Dr. Louise Newson

And, you know, both of them are perimenopausal.

That would be insane.

Often people have, everyone's experience is different.

So the symptoms can be different and, you know, they, it can be really difficult.

I've had some patients who you've just treated one of them and they feel really well.

And then the other one maybe is a bit younger or different and then starts, but then they can recognize it a lot quicker.

But it's very difficult and it can be very disconcerting because it's also very hard to tease out, you know, is it because, you know, I've been with my husband for decades?

Is it because of that?

Or is it because of hormones?

Or is it something else?

And if you've got children, then how do you know what's going on?

Because life's busy and everything.

But one of my big issues is that women have often been gaslit and told, oh, you're like this because you're stressed, because you've got three children, because you're working full time, because, because.

They never say that to my husband.

Right.

And it's like, hang on, I've always coped with having three children and a busy job.

So something else has changed.

And then I think if people realize that it could be a hormonal imbalance, the next thing is thinking about what can I do about the imbalance?

Because women shouldn't be suffering and neither should the men who are watching them suffer, really.

So that's the biggest problem is that the majority of women who are perimenopausal are still not able to access evidence-based treatment, which is just wrong.