YOUR MENOPAUSE QUESTIONS ANSWERED | Davina McCall 

More pressure/awareness about testosterone for women please. We have to change things, it's our hormone too!!! Hugs to you all x

I'm a nurse and didn't recognise my menopausal symptoms until watching your programme, then it was a light bulb moment. I was having anxiety symptoms with panic attacks, lost my confidence, felt low, didn't like myself and really unhappy, but had no reason to be unhappy!!! Started HRT patches after watching your programme, feel so much better, calmer and got my sparkle back again. Fantastic programme.

I’m 47 and looking back my symptoms over the last year were peri menopause. Eventually after watching you and Louise newson a light bulb clicked on in my head. I’d also started hot flushes. So I went to my doctors and said my heart palpitations lack of sleep, anxiety, night sweats and feeling depressed was peri menopause and I want HRT. She said that she had put that on my notes!! But not told me. I’d had ECGs, urine test and blood work done and was told I was fine. Thankfully the HRT has worked on all my symptoms and I’m like a new woman. X

Great job for talking openly about this subject. I'm sure I've lost two good women through, non diagnosis and just sheer ignorance. Please encourage ladies to speak with their doctors and don't be embarrassed, we only have one life. Again, thank you for your input. xx

I'm a 58 yr old bloke - My wife started Menopause about 10-12 yrs ago. She went on HRT tablet's about 6 yrs ago..made her itch like crazy but really sorted her mood swing's out and even rekindled some of our old love life. Did not last long as she came off them and has been struggling ever since. She is unrecognizable to the girl I married. Tell's me she has finished Menopause now. I don't see any difference . Not had time of day for me or us for year's. Rip's my head off if I mention the subject. Not been near her physically for 18 month's since she told me she feel's nothing now and does not care if ever has sex again. I love her ..must do ..we have couple of teenage lad's and she only seems to have time for them. I want my old wife back, she won't even come for a walk any more. Feel we are at a crossroad, just not sure which turn to take. It there anything I can do to help ?.. I'm just a dumb bloke trying to get my head round all this. Thanks for listening.

I have been struggling for 5 years with my symptoms following a uterine embolisation for Fibroids , thanks to you I have finally plucked up the courage to see my gp and get some HRT and I am so excited to get my life back ! My doctor said you need to check out Davina she’s just amazing ! I have worked out with you for years and now you are helping me with the next phase of my life thank you so much xxx💕💕💕

Thanks for this information I had a premature Menopause at age 39 and started straight away with HRT Marvelous I’m now 54 and in perfect health which I don’t take for granted

I've been on hrt for 7 years after a full hysterectomy, I'm now 51. I've since had to pester for a referral to Birmingham women's hospital to a proper menopause clinic and menopause educated drs. Libido died with hysterectomy. Last week I've now started on testerone gel too. It's not licensed for women unbelievably. Oestrogen gel, internal pessaries, Testo gel. All absolutely essential for my wellbeing! Don't give up asking, your life depends on it ladies

Davina thank you so much for sharing these videos. I am 43 and have started with forgetfulness and reduced memory and I had started to worry I had early onset dementia. After watching all of your videos and your documentary and learning about other peri-menopause symptoms I am now convinced that this is the cause of my brain fog and my fluctuating emotions, headaches, change in skin condition and lack of sex drive. Please can you talk more about peri-menopause, the symptoms and how to cope and how to know when it has got to the point where you need to ask for HRT.

I’ve been sat at home for so long thinking I should get in touch with the Dr. I finally got in touch and have just picked up my prescription to start HRT patches. I have so many symptoms, I honestly don’t know why it’s taken me so long to ask for help but now that I have I can’t wait to start feeling like myself again. Thankyou for bringing this to everyone’s attention. Much love xxxx

Hello Davina, My heartfelt sorrow that your darling Father has passed on. The universe was showing off when you and your Father were made. A rose still grows beyond the wall. Australia.

Thank you for this! I'm on my second month of patches and the biggest thing is an improvement in sleep and so all my other symptoms are much better too. Yes, much easier for my 15yr old to get the pill than for me as a 50yr old to get HRT.

A friend told me to read your book as I am going through the peri menopause with just about every symptom there is. I was skeptical at first. My mother refused all HRT as it would give her cancer blah blah, but I was adamant I would take HRT and thought your book would be all about not taking it and drinking green gloop from a blender instead. It was really refreshing to read someone talking facts and science. I start my patches soon. Wish me luck.

