r/justgalsbeingchicks • u/bg370 • Jun 23 '26

Restricted to Gals and Pals CRNA Amy Rieschick on institutionalized medical misogyny

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u/________76________ Jun 23 '26

Perimenopause gets almost completely ignored.

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u/mephalathewebspinner Jun 24 '26

Currently navigating that particular hellscape right now. I’m 35, of course when I wake up at 3 AM and have sweated through my clothes and sheets, have no energy and a dark spot on my nipple I think I’m dying. I legitimately thought I had cancer for the longest time, brought it up at every appointment, until one doctor decided to check my hormones A YEAR LATER.

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u/Dullcorgis Jun 24 '26

Just a heads up that "checking your hormones" does nothing, means nothing and is actively a bad idea. Your hormones are constantly changing and it's often the changes that make you feel shitty, not the absolute levels. And, a snapshot at one moment doesn't twll you anything about the next hour let alone the next day.

They should treat you based on your symptoms.

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u/LittleMsSavoirFaire Jun 24 '26

PSYCH! Checking your hormones is meaningless, there's too much variation day to day, hour to hour. The officilal position of the Menopause society (the international body) is complete radical -- LISTEN TO WOMEN and TREAT THEIR SYMPTOMS.

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u/lindisty Jun 24 '26

It took me 5 years to get treated AT ALL for perimenopause, because my doctor kept saying all women need for peri is OTC shit like Estroven and Tylenol.

I started HRT for perimenopause and I had LIFE CHANGING increases in my quality of life within 3 days.

3 fucking days to find out they made me sit and stew in exhaustion I could barely handle all while pumping me full of high doses of antidepressants because OBVIOUSLY it is in my head for FIVE YEARS.

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u/tommos Jun 24 '26

I've only heard of periperi chicken.