Menopause is only natural

A PAPeR in the British Medical Journal has suggested that the menopause should not always be medicalised. Also, that there are positives to the onset of the climacteric and that everyone should stop doom-mongering about what is an entirely natural transition for half of humankind.

Try telling that to Mariella Frostrup, Lisa Snowdon, Penny Lancaster, Davina McCall and the gang, who have rustled up menopause marches, are demanding a Menopause Mandate from the Government, menopause holidays from bosses and more understanding colleagues when you have a screaming meltdown because someone left the top off your favourite pen.

The outcry over the lack of hormonal treatment and various pressure groups give the impression that growing numbers of women are struggling to cope — but are they? Not all of us suffer! Indeed, the majority of women sail through the Sea of Menopause with only the occasional squall.

Yes, it is awful for those women who have a bad time, but increased medicalisation fuels negative perceptions, encourages everyone to feel like they are a victim and isn’t always the answer.