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Video transcript
Hello, and welcome to 7 Days to a Better Menopause. And I'm so excited that you are joining me on this journey.
My Top Tip:
"Menopause Support tablets have eased my problems and have helped me sleep better at night. I would recommend them to any one suffering the effects of the menopause."
Why did I create this plan?
Now, why did I create this plan? Well, when I started the menopause or the approach to the menopause in my late 40s, I realised that I knew absolutely nothing about it.
I hadn't a clue as to what is going to happen to my periods, how I was going to feel, what symptoms I might get, how long was it going to last, and I also realized there was nobody I could ask about it. There was no support out there.
So working in the natural health industry, I realised there must be information somewhere on this.
So I spent quite a long time doing lots of research, and one of the exciting things I found was that just making a few changes to my diet, on my lifestyle, made a huge difference to the symptoms I was experiencing and also about how I was feeling about the menopause.
Tips & Information
So this week, I am going to give you lots of my best tips, I'm going to give you lots of information, and the things that you can do to help yourself during the menopause.
These are not difficult changes, and you should be able to incorporate them into your daily life without too much trouble at all.
Understanding the menopause
Now, I want you to understand your menopause. I want you to be more prepared than I was when I started this particular phase.
So, what is the menopause, and that is a really good question. The menopause, the real true meaning of the menopause is that it's the point at which you stop your periods for good. But today, the menopause incorporates different stages of the menopause.
What age will you start the menopause?
What age are you going to start the menopause? The average age is 45 to 55, but there are a number of women that will start their menopause maybe quite a bit early, their late 30s or early 40s.
Now this can be caused by a number of factors. It can be hereditary. So if your mum, your granny, your aunties, and your older sisters all started quite early, then there is a possibility that you will start around about the same age.
Certain health issues can cause an early menopause, such as diabetes, smoking is another thing that will very often trigger an earlier menopause.
For some women, it can be the other end of the scale, they might not start the menopause until their mid to late 50s.
Peri-menopause
Now, the first stage of the menopause is what's called the peri-menopause, and this is the point where your hormones can start to subtly change. This can also be one of the most confusing stages of menopause because many women don't realize that you can start to get menopause symptoms whilst you're still getting completely regular periods.
Period change
Now, when your period start to change, for some women, they might start to get closer together, they might start to get heavier, they might start to get longer, and this can sometimes last quite a while before the periods then start going the other way.
For some women, they will go straight into missing periods, having periods that are lighter, that are shorter. You might find that you miss a couple of periods and then get a couple back, then miss a few more months, and then get a few back again before they finally stop.
For some women, and these tend to be the really lucky ones, their periods can literally just stop without any warning at all.
Second stage of menopause
Now, second stage of the menopause is that point when your periods stop for good. The problem is we don't know they stop for good until you've not had any periods for two years.
Now, some sources say you are through the menopause after one year, but from our experience, we find that quite a number of women can go for a year or more without a period and then they can start up again or they can get one or two. Very often, this is just due to a last fling by the hormones.
So to be on the safe side, we say, you are through the menopause after you've not had a period for two years.
Now in this phase, your hormones can continue to change and you can still experience menopause symptoms during this whole time. Once you're through the menopause, the majority of women find that their symptoms will start to ease off and they can then feel better, and as some women say, they feel more like their selves again.
What symptoms will I get?
Now, what symptoms will you get during the menopause? Well, there's a huge range of symptoms, and I just want you to remember that you can get all sorts of different ones, you can get different combinations.
Hot flushes & night sweats
Now, the first main symptom is hot flushes and night sweat. But remember, 25% of women won't get hot flushes or night sweats.
So it's not a given that you have to have any particular symptom to indicate that you're in the menopause.
Other main symptoms
Other main symptoms can be due to things like vaginal dryness, it can be low libido, you can get fatigue, you can get emotional issues such as low mood, you can get anxiety attacks, you can get irritability, and you can start to feel very angry as well.
Unusual symptoms
There are also a number of symptoms that can appear in the peri-menopause and the menopause that are not often associated with the menopause itself, and this can be quite worrying because you can suddenly get symptoms and wonder where on earth they've come from.
So these less common known symptoms of the menopause tend to be things like joint aches and pains, muscle aches and pains, you can get palpitations, you can get nausea, you can get migraines, and you can just feel generally really low and out of sorts or even not yourself.
YOUR menopause is unique!
Now, the most important thing to take here that I want you to understand is that every single one of you will have a unique menopause.
You may have a combination of different symptoms, but there isn't a standard menopause for every single women.
And I also want you to realise, and this is one of the most important things this, there is an end to it, this is a phase, and most women, once they get to the end of the menopause, will feel as good, or if not better than they did before.
So there is light at the end of the tunnel and I want you all to, you know, keep a hold of that particular idea.
Keep a diary
Now, one of the things that I very often recommend to women during the menopause is to keep a menopause diary.
We're very busy, as women today, and sometimes it's difficult to even remember the symptoms we had yesterday and how we felt yesterday.
So what I want you to do is to keep a diary, and what do you need to put in the diary? Well, every single day I want you to write down what you are feeling, how you're feeling emotionally.
I want you to write down all the things that you have been eating and drinking and the times that you're eating and drinking, because this is really important, because timing can be a big factor in your menopausal symptoms.
I want you to write down when you get the symptoms. You might well find that you tend to get a hot flush at the same time every day. You might find that you get irritable at the same time every day.
So knowing when your symptoms occur can very often give you a really good indication of what is going on. And eventually, by the end of the week, I hope that you will maybe see some kind of pattern emerging with your symptoms, with your diet, and with how you're feeling.
And once you can identify what that pattern is, then it's much easier to deal with your symptoms and to find ways of making you feel better.
It's also really important to have a good indication of how you're feeling. Some women do want to go and see their doctor, but they can find it very difficult to express how they're feeling. So if you've got a diary in front of you, you can give the doctor so much more information.
Any questions?
So, this week, if you have any questions, you can comment on the page, you can also ask me a question privately.
And remember that I'm here to help you and I'm here to support you. And tomorrow, day two, it's going to be all about water and why it's so important to the menopause. So see you then.
