Why You're Gaining Weight! - Every Woman Needs To Know This About Menopause | Dr. Louise Newson

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  @susanloffhagen7788 · 2 years ago

  I went through menopause at 38. I had a male doctor who was sensitive to women s issues and I had presented with the issue that I did not know what was wrong with me as I had become tearful and no longer knew myself! He did a hormone test( this was 30 years ago) then he told me that I was more than half way through menopause A huge shock at 38. I was immediatly put on HRT. We had to change the dose twice to get it right. When I had to have an operation 28 years later the doctor took me off HRT and I swung back into all the menopausal symptoms ! It was horrendous and he would not listen until he went to a talk from a woman doctor who lectured all these specialists on what they, in essence were doing to women by not doing after care in regards to hormones. He rang me with an apology and an appointment with this wonderful woman. She tested me for all hormones bloods and goodness knows what else. We trialled bio identical hormones . Back to normal again. <br>This stage of life women go through can ruin lives, marriages and a woman’s confidence in themselves. We need every GO aware of and sympathetic to a woman’s journey.

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  @cearilindubhlaoi9507 · 2 years ago

  Louise is doing women across the world the bigest favour. educational podcasts like this is whats so needed for every woman and all the Doctor&apos;s...thank you louise for all the work you have done &amp; still doing much respect to you always ❤❤

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  @artbylynnnorris · 2 years ago

  I&apos;ve watched many podcasts with Louise in, I love how she really opened up her personal experiences and I can relate to so many in yours, hindsight is a wonderful thing, she seems to be vilified by the media frequently and by people in her profession and you can see here where her passion for change &nbsp;comes from. I&apos;m educated enough thanks to Louise to know I need HRT which ones to try and have been through alot till I found one that absorbed, Testosterone has been a game changed for me, sadly I&apos;ve had to source this privately, what&apos;s really hard is to find the balance of what&apos;s right for you and to get back up to find it and prescribe it, so keep going!!

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  @crh251 · 2 years ago

  I love this woman. &nbsp;Thank you for speaking out for all those women suffering.

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  @annab5090 · 1 year ago

  ❤ This doctor is a gift to all women who are willing to hear. She has a special gift in the way she speaks about women’s health and hormones.<br>Listening from the USA. And yes I’m on BHRT. A life saver.

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  @susanearle7087 · 2 years ago

  Lovely to see the real Louise and not just Louise the professional. A very special conversation. Thank you both.

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  @dianasmith1398 · 2 years ago

  I am post menopausal...i did take estrogen for ten years till the doctor cut me off. It really helped me. &nbsp;But i went thru divorce in my forties mostly because i started peri menopause in my 30 s. My symtoms were extreme &nbsp;so my family and me suffered. &nbsp;I wish the doctor would have helped me cause i felt crazy. Thank you for this video. &nbsp;Wished i knew more years ago

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  @charleedell92 · 2 years ago

  The sad thing is women know all this, it is clinicians who would do well to learn about the harms of untreated loss of sex hormones. If men routinely outlived their testicles they would be able to get replacement just like that, it wouldn&apos;t be controversial or taboo. They wouldn&apos;t have to print off the NICE guidelines and go into battle to get treated.

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  @ClumsySmurfett · 2 years ago

  Firstly, I love your channel and recipes 😊<br><br>Secondly, &nbsp;Thank you so much for interviewing Louise. She&apos;s a beacon for all women silently suffering.<br><br>Now, to just find a doctor in Australia that doesn&apos;t make me spend a fortune jumping through a million hoops till I can&apos;t be bothered jumping anymore 🤞🏻<br><br>I live in hope 😂

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  @GillCapocciama-uj3su · 1 year ago

  I really relate to the symptoms for lack of testosterone. Thank you so very much 😊

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  @Hasmiral · 2 years ago (edited)

  It feels like fighting against windmills. I am 51 now and the last year was actually the worst of my life. I was deeply perimenopausal and no gynecologist or dr. would understand the impact of my horrific symptoms. I kept reading, researching and educating myself until I managed to go on HRT and as the last step (this was the hardest one) I got my GP (with pressure) to prescribe testosterone as a private recipe in Germany because the society here &nbsp;is still ignorant talking about &quot;the male hormone&quot; denying it to women. I was at my worst before taking these hormones and I can still not talk about it to many same aged women because they deny any problems, they laugh about my symptoms, they don`t stand together and that makes me extremely angry. Before HRT I was a mental wreck ready to leave my job after more than 20 years.... Nobody would understand my pain. I`s still not all superfine but I can live with my symptoms much better now and I got myself the help I needed. My own effort-against windmills.

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  @AshlingMcgovern-ir9bu · 2 years ago

  Louise you are a legend ❤❤❤❤❤ im 40 my mam died few years back so im goin threw this and didn&apos;t have my mam to ask now i feel u have helped me xxxxxx 💕💕

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