Woooow. I would totally watch menopausal Street mate!!!! Thank you so much for normalising this. Just started HRT 4 months ago after symptoms of brain fog, unable to string a sentence together, crying a faur amount and waking up at 3am for no reason. First day of taking HRT I felt as though I'd necked a glass of wine and after about a week I had a massive surge in energy and decluttered my entire house!!!!

Thank you so much. Im in my mid 40's and starting worrying about getting menopause but no symptoms. Your channel is so reassuring to know there is life after getting menopause as it is portrayed as "the end".. We need more information like this. I also hate the name menopause - i wish it could be called something else.

Thanks Davina..🥰... my mothers generation would also whisper to each other about mrs so and so is going through 'the change'.. it was secretive and sad as i also remember a friend of hers going to hospital suffering 'from her nerves'.. poor thing prob just needed hrt or help wth a bad menopause but just wasnt recognised

I think more info on peri menopause would be great. I’m 41 and beginning to experience fluctuating periods and other minor symptoms. When you speak to dr. They ask “how old was your mum” and then they say “well it can’t be that” yet I feel I’m ticking lots of boxes. Thank you for giving this conversation a voice!!!

No, thank you Davina! For bringing this subject out in the open and bringing awareness to HRT 🧡

Thank you for talking about menopause and HRT. I’ve spoken about it to friends and recommended they watch your documentary and Dr Louise Newson, two of them have gone to their GP and are now on HRT. It really does help if we open up and talk to each other. Keep talking Davina can’t wait till your next documentary. 😘

Thanks so much for talking about menopause. It should be part of our day to day language and not shamed. People like yourself bring that out.. it’s wonderful.

Firstly thank you for starting the conversation. It’s one that should of started years ago, better late than never. Great documentary, very informative. Can’t wait to see the next one. Jx😘

Amazing video Davina! Thanks for stepping up and being a brilliant pioneer for women's health in the menopause! This was so interesting and usefull! we love you!

I’ve also started a diary . For my niece in years to come when she’s going through this . She can read my journey and see what hrt and peri menopause was like . I’ve lost my mum but I would so have loved her to have done a diary it’s such a lovely journey at times xxx

It is a subject that needs to be talked about more,i am perimenopause stage the sweating is horrible,anxiety (which I never had at all in my life),mood swings are terrible,periods have become irregular and heavy I wish I could saw my bottom half off

Davina thank you and I love you. I’m following your lead and starting to get my life back on track. Big hug. Looking forward to the next documentary 😘

Thank you for your raising awareness of the perimenopause as well as the menopause, Davina.I just watched your 2 documentaries on channel 4 and they were so helpful.

I’ve gone through the menopause without HRT. I had two visits to a homeopath. My only problem has been flushes.

Street mate - bloody loved that show where I first heard of you. Also, watching your interview on CEO was awesome. I'm forty and feel I've been going through peri for about 2 years, hot flushes and night sweats, especially if I eat junk food, which let's face it everyone does to make themselves feel better when they feel like crap. I used to get night sweats and hot flushes when I started with fibromyalgia and then about 10 years in with that they went away when I started taking medication and then they came back after I started to notice I'd gone from laid-back to really irritated and snappy and everything and just so friggin inpatient I definitely was aware of like what I would call a personality shift. Braig fog omg I had that with Fibro where I couldn't remember words and I lose my train of thought literally mid-sentence when I've been speaking for a while (for example in interviews that was always fun) but now I have this weird thing like I was watching your documentary and I've always had difficulty with mental math and math in general but when you say the stats my brain does this thing where I have to reprocess the sentence to take it in and I literally cannot recall the numbers you just said this happens all the time - so weird. I came off the mini pill to see what my periods were up to once they then came back 3 days long bleeding and then went back on the mini pill and then came off it in September last year at the request of the doctor because he said we can't tell what your hormones are doing if you are on them and he said to come back and see me in November (and by see him he meant to make a phone appointment) but I decided to leave it and I left it until June because I didn't want him coming back and saying well it has only been 3 months I wanted to make sure there was a change there and sure enough they now last a day and no cramps whereas what was normal for me was 5 days of bleeding 3 days extremely heavy and pain. lots of pain. Biggest bugbear of my life now - the good old vaginal dryness, along with urethral dryness - woo hoo! I'm having to resort to Amazon for a non-hormonal cream to get relief. The doctor did prescribe me some once because he said the one that I was using was no good. The one he prescribed didn't even come with an applicator, I mean I ask you. It was I have basically had to fight with my doctors to get them to listen I was shamed by a nurse at my surgery for being overweight but I have autism, fibromyalgia, depression and anxiety, and osteoarthritis in my spine as well as starting to get it in my thumb and elbow and feel like healthy eating is not always my top priority. So I now refused to see that nurse ever again, and have asked to be referred to a specialist and said well we can't refer without blood tests well I've had them prior years ago and they always come back normal and this was the thing this nurse supposedly a menopause specialist said that well you can't be menopausal cos your hormones are normal and I just thought Jesus I know more than you do ugh! btw the same nurse who put a very small blood pressure cuff on me before this I bet she knew full well it would stay on which it did and she ended up using the larger one right next to it, so friggin annoyed. Anyway I'm playing their game I will get blood tests but I'm gonna keep on at them until they do something. Cos I've had abnormal bloods come back for prolactin cos I was stressed one time (no wonder) and they don't even phone you to let you know they're back and why they're abnormal, but you can see it is on the app, and I know there overrun and whatever and you can't even get an appointment in the surgery but they're not even apologetic about it, it's like you're bothering them. Really sorry rant over. P.S got your book too and it's so reassuring because it's affirming a lot of the research I've done into this so reassuring to have that because you do start to question yourself and there was one point where I was pretty much well I'm gonna let happen whatever happens and somehow no idea how I've managed to change that round and not let people bully me. Oh, and I'm 3 years into a part-time Open university degree while all this madness is going on. Sorry never written a comment as long as this but had to just get this out.

