Women put family first and often neglect their own health. Once the reproductive period is complete, it is almost self-indulgent to complain of everyday aches and pains, so they pull on. In the perimenopause, most women develop menstrual problems. They feel tired often leading to mood swings which do not help while handling teenage children and elderly parents, and along with this a reducing sexual desire, which leads to strain in relationships.
And if she dares to complain she is told that these are normal in the menopause and that you just need to get through it, just as your mother did… The previous generation had a different set of challenges in life but today’s women lives at least one-third of her life after the menopause. Menopause may not be an illness, but certainly it causes suffering. Insight into the suffering caused by menopause is generally lacking. Many clinicians may…
