Relief from menopause misery...please help!

Toothsmith

Isn't it amazing what a lunchtime and the internet can do!!!!

Found this a few seconds after my last post!

Hooray, now I don't have to ask the staff about wimmins things!

I'll see if I can find a proper recipe before the patients come bothering me again!

Ted_Hutchinson

It's very easy to make this cake yourself if you use the recipe from the Mail online As it doesn't have any sugar or fat it may also be suitable for those following the GI diet.

It's actually very nice, I like it but don't have the menopause excuse to indulge.

Toothsmith

Ted_Hutchinson wrote:

...it doesn't have any sugar .....in it

Then I can endorse it as well!!!!!

You just beat me Ted!

I found this recipe a few seconds ago.

Seems to be the same as the one you found.

nappentass

FWIW - I got a copy of The Wisdom of Menopause by Chris Northrup and it's been a godsend to me already.
I was dreading menopause because of what I saw my mother go through - I'm not any more.
I'm definitely in peri-menopause and it's helped me view things so differently, I dont' feel like I'm going mad any more - practical advice that helps - For the first time since my periods started (34 yrs!) I've learnt something so simple to help make the cramps copable with instead of debilitating; and all it involves is ramping up specific nutritional supplements for a couple of days and I've had less time off work with ladies troubles.
The biggest thing is that I've completely cleaned up my lifestyle over the last year, I exercise and eat a lot more healthfully and the effect on my mood, state of mind and hormones has been amazing - my life is in a far better place than I can remember.
There is lots of information out there and some very good books - quite a lot of it seems to be US but I don't care - it works for me.

Hope this helps
Jill

Bossyboots

I have pm'd you a brilliant site relating to menopause which I think you will find extremely useful.

I found Black Cohosh great and also a mixture of massage oil (sweet almond oil from the supermarket is fine and a fraction of the price of the health shops) with geranium and clary sage essential oils. I then massage that into my arms at night. It does make a difference. You only need the tiniest amount of clary sage though.


Edit: Apparently I am allowed to put the link here to the website I use which is https://www.menopausematters.co.uk.

carnet

My wife has been a strict vegetarian for 25 years so HRT was not an option at the time (think there might be non animal based ones now but she still wasn't interested because of the (albeit low) health risks associated with prolonged use).

After experimenting with probably every known alternative out there she found that far and away the most effective is SOYA ISOFLAVONES, which she has been taking for 3/4 years now.

She has tested the "placebo effect" by stopping them for a few weeks on several occasions and can confirm that when she has done so the symptoms such as hot flushes etc. always recur, only to subside again when she restarts the soya isoflavones.

HTH

Savvy_Sue

I am glad suitable recipes were found for the cake. It was on The Archers a few months (or possibly a year or two) ago, as Betty had made one and Joe Grundy found it very tasty and the women were :rotfl: about that.

Luis

I know people who have found Black Kohosh to be helpful, and Soya is supposed to be good too.

Loretta

You say that HRT is a no no for you but you didn't say why. I had breast cancer and was put on Tamoxofen and you go straight into the menopause with a bang. I know I will never be able to take HRT. I started taking St Johns Wort and Black Cohosh and I don't think that they worked. I did mention what I was doing my consultant and he told me I must not take anything like this, as the Tamoxofen damps down the hormaones and these other products get them going again. I think most of the things mentioned on here should not be taken if you ar like me, so please check first

MonkeyGirl

Please can I just say although St Johns wart is very good for a lot of things please be careful with it. There are certain things you can't mix with it I can't remember what though sorry and you can't go out into the sunlight for long if you are taking it.

The information I have taken is from this website

http://www.metta.org.uk/therap/aromatherapy.htm

St. John's Wort
Hypericum perforatum (Family Guttiferae)
Now becoming known as a good anti-depressant. It is calming and stress reducing. It is said to lift the mood, is an euphoric and improves mental clarity. Good for reducing aches and pain and menstrual discomfort. Warning St. John's Wort is phototoxic so should not be used before going out in the sun.

HTH