Article on peri in the DMail

[pinkfrocks]

www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2925818/How-menopause-drive-women-MAD-Panic-attacks-depression-hallucinations-just-terrifying-symptoms-youre-NOT-warned-about.html

[meglet]

yes to all those It makes me so angry that gp's dismiss it.

[OllyBJolly]

Agree with Meglet that it's too easy for doctors' to dismiss symptoms of the menopause, but this article is just sensationalist scare mongering. There is a serious lack of understanding about the depth and extent of conditions caused by the menopause but is there a need to be so dramatic?

But it is the Daily Mail, why spoil a good story with a bit of balance?

[hairypaws]

Yes here too. Was terrifying actually. I thought I was losing my mind.

[pinkfrocks]

I agree that the headline is OTT but the women's experiences are perhaps helpful especially the fact that many were prescribed ADs instead of treatment for the menopause.

[meglet]

I haven't had hallucinations (yet) but I do feel like I'm vulnerable and losing my mind.

[pinkfrocks]

I think the writer probably tried VERY hard to find a woman with hallucinations because I've never ever come across that before.

[Dunwhingin]

I've just come looking for a thread because of that article!
I had a hysterectomy last Christmas and was warned that I had a 30% chance of my ovaries packing up and I guess they are.
I am intensely paranoid at the moment, it is ruining everything as I cannot trust anyone in any situation.

[meglet]

dun I had mine 6yrs ago at the age of 35 (ovaries still in). For the last 2 years I've felt dreadful but the docs have poo-pooed my concerns . I have all the symptoms bar loss of periods but they don't believe me.