Ladycare magnet for menopause symptoms

[sailorsgal]

I was reading about this the other day and wondered if anyone had tried it? Any good?

[twankie]

okay..well I am going to try this magnet too. Can I still buy it from Boots or do I need to order online? And where abouts in your knickers do you attach it, if that's not too much an indelicate question?

[pinklemonade211]

Not been on for a while but hopefully this post might help with a few of your questions from your recent posts. In my point of view the magnet has become like a piece of jewellery i don't want to remove! I feel like something is missing when i take it off. I ordered mine online from the lady care website and it arrived the next day, i have been wearing it ever since. Fairly recently a good friend of mine told me that her mother in law was suffering terribly from hot flushes at 72 so i suggested she give Lady care a go. Within 3 weeks she had a huge reduction in flushes and all of a sudden they just stopped. She told me she had been suffering for over 10 years and lady care was the only thing that had ever helped. In the instructions it says to wear it approx 3/4" below the navel so i wear mine a couple of inches in from my hip bone at the front of the body and it magnetises to the front of your pants. As i have been using mine for over a year now if anyone has any questions that i might be able to help with fire away!

[sailorsgal]

I forgot to wear my magnet a couple of nights and the hot flushes came back so it must be working.

I'm also very active and even wear it to zumba and it doesn't move.

[jubob]

I have been trying for about 3 weeks now and Im not sure if it is doing any good, I think the flushes might be a bit less severe, but not an instant cure for me like some have said, but I wanted to warn you all off the alternative to HRT that is now being offered...anti depressants! What a nightmare, as the Dr didnt want to give me HRT again , as I have been on it for quite a long time, she said that antidepressants were showing good results for flushes and the one she would give me was very mild!!! What a joke the flushes were no better, the nightsweats increased to the point where I had to sleep on a towel all night and was wringing wet , I wanted to sleep all the time, was like a zombie, I could go on! So after a month of extreme discomfort I decided to stop taking them...big mistake I thought i was dying, Brain Zaps, where you feel like there is an electric buzzer in your head, dizziness, crying,nausea I had to take 2 days off work as I was too dizzy and ill to drive or cope. Apparently I should have weaned myself off them slowly..which seems rather extreme when I had only taken them for a month..also some of the potential side effects are life long..so my advice if you are offered these as an alternative ..run a mile!

[MissBoPeep]

Jubob- get yourself on HRT girl ;)

All the research shows that for women aged under 60 the benefits outweigh the risks.

Why on earth suffer?

[Tracy4444]

My doc put me on anti depressant, but trying to find an alternative I am now trying the magnet at 43 people don't understand when I have insomnia and hot flushes especially when I still have to argue about how old I am, nobody believes me and going through the change at 43 and looking 30ish is hellish. I can't describe the flushes and the amount I have to wash my body and hair or apologise for make my chair warm at work or how cold it is in my office. I' am sick of explaining myself so trying a magnet and hoping it works....watch this space!!!!

[Sphere27]

I've never posted on here but would like to add my comments! Started wearing magnet 2 weeks ago as my
Flushes day and night were getting me down and very embarrassing!! I'm in a new relationship and really was finding flushes awful.
Within 2 weeks of using magnet I'm so much better! If I do get odd flush its much milder. Have hidden from boyfriend
So far!! Lol. The only thing I have is a windy tummy. Not sure if its related! Would be interested to know if anyone
Else has had this. Would recommend .

[bella65]

Not another plug from a marketing person, surely?
I do wonder if some posters simply pop onto a forum to advertise this and other products?

[lizziewhiz]

I worked wonders for me.

[lizziewhiz]

I too suffered with a windy tummy but put that down to artificial sweeteners.

[missbopeep]

Is this yet another person from the company? It's just so odd that people pop along to this forum to endorse a product and are not / have no history on any other part of MN.

[Brooksie9]

missbopeep - perhaps people like me pop up on this forum because we are actually researching something.. I have been peri menopausal for the last 2/3 years, my doctor offered me HRT which he then confessed would make my migraines worse. Previously I had been prescribed a type of anti depressant for acute migraines, which once I'd researched it fully, decided that it was not something I wanted to take.. I have managed my migraines and the menopause by making changes to my diet.. No dairy, alcohol, caffeine all very boring. However in the last 4 weeks have been hit by severe hot flushes, that I cannot manage - affecting my sleep pattern and now my work. A colleague at work approached me after seeing my discomfort and has recommended the lady magnets.. That is the reason for me reading all of these posts and commenting on here.. and to be honest, I would possibly not bother with anything else relating to Mumsnet.. I will let you know how I get on with the magnets which, after reading much information on them, seems to be worth spending £20 on especially if it works and nobody has mentioned side effects!