Hello Davina, I was sent for X-ray, MRI scan because of pains in my legs, I knew I needed HRT but after yourself and Dr Newson's much needed information and support, I now have my HRT, 😄🤗 no night sweats,no pain etc 🤗🤗🤗🤗

Thank you Davina! These videos help so much. And thank you for answering my question! X

Love you so much, thank you so much for being such a support and influencer for us all 😘

Came across your wonderful video today!!. Totally agree that women need to start talking about menopause ( ALL symptoms, not just mood swings & hot flushes). We need to be educating our daughters & younger women. At 50 I asked my GP if I should consider HRT? (My logic was that there MUST be health benefits to topping up depleted hormone levels, such as reducing osteoporosis etc as you have mentioned...... & that logic was well before I experienced 1. vaginally atrophy 2. Physical Inability to have sex (as we get shorter & narrower & dryer inside) & splitting of skin when trying 3. Tearing/splitting of skin when wiping privates after going to the loo due to thinning skin. Doctors offer very little help or advice & that blood test to check hormone levels are a waste of time as I'm now 59. Glad that you have stated that oestrogen pessaries are fantastic. Unfortunately they havent worked as much for me as I had hoped. I am still reading voraciously to understand/educate myself & have opened the conversation with girlfriends (some who have timidly admitted to having similar issues "down below"). Thank you for opening/continuing the conversation

I have cirrhosis of the liver (sober 2 yrs!) and as such I can’t take HRT .. my doctor said LAST YEAR he would refer me to a menopause specialist. Back at docs today & that referral wasn’t actioned 🤬😓🥺 I am struggling big time with sweats, mood swings, brain fog .. you name it! 😭 I just feel lost & forgotten at mo, thank god for my dog keeping me going 😢 Is anybody else in the same boat? 🙏

It’s so refreshing to hear you talk about this, I’m living in a foreign country ( I’m British) where I struggle with the language and sadly my health insurance doesn’t cover ‘special’ medications without me paying considerably more per month which I cannot afford, I’m 51 now and have been going through peri menopause for 7 years, it’s been an exhausting journey but I think slowly things are settling down. How I would have loved this channel 7 years ago!

We need your documentaries across the pond. Britain rocks for menopause awareness! I am 62 and had to fight and scratch to finally get on an itty-bitty skin patch dose. And in 6 weeks I feel so much better. No way will I go off. I have to go out-of-network to get them for now, but I'm hoping I can find an in-network Dr to take over management. We'll see.

It's about time the menopause is been talked about. Nobody seems to get it unless you have gone through it yourself and nobody seems to have any empathy because i think people are very visual they only believe and understand what they see, its only if people see blood and maybe a limb falling off that they take notice. I was only thinking to myself the other day if i was to describe it to others how i would explain it is this ; It's like I'm a doll that was once alive and full of fun life and joy and excitement and now my battery is gone dead and I'm just thrown to the side but that's only the emotional side the physical side is another issue on top of that which is extremely difficult to deal with but now that more people are talking about it we might get a bit of empathy and understanding from others.

