Every menopausal woman eventually encounters the soothing suggestion that she try herbal tea, meditation, or perhaps gratitude journaling at the volcano.
These things may help some people. Wonderful. Steep away. But lifestyle suggestions should not be used as decorative wallpaper over untreated symptoms.
Tea is lovely. Tea is not a healthcare system.
The part nobody puts in the brochure
Women deserve informed conversations about options, risks, benefits, hormones, non-hormonal treatments, sleep, mood, bones, heart health, and quality of life.
A mug of tea can comfort. It cannot replace a clinician who has read something about menopause since fax machines were fashionable.
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