[laundrybasket]

its only £24 still in boots - despite lack of scientific evidence - its worth a try...im going to....

[Daisywyatt]

If you are suffering menopause symptoms and have £20 to gamble with why not try it? I shouldn't think it can do much harm. The worst that can happen is that you put a post on here saying it didn't work for you and get slated by the ones it DID work for. I'm gonna try it.

[nanasha]

ive just bought a lady care magnet but before I use it can any one tell me if it could restart your periods, as I have not had a period for nearly a year and I wouldn't want to start them up again. thanks.

[WindyWeather22]

I thought just like you and was on HRT 2 years - it stopped working efficiently so the consultant upped the dose and within 6 months I'd had an occipital lobe infarct - a stroke - so HRT was stopped immediately. I know it's not the same for everyone, but consider carefully before taking as it does come with risks - I no longer have enough vision to drive, and if I had my time over again, I would not take HRT :(

[WindyWeather22]

My last message was directed at MissBoPeep

[AuntieStella]

Brooksie99 it often looks a bit odd when people appear on product related threads as a unique post. But as you're looking for wider chat/support for (peri)menopause and the alleviation of symptoms, then I expect we'll see you on other threads in the topic. That tends to demonstrate clear space between the spammers and the new MNetters.

[Marlena123]

Hello i'm glad i've found this thread because i was just about to try magnet therapy in general anyway.

i have been thinking about what is happening during the menopausal process- this is what i call it because the menopause it seems is only a point in time- according to what i feel mostly and the bits of info i read on the net in books or hear on the radio.

i remember listening to an alternative remedies programme a long time ago -with half an hear- this man was explaining that our bodies are electrical machines in a way

[Marlena123]

meaning it's electrical impulses running along the nerves, also electrical triggers that make the heart beat, and this kind of battery effect obtained thanks to the electrolytes elements in our cells and blood.

sorry if i am not making too much sense i am not a biologist.

i was reflecting after having reviewed traditional remedies of various parts of the world for the menopause and it suddenly struck me that no matter which continent- it's all along the same line: plants and foods of a very high mineral content are recommended at this time - and minerals such as for instance potassium, magnesium , calciumhave a negative or positive charge to them- i believe.

the change seems to bring on a lack of those hence palpitations, crawling, itching... Maybe the magnet has a rebalancing effect on them.

It would then work on the nervous system this way and possibly even influence hormones.

i would try the ladycare if i needed to but are there any long term side effects studies?

[Marlena123]

As for the pseudo science part of it - no company will spend millions doing proper trials of it because they wouldn't be able to make huge profits out of it - once you buy your magnet you're set.
that doesn't mean it's not valid.just that it has not been validated.

[ghostinthecanvas]

I used a magnet for my period pain. The chemist recommended it, said it worked for her. Didn't for me. In fact they were worse. Though that could have been coincidence. I may hunt it out, expecting hot flushes soon. I am on lots of threads for endometriosis so not just dissing the product.
However, there is something about magnetic therapies although it didn't work for me. I have seen a dogs health improve dramatically when their owner used magnetic therapy. The dog didn't know obviously and it definitely improved.

[jaffacakesallround]

Dogs pick up their owners' moods. There was something on the BBC website last week about how if an owner is happy their dog will mimic this and vice versa. It is possible I'd say for an owner to be 'happy' and relaxed when they have attached a magnet to the dog, or maybe even to focus more on the dog to inspect its behaviour and reaction- all of which could make the dog behave differently.
The only way to prove this is a double blind placebo trial where the dogs and their owners have no idea if they are being give a magnet or a lump of plastic.

[exexpat]

Feeling old? Shove a magnet down your pants (but mind your laptop).

I really don't know how Boots can carry on selling this when they had to concede several years ago that there was no evidence whatsoever for the claims made for Ladycare after complaints to the Advertising Standards Authority.

[ghostinthecanvas]

Thats interesting Jaffacakes. Wish I had seen that. So going on my experience alone - waste of money.