Riot women and HRT

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Inmy40 · 09/11/2025 10:45

I am absolutely loving Riot Women on tv and like many of the characters have exactly the same symptoms. However the solution to all of their problems is HRT. There’s even a song about it. Medically I can’t take this magic pill that’s going to make me feel alive again. Aibu to feel sad and cross that it’s so prominent as a solution as I try my alternatives of anti depressants, yoga etc none of which work.

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FallingIntoAutumn · 09/11/2025 10:51

I wish they were portrayed slightly younger, rather than the traditional middle aged women.

im sorry you’ve not found anything that’s helping. I think, ultimately menopause is a hormone deficiency so the only real way of supporting someone who is struggling is replacing those hormones lost. And it’s so expensive trying all the herbal remedies etc.

I caveat this with I know one persons menopause is not another persons. And some completely sail through it with no issue, whilst others are sat at the side of a bridge writing suicide notes.

DiscoBob · 09/11/2025 10:49

It seems so OTT the way they talk about it, it sounds like an advert for HRT. Like that stupid song and the audience literally all leap up and cheer when she bellows about wanting/needing it.

I've never known any woman to get so excited over it in real life. I guess the whole idea of RW is it's in a kind of alternative universe.

BitOutOfPractice · 09/11/2025 10:47

HRT didn’t work for me. I’m not sad or cross that it works for others though. I’m glad for them. YABU.

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