Menopause Unmasked: Recognizing Symptoms, Battling Gaslighting, and Finding Support | Andrea Donsky

[@joannayen9043]

Thank you for talking about this topic and shedding light on it because my doctors, own mother, isn't talking to me and preparing me for that stage of life. your one of the few people to speak up. I can't get my western medicine doctors to run a full complete thyroid test and it's so frustrating.

[@CynthiaThurlow]

Thank you for listening as well!

[@Gingerinthesouth]

Yes Ladies! I feel like my sister and I are the only 2 women in my family that will admit they are in post menopause I had to go through mine for about seven years until I was postmenopausal, but my mother and my aunt both said we never went through anything it was just done lol they never talked about it. I don’t have too many friends. Talk about it either. I think I was so regular with my periods that I knew something was going on and the only information out there that I could find was from Dr. Northrup and Dr. Gittleman at the time. It was the scariest time in my life until I found their books and did testing to explain my hormone levels ❤ To all of you listening to this that are under 40 just be prepared. Focus on getting tested the moment you start feeling weird or have I skipped period. I was very active and I was a runner and Walker and soon that all changed I had to redirect my entire lifestyle.. I am now 56 and feeling fabulous. Lots to learn along the way, but these ladies are amazing to help.

[@kimbe910]

Thank you 🙏🏾 more episodes please❤

[@CynthiaThurlow]

On it! Thank you!

[@Leo-mr1qz]

I understand the obsession of not wanting to grow older, but it puts a negative spin on aging for our daughters & nieces. It screams insecurity, in my humble opinion. I have a girlfriend who is 2 years younger than I, and she refuses to admit that she is in peri-menopause. She went out of her way and bought a cold plunging tub, claiming she dropped 15 lbs. from it to prove to herself that she isn't aging. 🤦🏼‍♀️ (I know it's a decent tool for reducing inflammation, but it typically burns 63 calories for 15 minutes of exposure.) I have 3 teenage daughters. The last thing I want to do is pretend that I can be fertile until the day I die. I am trying to age gracefully, with dignity, so that they have a positive model to remember when they go through peri-menopause & menopause. ❤

[@CynthiaThurlow]

Well said!