"What we’re seeing is an incredible emergence of a for-profit industry associated with menopause"

Am 61 menopause started without me realising, heavy periods was the beginning at about 55.

Muddled through, ended up leaving my leadership role as i could not cope with the shit anymore.

Still question if it was just age related or the actual menopause.

on reflection was very up and down, emotional roller coaster, at home. Was like PMT with knobs on.

I think that women going through the menopause should have more work place support, if they want it.

I did not seek medical support or medication of any sort.

Am a go with my body/self sort of person and toughed it out.

I agree it has become an industry, noticed the selling of skin/hair lotions and potions.

Post menopause is already medicalised, look at our elder women in the public eye, plastic fantastic

i dye my hair, accept my wrinkles and deal with my facial hair strangely body hair is mostly gone.

life is a trajectory we are all on.

Medicine plastic surgery ain’t the answer.

Exactly!

I agree about the development of a massive for profit industry around menopause, although that’s just the wellness industry generally- it’s not specific to menopause. I also struggle with arguments based on “natural processes” when we kick against nature with every breath. Nature would have half of us dead before our 5th birthday and half the survivors dead in childbirth and and it certainly doesn’t care about menopausal women who have served their purpose as far as survival of the species is concerned.

I was 'faulty' before 50, in fact due to getting early menopause I could hardly walk by 49.

Weird how the very time the doctors prescribe HRT when needed they come along and bring another narrative to stop women getting some relief.

This hatred of women living some sort of worthwhile lives is relentless.

I do think that hrt is only suitable for some though and more research is needed for non pharma interventions

Hard agree.

I disagree with much of this article. I do think there is a desperate need for non profit research but research is really needed. Anyone who says hrt is only good for hot flushes and night sweats clearly has no idea

I haven’t read the article yet but I agree with your intro. What do you do when HRT doesn’t sort out the unhappiness, or the bloating and weight gain? A lot of people are making a lot of money out of menopause.