What did you wish you knew about the menopause in your 30's?

[HystericalDinosaur]

So, I'm mid 30's and have realised I know nothing about the menopause. Off to Google that.
But what did you wish you knew about it when you were in your 20's and 30's? What won't Google tell me?

Live your life, don't worry of course, I couldn't agree more. However the impact of the symptoms of perimenopause is much more eaily dimissed if you are sailing/sailed through perimenopause and hardly noticed it.

Great if that happens for you, I hope it does, but I think it's sensible if you're living in a body to find out about how it works and so you can recognise what's going on if you do find yourself falling off a cliff mid forties and becoming an unrecognisable version of yourself, you might be able to get the appropriate support, rather than suffer alone thinking you were going mad. Which sadly is not uncommon.

I don't see any problem with banging on about it, I dont feel apologetic in the slightest and recognising it's impact is important. It's not so long since post partum mental health was a dirty secret, and women were suffering in silence with that too. We forget how far we have come, and fail to recognise how far there is to go.

Forewarned is forearmed, and if you don't need the information, you can pass it on to help others.