My Emotional Journey from Menstruation to Menopause

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An extremely detailed article on “medical menopause” from Janice Reid at Navigating the Change.

As a child, I had always dreaded the start of my menstruation. I had seen my mother go through it and then my sister a few years before me. By 1980, I had seen and heard enough to know I wanted no part of it. But because Mother Nature knows best, at twelve years old […]

My Emotional Journey from Menstruation to Menopause

7 thoughts on “My Emotional Journey from Menstruation to Menopause”

  • I keep being amazed by what I don’t know about menopause (thanks, patriarchy!), and medical inducement is not something I’d really considered before. Also I appreciate finding that blog, and any new resource with other womens’ experiences since I’m clearly not having the same one my mother did. Thank you!

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  • I’ve always been so grateful in being a man. We have it easy! I appreciate, although can never fully understand, all the difficulties and extra burdens that you ladies have to endure in all aspects of your lives. Menstruation, perimenopause, and menopause is still a taboo subject in many societies, even enlightened ones. Discussion, education, mutual support, and the education of men is vital. The medical profession, mostly male dominated, does not help by routinely prescribing HRT even before discussing diet, hydration, and exercise.

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    • Peter, you are so right regarding the medical world. I know personally, docs are always trying to prescribe medicine instead of alternatives. It can get frustrating. Thank you for reading.

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