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Women’s symptoms are sometimes minimized as stress, aging, or “just menopause” before they’ve been fully explored. Many are also carrying heavy loads at work and at home. Many postpone their own care until symptoms interfere with daily life.

By the time they do seek help, appointments are short, and clinicians are often working within insurance restrictions and standardized protocols that leave little room to untangle a complicated history in one visit. Many arrive having already been through this cycle before: asking for answers, being told everything is normal, and quietly getting dismissed. Add the financial burden of healthcare, with or without insurance, and it’s easy to see why so many are seeking other options that will actually help make a change for them. Women are tired of walking away with no real sense of what happens next or how to proceed, feeling more stress than they started with.

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[–] velma@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ugh that sucks that your doctor dismissed you like that. There's abundant evidence that perimenopause can and does start much earlier in some people. It's clear she isn't keeping up with the latest in health care for women and that's a real shame especially for a female doctor.

Wishing you so much good luck in finding a doctor that actually listens to you <3

[–] dkppunk@piefed.social 4 points 1 month ago

Thank you 💚

It’s majorly frustrating when she’s a young woman too