A transparent conversation about menopause journeys
Menopause content creators, Stephanie Shaw and Natalie Brown have a transparent conversation about their personal menopause journeys.
Transcript
It's like this ebb and flow through this period of time, where your body is just changing.
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
At the time, I actually didn't realize that I was going through menopause. And I think that that was one of the challenges,
is that I had no idea. Nobody could, kind of, give me a definitive answer that the symptoms that I was having are actually
the menopause. I went to 18 different doctors, two world-renowned medical facilities. And still no one mentioned nutrition,
nor did they mention menopause. I couldn't function. The symptoms were just not your typical symptoms
that you hear about all the time of the hot flushes and the night sweats. I did have those to an extent. But they weren't my main problem.
The brain fog and the headaches and vision loss. A lot of the head symptoms are--
aren't-- were and are still my main issue. I had a ton of the brain fog as well.
And it's still a part of who I am every day. And it's super, super frustrating. Not being able to sleep at night, twitching
in my eyes, migraines, vertigo, auras, numbness in my hands and feet, it's
a lot for a woman to go through. What I personally would like to see is that when a woman starts coming into her 40s
that her hormones are checked and that, you know, things-- they're made more aware that symptoms
that they may start having or if they start feeling a little bit off, you know, just have in the back of your mind,
is this the beginning of the menopause? Because I think that the more awareness and information women have as they start getting into that age group, the better.
I love the fact that you said that you didn't realize that it was actually menopause because I thought I was the only person
that didn't-- I'm like, what the heck? What's going on? Having conversations with your girlfriends that are of similar ages and to see what experiences they're
having, that really helps. I think it's just-- there's just something comforting in knowing that you're not the only one because when you feel alone
and, like, you're the only person going through some of these things, it's really hard. I think one of the other things that really helped me, as well, was going beyond my GP
and finding private help. If you feel like you're not really getting anywhere with your own doctor, they're not really listening to you,
then seek help elsewhere. Seek help elsewhere because the help is out there. [UPBEAT MUSIC]
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