Dr. Louise Newson

And it's not even, you know, you're going to have to branch out.

I'll have to mention a bit because...

There's a lot of women with PMDD, premenstrual dysphoric disorder, and PMS, where they have essentially perimenopause just for a few days before each period.

So their mood drops, they become more anxious, they can become more irritable.

And then their period comes and they feel fine.

But again, it's the same cause.

It's a hormonal change.

And that's been normalized.

Like for women, we're told, oh, well, you will feel a bit crap a few days before your periods.

But when I see women...

Like that I'll often give them some hormones, usually just some progesterone for a few days.

And then they feel the same every day of the month, which is incredibly important.

Because if you're getting a symptom on those days where you've got a big, I don't know, assignment at work or you're at school and you're doing a big exam or, you know, like you wouldn't say to a man, oh, three days a month, you're just going to feel a bit shit and you might not go to the gym and you won't be able to sleep and you'll argue with your partner.

Men would go, what?

Oh, is there a treatment?

Can I do anything?

Yeah, of course it would.

But we've got a solution.

It's just can't be accessed.

That's what's really frustrating.