Thank you for all your doing to help women with these videos on menopause advice. A documentary presented by Mariella Frustrup encouraged me to get HRT and it has changed my life. I had to give up patches because I was allergic (I’m allergic to some plasters) but the gel is working for me. I’m sure your documentary will have helped so many women xx

I love how many women you wrr helping with all this. You are amazing. I'm so proud of you my darling. Love you lots xxxx

Thank you so much again Davina!!! I wish this video had been twice as long, just love hearing the Q&A.. I started HRT, inspired by you, 3 months ago, speaking to my GP this afternoon regarding increasing my dose, as still lack lustre and fatigued but not as much as pre HRT.. I take 2 pumps of Estrogel.. I mentioned this my GP a few weeks ago, the first thing she said was that it will increase my chance of bad side effects 🙈.. Definitely feel that I'm not on the right dose yet, but hopefully after today I will! 🤞

Well done Davina for say about your kids. I've got two boys and lv alway kept them informed on my menopause journey. Hopefully one day it will make them even more understanding to the women around them, whether thats with a partner or female friends. 🥰

Can't wait until yiur follow up documentary. I feel so much more informed now. Thank you 😊

Hooray! Thanks to you I'm on the patches 🤗😚

thanks Davina, imonly 32 so hopefully have a while yet, unless it comes early... but like you i never grew up with it ever being mentioned and i have a lot of females in my large family. ive learnt all i know from you, so thank you x

You all miss one very important affect of Menopause. One that caused me great grief. And that is you loose so many parts of you. I had a personality from 'A - Z' each month. i was different everyday. Once I went thru Menopause I went from 'A - G' and I grieved all those other personalities of me. I couldn't get them back. The only thing good about it was that I was able to get off the low amount of Lithium as I was hyper manic. I loved having my periods. I loved all the differences and then they were gone. I have 9 children that I breast fed and I could tell when my periods were coming back. I welcomed it. But when it was gone in my late 40s I just wasn't ready for it. I let myself grieve.

So happy to hear this.As tomorrow I'm starting hrt .Been going though all the symptoms. I'm 48 .I happy to find your channel.

I had early menopause and experienced all of the debilitating symptoms whilst having young children and starting a new life in Australia; none of my friends had started any symptoms; thank goodness I was a nurse with women's health qualifications or I think I would have gone mad! I just don't understand why many women just don't accept their own symptoms like you say because of shame and fear; and often take years before seeking help and then so often get rubbish advice or resistance from their GP! Thank you Davina; Australia needs one of you! 💕

Love you back Davina!! 😘😘😘😘😘😘😘💃🏼💃🏼

Thanks Babe for speaking out for Us all ! 😊 I am going to go and see my Dr again. Went couple of years ago and got offered Anti Depressants but declined.

I cant thank you enough Davina, you really are a God send. Godbless xxxx🙏😘xxx

What an amazing thing that you are doing. I had been thinking about starting it for about 18 months now. I've pondered it for such a while and then I found your you tube chanel and your discussions with Dr Newton and also your tv programme. Unfortunately my Gp practice have been struggling to get hold of patches to start me on (been trying for 2 months now🙈as they are either out of stock or discontinued) so I'm now keeping my fingers crossed for sequential tablets. Please shout it from the rooftops. Let's get the nation talking about the menopause😉😁

Absolutely brilliant Davina 👍

Welcome back Bella. You are beyond fabulous to share this story. I went through my life as a joyous girl with a great job I went through menopause when I was 56 when my periods stopped. It lasted for 18 months with which I had no other signs. However I went into a rage easily. My primary care doctor said HRT may be great for you at this age. I took HRT for 2 years and then to the day later I ceased taking it so to cut my risk of breast cancer. I have nursed my 5 girlfiends with a basket of goodies and flowers and a bottle of wine. I would text them as it was Fabulous Wednesday that I would arrive with a fantastic gift for them I also gave them 52 stamped cards Once a week they would write down about how his has been. For their birthday I sent them a book of all the letters and cards that they and I sent. I was their OOO emergency. If they called I would know to go to check on them. Australia Thank you.

