist. It is definitely a no-no for general people (who are not toddlers, kids or young adolescent). Secondly, I noticed that people who look younger usually wear baseball hats a lot, especially those who are not particularly happy with their young looking face. Guys, the baseball hat makes you look much younger and in fact people don't really care about bad hair or a serious lack of it! Show your head and complete face, don't hide them! The last thing I want to do is sounding judgmental or obnoxious, I am just telling you this so you can think about it if you want and if you use it regularly to look older. You can find better solutions (watch Chris O'Dowd and his big evolution with clothing in the last ten years. So many inspiring ideas there! ). In conclusion, as a general rule, I would say just listen to George Carlin speaking about the topic, enjoy a good laugh, don't take it personally, and let me know your thoughts on the topic in your comments! Thanks again, guys. Each new episode is even better than the previous one, unbelievable. This is sooo good!

So, if Abortion is illegal Why why why continue to cut healthcare and education costs???????

"I kinda operate in dysthymia..." Coffee out my nose from laughing 😂😂😂

I have really enjoyed these podcasts and have learned alot. In my case I think the pill may have saved my life . . . I had extreme flow including large blood clots. By the time I stopped I was in full blown menapoise. Happy side effect is I had no per mrnapoise symptoms. This has nothing to do the content . . . May I ask why one of the panels behind Jonathan is sideways? It is driving my self diagnosed OCD crazy.

Sorry to say this was a very disappointing podcast. I tuned in to hear more about the side effects of the pill. Learned little about that. I am 69 years old but learned from ‘Our bodies, Ourselves’ and La Leche League, and ‘Womens Bodies, Womens Wisdom.’ All were out years ago, did Basal Body Temp to conceive and not to conceive. Talk less about you and more about your topic and your scientific body.

Very insightful conversation. I do wish you stuck to the subject without putting in all feminist and progressive talking points - and playing the victim card all the time. Besides that, great job.

Im glad Mayim brought up the maternal & infant mortality rates in the US. To be even more specific, Black women experience this at FOUR times the rate of white women. ~& a friendly reminder to make sure your women’s history month is intersectional :) ~

I say "I sorta operate in dysthymia normally" all the time. Hearing someone else say it makes me realize I say it to discount what that actually means. This whole episode has been quite informative and powerful, and this coming from someone who will never be faced with the decision of taking a hormonal contraceptives. Well done.

Ricki, your 52 & still menstruating? I wish that was me!!! I'll explain. I was Menopausal at 46 & it had a BIG impact on my MH! I think that would be a great topic for discussion Mayim, as unfortunately Menopause ( why the "pause" in this word? I think it should be Menostasis as that's it for the rest of a woman's life - It's the start of a new phase ) is still so shrouded in mystery & not enough women ( & Dr's including OB/GYN ) know as much as they need to beyond "Hot flushes & night sweats" There is sooo much more than this. Thanks for another really great video with these two awesome Women : D

I don’t you see stand if you don’t want a baby and your single then why are you even having sex?? Get a freaking toy if you need sex. Left not Stigmatize toys!! Prob better then sex for most women anyways!!!

I’ve already watched the Doc but I can’t get enough of this subject. I walked in to a clinic in college and told the doc I was clinically depressed (really I was suicidal but didn’t want to be committed), Is it this combo pill? He said “HA! No way” I stopped taking it anyway, went back to my happy self. Then got on an iud for years, no depression thank god! The occasional thought would creep in here or there but nothing I would dwell on for too long… but I was having constant BV and Yeast every month! Go to my Obgyn and ask, “I’ve never had this before, Is it the iud?” Again, she laughed. I said, K, take it out anyway. Never had another yeast infection or BV. It killed my trust and faith in medicine when they wouldn’t even listen to me. I felt like I was crazy!

I love this podcast 🥺 I literally drop everything just so I can chime in to listen to it!! 🥰

I'd like to know more about cycle tracking, and what's effective for you if you don't mind sharing. I just started taking adderall (ontop of the two insulins and albuterol I've been taking since childhood) and I think it might be time to limit what goes into my body. 👋🏽😋 please and thank you!

I've known vaguely about the possible impacts of birth control for many, but gratefully had the opposite experience and so have my daughters I was fascinated to hear that this information is "hidden" because I have found it to be readily available when I've sought it out, and even 30 years ago, my mom (a former nun) very openly shared much of this info with me, probably because she didn't have much access to it

If defiantly would love to hear about ancient civilizations methods of birth control. My method of birth control is being a gold start lesbian, and it has been 100% effective! However, I'm fascinated by methods used through out time. This fascinates me specifically because birth control has been, or may even be in parts of the world, illegal.

I'm still reeling!! This entire interview, literally every single word, needs to be written and published, and handed to every young person, globally. Seriously. Correct clinical information is essential for making responsible decisions. Not just for birth control, but for repro health, and maintaining mental health. I'm feeling so much rage, right now. Regret is a close second, followed by grief for what might have been. Thank you for sharing this conversation. Also, thank you for using your platform to speak out and speak up. I hope you feel my love and gratitude.

I am privileged to live in a country where I had sex education in school from elementary school onward. I got my first period at age 10, It was surprising but it wasn't frightening because I had learned all about it in school. Please explain to your kids, no matter their gender, about periods, cycles, respect, consent, etc. It will not make your kids want to have more sex, early bloomers will still bloom early and late bloomers will wait longer. But in this, like elsewhere in life, information is power and not being informed is detrimental to both physical and mental health.

This is day 6 off the pill. I’m 49 and started on it for menopause symptoms. 8 months later and I turned into a wreck. HPA axis dysfunction, tachycardia, bradycardia, severe anxiety, deep depression and weight gain. I feel better than I have in months and my body is already healing itself.

Watching this episode with my teen daughter that due to our endometriosis she wants to go in the pill. And of course they say she is a teen so it’s like one pill two birds! I am not okay with it so I am educating her. Can’t wait to see the documentaries!

Thank you for your podcast . Please don’t ever stop doing them !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😊🤗🌸🌷🌼🌺🌞✨🌻💫🌙💐🦋🌈❤️🇨🇦

I am so excited that I’m post menopause. Hormones made me nuts in choosing a male partner. Now that I’m not encumbered with the BS hormones, I feel empowered. I would never have chosen the man I am married to now. In fact, I don’t think I would have ever gotten married.

I would love to hear a show about the use of psychedelics for medication resistant cPTST, depression, & anxiety. I know MAPS is doing great research into this and I try to source information from actual research (instead of hippies wanting to get high) but it is hard to find. Perimenopause has made complex PTSD much much worse...or maybe it is the pandemic...or maybe it is all of the political stuff...or maybe all of it. I am living in constant fear because my messed up stomach, brain, and past trauma so I would GLADLY take a stupid mushroom microcode to fix this.

I like the talk, but please don't feel the need to find ways to soft pedal the conversations. I feel like you trying to not offend. Are we not all grown adults.

More, please. Wonderful! Thank you, Mayim.