One of my favorite health and wellness newsletters is from Dr Mercola. In a link I followed from the latest newsletter I came across this delightful play on words – “men-o-pause”. Now I am sure that most men agree, that the mood swings that women go through do indeed lead to pause of action – best to stay away until the ‘moment’ subsides. And from a womans perspective, and from a medical perspective, menopause heralds the beginning of the end of childbearnig capability.
I am not inclined to write further on this subject other than to suggest that one take care in formulating ones own treatment for the symptoms of menopause. It is a subject that is deeply divided between using artificially developed chemicals from natural sources and those homeopathhic solutions that claim to negate the need for anything termed as a ‘drug’. I have managed to get a very experienced homeopath to admit that the doses of herbs et al required to have the same impact as a prescription drug is very high – and no doubt very expensive. It confirms a belief I hold that one is best adopting ones own view of such treatments – personally, I prefer to take advantage of both. I can find many more worthy homeopathic investments than that for managing menopause [not that I am at that stage yet] – but then I most likely won’t be, as I have opted to stay on a low dose of oestrogen and progesterone [both prescriptions or developed solutions] to avoid the menace – I mean, why opt to go through all that drama, to interupt ones life for up to 24 months when there is a perfectly safe alternative – for me anyway.
Some women have pre-existing medical conditions that make taking such drugs high risk. But I don’t – and my cancer inducing factors are very low. So take your own counsel on this very personal subject, and remember, if the scaremongers suggest you will ruin your liver or get breast cancer by taking menopause symptom drugs, there are many ways you can offset this danger – you guessed it, using herbal remdies!!