Dr. Mary Claire Haver

It's remodeling.

Right.

Most mammals don't have a protracted menopause like humans.

Exactly.

There are a few, but we're really the...

Yeah, so women live at least another 20%.

So there's not a great menopause model other than taking out ovaries.

We don't have a perimenopause model.

You know, you don't.

We can intervene earlier, see who's at risk and provide hope.

Let's talk about the statistics that a lot of women aren't familiar with.

And I'm not fear mongering here.

I think it's important that

our listeners, especially younger listeners who are like, is this, you know, oh my God, I don't want to get older.

This sounds terrible.

But I think if you know, then you can prepare yourself and you're not so blindsided when you start having symptoms.

So women are twice as likely as men to be diagnosed with an anxiety disorder or depression.

And so when I looked at the data on SSRI prescription

you know, use.

So that's a marker for how many women have depression or anxiety because these are the medications we use to treat.