Dr. Louise Newson

She said, well, I had contraception.

It made me worse.

So I said, okay, what about natural hormones?

Of course, no one has done.

So it's not rocket science.

If someone feels well when they're pregnant, it's an indication that hormones are having a beneficial effect on their brains.

So giving her hormones back, I'm pretty sure is going to transform not just her life, but her mother's, who's having a terrible time, and her son.

So we have to remember the impact of ignoring women is having such a huge effect on

I can't even begin to explain the stories that I hear are so harrowing and they're more extreme because people are understanding and joining the dots.

Yet the medical establishment, as a generalisation, are still very resistant to prescribed hormones.

Yeah.

And I think also as a very experienced doctor, I'm used to dealing with uncertainty and I'm used to sharing uncertainty with my patients.

You know, I'm not there going, I'm going to cure you because of course there's so many things that, you know, symptoms could be due to.

But I was recently in Los Angeles at an international conference and there was somebody speaking from one of the menopause societies about POI, premature ovarian insufficiency, and talking about like the flow diagram and

If the women have had a hysterectomy, they only need estradiol.

If they still have their womb, they have progesterone.

So I went up at the end with the microphone and there were a few hundred people in the audience.

And I said, look, we all know that progesterone is made in the ovaries as well as estradiol and testosterone.

And everyone knows that progesterone works throughout the body and brain.

So I'm just a bit confused.