Having knowledge is power. Great Davina, no way I am being put in the corner. Plan on growing old disgracefully 🥰

Love your channel and the menopause is great, to talk about . Luv from UK 🇬🇧

I have been on hrt for more than 2 monts now and i feel really better now Thanks for your wonderful vidéo

I remember being very young and seeing my gran and aunties with their hankies and dabbing their faces constantly, when my mum started her menopause she told us all about it, she was 36 when it started and she is in her 50s now and she will tell me all about it which I’m great full for, it was just normal in my life for women to discuss it and I will do the same with my 2 girls xx

Thank you I’m perimenopause and just started the patches today been an awful few weeks back and forth doctors also changed my antidepressants I’ve suffered bad last few wks hopefully going in the right direction now xxx

Hi Davina, I love how you have shone a spotlight on menopausal symptoms and the benefits of hrt. Davina, could you address hrt after breast cancer. I have had a lumpectomy and radiotherapy. I came off hrt, having been on it for 10 years, I managed 6 months without it. My symptoms were horrendous. I am now back on hrt and within 2 weeks I'm like my old self again. However, I feel I have bucked the system. As you know, Tamoxfin is always recommended. Coming off hrt was soo awful that I can't even consider taking this. There are many women suffering intense menapause symptoms due to taking hormone inhibitors. It would be so liberating for women if the symptoms endured were highlighted when taking these and some real research done as to how affective they really are. Thanks Davins, love your positiveness.

Hi Divina, I just want to say a big THANK YOU! I spoke to a female friend, who recommended I watch your Sex, Mind and Menopause documentary. Which I watched and immediately contacted my GP, waited three weeks to have my blood pressure, weight and BMI checked, to then waited another three weeks for a call back from my GP, which happened today and I've been prescribed Evorel 50 patches, which I'm about to start. I highlight 15 of the 34 symptoms over a period time, mainly hot flush, cold sweats, low concentration, brain fog and low moods. I'm going to keep a journal on the Balance app. So grateful for your insight.

Keep chucking your name behind this and carry the convo on Davina. A taboo subject no more is where we NEED to be 👍🏼❤👍🏼 xx

I honestly don't get this feeling of being ashamed by hitting the menopause. It's just another life stage. What I do take issue with is the fact all anyone ever talks about is hot flushes and a dry vagina. I rekindled my sex life at the age of 57 after a break of 17 years and it was pretty nice actually, no problems there, not worrying about pregnancy, condoms come with lube, very nice, all of that, but every other bit of me has dried out, including my eyes, my mouth and my skin. I developed eczema and scratched myself red raw. A freak accident where I nearly lost an eye had the happy side effect that the hospital consultant diagnosed dry eyes and now I have eye drops prescribed which are marvellous. An NHS doctor prescribed colloidal cream after a course of steriod cream for the eczema, and I upped the exercise and lost a bit of weight, which has also helped enormously with skin condition. I haven't gone the HRT route though, because I felt it was not for me. I would say though, that everyone's menopause is different, and we do need to insist our GPs take us seriously, and not pigeon hole us or write us off. I feel like my life only just really got going fairly recently. Menopause is not the lead up to death, it's the beginning of a whole new phase of life.

I found exercise really good for helping with symptoms of menopause ❤️ i know it can be really stressful for some women. Just try anything to see if it helps!! ❤️ Sending love from Ireland 🇮🇪

Hi.. Thankyou for your channel & your documentary.. I'm now 46 & been menopausal since very early 20s, due to having been diagnosed of hodgkins lymphoma whilst I was pregnant & a week after my daughter was born I started my journey of chemotherapy. Its been one hell of a roller coaster, I've been very angry for years because I felt very alone & felt robbed of my women hood, yes granted I'm cancer free now but it still emotionally hurts. I've now been put on a tablet for night time progesterone 100mg & oestrogel for the skin, 4 weeks now im sleeping better at night & going through the night, my anxiety has started to get better, less hot sweats too.. Zoe x

Oestragel didn’t work for me even with 3 pumps so I started to take the patches 50mg and I started to notice a big change in the first wk, weight dropped off hot flushes went no night sweats lucky enough also sore joints went felt like the old me…as I started the menopause at 51 and have been going through it a year now..only thing with HRT my periods came back and lasted 2 wks. And very heavy so now fitted with merina coil and no longer have to take HRT.. thanks Davina x

I went to the doctors about 4 years ago with peri menopausal systems (44-my mum was 42 when she went through the menopause) never before had I suffered from anxiety (was off the chart) night sweats, mood swings etc. Doctor offered anti ds or propranolol, I took the propananlol for 4 years but didn't really help with all the symptoms. I then did some research myself on line about HRT and decided to ask for that. I was quite direct with the GP (luckily a female one) she agreed. So weaned my self off the propranolol and went on the HRT patches literally a week before your documentary! I couldn't believe it, felt not only vindicated but sad I didn't get offered the HRT 4 years ago!! Thanks Davina,keep the message going, I've shared your programme with everyone who will listen!!!

