Menopause IS NOT AN ILLNESS
Study: Hormone Patch Safer Than Pill – washingtonpost.com
For women who have struggled with the symptoms of menopause but are fearful of taking risky hormone pills, there is at last a bit of hope.
Here it is again: Another reference to the “symptoms” of menopause. People, symptoms are indications of disease. Menopause is NOT a disease. It is a natural condition in older human females. It has signs. Not “symptoms”.
Maybe you think I’m overreacting to this but, I have to tell you, it really annoys me when people discuss a perfectly normal part of the aging process as if it were a disease that needs treatment. Yes, yes — I know there are some women who really have out-of-control problems with the signs of menopause but they are a VERY small minority. As I’ve written before, if you believe you’re one of those women, chances are you aren’t. Yes — hot flashes, night sweats, insomnia, and mood swings can be uncomfortable. They almost never require medication, though.
Just read this Washington Post article about all the risks associated with using artificial hormones to deal with the signs of menopause. What kind of nut would do such a thing?? I’ll tell you what kind. (Because, of course, that’s why I’m here. To point out the different kinds of nuts in the world.) A person who takes dangerous drugs in order to deal with a non-existent “disease” is a person who’s so totally freaked out about aging that she can’t even think straight. Get over it, ladies! It’s really and truly just not that big a deal.
One 63-year-old woman is quoted as saying “I have a very busy life. My sleep is important to me.” She’s been taking hormones for over 10 years. Hello? The night sweats and insomnia that can be part of menopause are only temporary. This woman, though, has been endangering her health in order to avoid this temporary discomfort. If she’d just worked through it, it would be over by now — and she’d be in better health too.
This really bugs me. I think it’s really pathetic when older women talk about menopause as though it were a disease with symptoms that need medical treatment. We’re not sick, ladies. We’re just old. Why are you buying into that whole “must be young” thing? Embrace your old self! 
Posted by RebeccaHartong on February 26, 2007 under Uncategorized
You know, I never understood this one either. What is the big deal? Get over it.
I used to have menustrual migraines. Now I have menopause migraines. My doctor put me on birth control to keep my hormone levels steady. It’s a very low dose and, I believe, relatively low in side effects. At least, I hope it is. I went through a three-month-long headache that waxed and waned, ranging from 2 to 8 on the 1-10 pain scale. I don’t think I could jus “live with it.” The night sweats, hot flashes, insomnia, I can deal with but the migraines interfered with my ability to function normally on a daily basis.