Dr. Robin Austin

Um, but I think it's just acknowledging that it's, it's real and acknowledging that it's, um, and not trying to say, Oh, it's, it's in your head or it doesn't exist, but it is real.

It is.

Those are real signs and symptoms and they can be really, really impactful, not just in your home life, but I think of work life or outside of the home and things like that.

And we can get into the work, um,

in the workplace some of those statistics as well but i think it's just acknowledging that what they're going through and yes this is a change yes this is a transition it doesn't mean it's lifelong potentially but i think um and then what do we need to do what can i help to support that whether it's like you know maybe getting a more fan whether it's getting like they have some of the potential other op you know like they have more products now that they're trying to sell around sleeping at night for cooler sheets or what have you but

I just think it's what adjustments do we need to make around the house to make you more comfortable?

And how can we then go see a provider if that's of what you'd like to do to help with some of these things?

Because there are ways to approach this in a ways to, yes, there are lifestyle factors.

Yes, there are things we can do at home.

And maybe that's also changing things at home, like as far as diet or food, or I need to go to bed a little bit earlier than what I used to in some of those kind of making some more choices.

The other thing is, yeah,

A lot of women have kind of in this transition that maybe they're not, which wasn't brought up as a sign of symptom, is not being able to handle alcohol or it's maybe alcohol really disturbs your sleep.

And maybe that's not a great choice anymore to have that red wine at night.

Or maybe you can have it, but every once in a while and not on, you know, just making sure it's a sleep issue and you want to wake up in the morning and feel well.

So some of those lifestyle factors that may have to be making a decision, not just for the person individually, but how does that impact the home life or the partnership potentially as well?

And so how do you help support some of those factors that may be needing to change to really help that individual through this transition?

Yeah.

And I think the one thing I love about having the menopause now so much in the media is that it's it's I'd say it's not having a moment.

It's having a movement.

I think to myself as being a Gen Xer that we're not taking this lightly.