Hi Davina,is a bloated stomach part of the menopause?love your channel keep up the good work 😊

Thank you Davina.

Thank you Davina❤

Thank you … just thank you xx

Can anyone tell me where I can watch this documentary? I dont have Netflix nor watch TV. Davina, I was talking to an acquaintance at work (she does alot of work with women that have been in abusive relationships) and said alot of women commit suicide when their going through the menopause. I think it's very very important this is at least acknowledged and discussed so if women do start to feel like that, that its normal and feel more encouraged to get help. I have not heard one person talk about this very sensitive aspect.

Been on estradot 100mg and mireena coil, my coil misplaced I'm awaiting for it to get replaced, my estradot 100mg stop working , I had all my symptoms come back and hit me like a bus!! I had my bloods done at my dr , she said my estrogen very low, so she took me off the patches and put me on oestragel, I'm only on it for a week up to 4 pumps as I'm still flushing ! The dr said I should go on utrogestan as I suffer from sleep anxiety, 8m worr as I'm progesterone sensitive, as I've always su from PMS all my life! ❤❤

Watch Dr Lisa Mosconi who wrote The XX Brain. She also did a RU-vid with Dr Louise Newson. The impact of hormonal changes on the female brain is huge. Thank goodness we are entering an era where we know more and can demand more. Oh and watch Dr Christiane Northrup on the wisdom of menopause. She's hilarious, wise and will make you say "bring it on". I was actually excited to become menopausal after listening to her!

Face masks and menopause !!! Im in supermarket trying to pack my food , glasses steamin up im steaming up its a nightmare i think we have been a bit overlooked with this !

Hi I love the post davina shares I'm 42 and have always lived a physical healthy life ..but as I hit my mid thirty ish ...I started with depression, etc ...more so than when I was younger..I had anorexia for most of my life ...got better around 20ish ..had my daughter when 25 ...anyway....we all have stuff .few years later ..I got all the signs of menopause..my mum has hers around 35 so thought me too ..no ..I'm suffering from ME ...so make sure you get fully checked over .. but all she shares online is true . . Don't suffer ..push your doctor to check all blood and chase everything

Thank you ❤️

Started HRT recently because of the information on here thanks Davina

Ive never wanted HRT as i took the Pill from 16- 49ish? apart from a break to have my Son orginally due to hideous period pains and heavy bleeding. I was just incredibly relieved to get to menopause though i did suffer mood swings, some hair loss , changes in sex drive etc. Ive never felt any stigma around the menopause personally , i was always incredibly self conscientous about periods but i think thats a generational things, young women seem far more relaxed about things like this now. I think everyone needs to do what feels right for them

IM just likee youuuu know alott , my wife knows alot ( she is ahead of me with 14 yrs on menopause ) and i dont wannna suffer , so i creat a romanian group to help all poor women and be support for them all the best , waving from Manchester , a romanian lesbian on menopause age 52

omg i'm so glad i have watched this ,will now go and see my GP now, i'm 51 years and i feel like i have every symptom going,insomina,headaches,aches and pains in my joints and body,hot flushes,chills,night sweats,im depressed and anxious,very tearful,i feel like i am loosing my mind,i also have digestive issues,can you offer any advice,i feel so stupid as i did not know much about,

Great video. I'm going through the menopause I'm nearly 48. You asked for any suggestions about what you could talk about in your next documentary. I don't think I've ever heard anyone on TV or social media talk about infertility and then the menopause. I have PCOS & endometriosis & I have never been able to have children. There must be loads of people like me but it just never gets talked about. There's a whole bundle of emotion you always think in your mind oh maybe one day it will happen & then you realise it can't & then you have all that comes with having the menopause. Just a thought. Loved your last documentary.

What’s not to love about Davina. Xxx

Hi Davina, am going to be a wellbeing coach talking about the menopause 🥰🥰🥰

Thankyou Davina I'm 47 and pre menopausal ..xx

I’m 45 and have suffered with painful muscles and joints, fatigue, mood swings for years and have been to see the doctor many times. Been sent for blood test and told there is nothing wrong. I do wonder if I’ve been suffering from the peri menopause for a number of years.

Much love 🥰🤗💕💞

Please chat Testosterone.. Doctor won't give it to me.. Also bloating.. Thank you please keep talking about this xx

Hi, Divina,Thank you for your video.I have found it quite helpful myself.I’m 53 and have quite a few health issues ie one being Reynolds disease .which is very painful in its self. I have been told that I am in my menopause.I get the hot sweats and very uncomfortable in the undercarriage ( if you know what I mean ) lol.I have been give some medicine but I’m going tot talk to my doctor about hrt so thank you .least I know now I’m not on my own lol can drive you paranoid lol God bless you .keep up the good work .look forward to the next video.lots love🥰

Really interesting.

I watched your second program and am going to head back to my Dr's to ask for HRT. Out of 34 symptoms, I have 21. Crikey!

More info on blood pressure changes is it menopause related or age? Do periods stop when you take HRT? Glad more ppl are talking about it now.

I’m 47 and I know I’m definitely premenopausal but I’ve just lost my mom very suddenly well I’m a complete mess now and the doctor is telling me I’m depressed I’m not yes I’m grieving for my lovely mom but I’m near breaking point…

Thank you Davina you're a star!! I live in Spain the difficulties of getting your GP to actually give you a blood test to check your hormone levels is ridiculous. I'm 51, joint pain, brain fog, menstrual cycle all over the place, vaginally dryness....nope apparently I "don't need HRT yet!" . So when in their opinion will I need it once I have gone completely loopy with osteoporosis and unable to have a sex life?? . The GPs act as if they are paying for the cost of HRT from their own pocket 😔😔😔

Goodness she looks great in those glasses

Pls talk about menopause and migraines

I am so grateful for all your work on peri/menopause. I am almost 45. Sometimes I really think I’m peri menopausal and other times I think I’m imagining it all. I have downloaded the Balance app to track everything. I suppose I’m wondering at what point should you consider approaching the GP for help? Do you need to wait until you can’t cope or if you just don’t feel like your old self? Trouble is, as I get older everything has changed and so it’s all taking some getting used to, I don’t know what is potentially menopause related and what is just age…?

Thank you Divina, I found this video last night but watched just now & I have realised that my 2 best friends & myself do not need to except beeing fobbed off by the female GP & she is also partner of the NHS doctors surgery saying to one of them that they do not need HRT because it is only for people who are gaving hot flushes. I have come to realise that HRT is monitered therefor it as safe as then contraceptive pill etc and even monitered a little better or maybe a lot better. I am goimg to encourage my 2 friends & myself to begin a mood & health diary fotlr one ir 2 months then to return to the GP or even a gynie clinic if the General Practitioners do at the pracrice do not seem to understand.

Divination I'm almost 51, I've been pre menopause for the last couple of years, I've never never had any symptoms other than a couple times being really hot ( not sweating) in the middle of the night, HRT really messed up my mom years ago( they could never find the right dose) for her, I treat my body with diet( I'm on keto/carnivore) fir 90% of the time for last 3.5 years and feel pretty good( will not be needing HRT) or any other medications

im 47 and havent felt right for months the dectors dont think im menopausal ive got to have another set of bloods done again to test for it but i just know how im feeling and i know its my hormones! what is my major problem is i dont have periods anymore for last 10 years i had polyps removed by laser surgery and since then not had monthlys, my mums passed away and im sure she was a bout my age when she went through "the change" i dont really have any close female friends to talk to about it i feel like im banging my head on a wall i have hot flushes at times etc too.... i really feel sad and alone im not sad about it happening i just would like help but going to my male gp you feel rushed in and out the room all the time like you can only mention 1 problem then theyre pushing you out the door!!

I’m making an appointment with my GP today!!!!!!…….i turned 60 this year and had my last period over 10 years ago….I have ignored the worsening symptoms for too long to the point where yesterday I sat in my car at a supermarket in the pouring rain and cried my eyes out !!!!! WTF is that all about???……I don’t even recognise myself , this is not who I am !!!….Thankyou Davina, I’ll let you know how my journey continues 😘😘😘

Desperately looking for Body Identical HRT specialist in New York, USA. Thank you for this series and resources. xo